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Old 03-26-2010, 02:05 PM
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In pic #2 I see rust on other components ahead of the dizzy (neck to the expansion tank, etc.). I think there is something else here going on that is leading to excessive moisture beyond just the cap.
The other rust is local to those parts and lots of miles. MSD said the dist problem was due to an unvented cap and sent me a new center shaft and vented cap. These started to rust within a few weeks as can be seen in pic #1 with the cut away cap installed. They blame it on the MSD 6AL box with the hall effect ignition. They say it creates a large amount of Ozone that can't be vented through their vented cap. This is why they suggested that I drill additional holes in the cap. I think that the problem is made worse from the rotor being lower than the perimeter posts, seen in the cutaway. Does anybody else have dist shaft rusting problems?
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