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Old 05-15-2016, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaz64 View Post
This will not work as a test, I have never heard of anybody doing this.

EVERY distributor has a tiny airgap between the rotor tip and the spark plug terminal.
That was my thought too, but I figured it was just how PatrickT wrote the post.
You are correct. There has to be small gap for the spark to arc from the rotor tip to the individual spark plug lead. But PatrickT knows this!!
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