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Old 03-25-2021, 11:40 AM   #1
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Re: Is this the new normal for parts.....ie Vortec dist. cap

Update on my woes.

It's definitely the cap and rotor, I ordered a cheap distributor off evilbay and it ran ok for about 20 miles and the stumbling and bucking came back with a vengeance.
Seemed to be worse at light throttle.
So I took the a wire wheel to the contacts on the old Standard cap and rotor I had from the old distributor and put it on the chinese distributor, stumbling is gone, actually goes down the road pretty good now.
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Old 03-28-2021, 09:30 PM   #2
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Update on my woes.

It's definitely the cap and rotor, I ordered a cheap distributor off evilbay and it ran ok for about 20 miles and the stumbling and bucking came back with a vengeance.
Seemed to be worse at light throttle.
So I took the a wire wheel to the contacts on the old Standard cap and rotor I had from the old distributor and put it on the chinese distributor, stumbling is gone, actually goes down the road pretty good now.
Update, ran great for 1 day, back to sputtering and stumbling really bad now.
Just ordered a UNITED MOTOR PRODUCTS DCR820X with brass contacts, hope that's the cure because I will list this piece of poop for sale now that I got a Dmax this morning and the beauty of a Diesel...... no spark plugs
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I put a chevrolet tailgate on my last truck and it started acting like a girl...love me, need me, want me pay attention to me. Took it off and put the GMC back on (fixed the latch) and it went back to being the same old dirty bastard it used to be
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Old 03-29-2021, 01:24 PM   #3
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Re: Is this the new normal for parts.....ie Vortec dist. cap

Legendman, do you have any check engine lights? When I had this issue, it showed P1345. When I corrected that issue, not more problems with the current cap and rotor I was running.
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Old 03-29-2021, 02:35 PM   #4
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Legendman, do you have any check engine lights? When I had this issue, it showed P1345. When I corrected that issue, not more problems with the current cap and rotor I was running.
I did right after I put the new distro in but I got the timing right and the check engine light is out.
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