Posted by jogl on January 07, 2013 at 11:00:30 from (64.66.228.247):
My old Cat forklift with a 1404 propane engine in it was acting up last summer. I discovered that the graphite contact on the distributor cap (where the rotor contacts the wire coming from the coil) was completely worn away.
So I fitted the engine with new cap, rotor, as well as wires and spark plugs for good measure. It ran normally all fall, probably put at least 100 hrs on. A few days ago she started missing again, just like when the cap was bad. Sure enough, the carbon was pitted and looking pretty rough on the new cap.
Question:
Did I install the cap and rotor wrong?
Was I supposed to check that the metal contact on the rotor is making proper contact to the rotor or something?
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