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How to tell if the distributor is bad

kenny_grubb

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"Keeps jumping time, belt'

"Keeps jumping time, belt's good, dist. pin and gear "appears" to be fine. I was told if you turn the button and it doesn't bounce back (spring loaded they said) that it is bad. I tried it and it didn't seem like it was spring loaded, it didn't "bounce back" like he said. Can anyone enlighten me on this, it's a 1989 2.3 Ford Cobra w/ Mallory Dist."
 
"You'll have to take the p

"You'll have to take the points plate off and look underneath at the timing advance weights and springs, they could be rusted up or even broke."
 
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