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Old 10-05-2010, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by tboneheller View Post
I had a hard start problem a few years back. It only happened when hot. It turned out to be a stuck mechanical advance in the MSD distributor.
That's a perfect example of when pulling the coil wire would make the engine crank perfectly (but not start). Then, if you're like me and only running 10 degrees initial timing, you would say to yourself "WTF, how could ten degrees be too much?" And then you'd look a little further and find your stuck advance.
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