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10-04-2009, 04:20 PM
Eljaro
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The phasing on my distributor was off, not by much but enough to give me hesitation on full advance. I did loosen up the magnetic pickup and moved it as much as the holes allowed in the most advanced position ( it was firing well past the terminal) and it was enough. Now the rotor lines up perfectly and the hesitation and misfiring is gone.
My MSD distributor out of the box was NOT phased correctly. I never checked the phasing because MSD claims that it is factory set correctly and I believed such an apparently serious company.
I wasted a lot of time and bought a new 6AL box, a new mag pickup, a new cap, new springs, new weights and made myself several cables connecting the 6Al to the distributor, shielded and twisted and you name it.
In the end upon seeing this thread I modified a distributor cap and saw that the phasing was off. My problem is solved, but some money and time was wasted
:mad :
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