When was the last time you replaced plug wires and distributor cap.

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Pat

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As my CAV celebrated her 10th birthday, I decided to replace the distributor cap/rotor and plug wires. Big surprise! The car not only idled smoother, the difference in acceleration was actually noticeable. The cap and rotor contacts were scorched a bit but nothing that looked awful. So if it's been a while, you may want to consider a similiar change.
 
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Lloyd

every year on the rotor and cap. i have an MSD 6al with a MSD distributor. Problem is the center contact appears to be made of carbon and wears down very quickly. 2 years on a cap is not good. No problem since i've been changing every year
Talked to MSD they say never have heard of such of thing. Of course not.
LLoyd
 
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Cliff Beer

Good one Pat.

My old 2002 Suburban was running poorly a while back and I thought "hhhmm, when was the last time I replaced the spark plugs and wires?" Come to think of it I've never replaced either. Bought the car with not a lot of miles and she had 180,000 miles at that point. Wow, 150,000 miles or so on the same spark plugs and wires. Seriously?

Needless to say, she ran a lot better with new plugs/wires.
 
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