Change your paradigm. Pull all the plugs, loosen the distributor, turn the
distributor until a plug sparks.
If it doesn't spark, pull the cap and rotor and rotate the distributor until
the contact opens. Mark that spot. Now you know where the spark should occur.
Put the cap and rotor back and
This may be obvious to some but did not occur to me until I woke up this
morning.
Earlier in the week I was unable to perform the ultimate ignition test,
that of observing a spark at the tip of the plug while the starter was
turning.There was nobody at the dock to press the starter button and I
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