Do I Have a Vacuum Leak?

Posted by Kenneth Fass on April 11, 2006 at 06:33:43 from (64.73.36.192):

I'm posting this here as a follow-up to my original post from last week:

Wayne (and everyone),

On Saturday I started the C and limped it over to the shop where I could take a look at it. I removed the plugs, and all looked good except #4 which was wet (obviously not firing). So I replaced #4 with a new plug.

Started and it ran fine. I'm thinking... "whoa this is too easy".. so a couple hours later I began grading the driveway. After about 10 minutes of work it began stumbling again as before.

So I checked compression on #4. 120 pounds (sigh of relief)

Thinking that I had an ignition problem, I pulled the distributor cap. Above is what I found.
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Corrosion on the terminals. And "dirt" on the inside of the cap - most of which was nearest the terminal for #4. So I cleaned it all up, applied some dielectric grease and... VOILA - it runs PERFECT.

It is amazing. I wanted to be sure and post what I found. It is like having a new tractor.

Oh and Wayne - I am about 45 minutes from Madison, WI.

Replies:

• Re: Do I Have a Vacuum Leak? old 08:25:47 04/11/06 (0)
• Re: Do I Have a Vacuum Leak? Ron in Nebr 06:50:46 04/11/06 (2)
  • Re: Do I Have a Vacuum Leak? Janicholson 09:54:25 04/11/06 (0)
  • Re: Do I Have a Vacuum Leak? Kenneth Fass 07:48:08 04/11/06 (0)

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