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 Posted: 09-27-2007 12:15 pm
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Judson Manning



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 The tach behavior suggests the distributor inconsistantly firing (i.e. exactly what you've observed).  If it were a simple misfire meaning a plug, wire, or cap going bad the tach would be steady.  My guess the problem is between the trigger wheel and magnetic pick-up.

The easiest thing to do is pull the distributor and give it the once-over cleaning and look for anything obvious like a broken trigger or foreign debris.  If you can't find anything, there may be something more subtle such as a wobbling bushing, or other misalignment.  I recently sent my Lucas 45DM to a guy in MN for service.  $50 and he had me running perfectly within a week - tell him I sent you.

Jeff Schlemmer,
Advanced Distributors
1149 Quincy Street
Shakopee, MN 55379
(612)-804-5543
jschlemmer1@comcast.net