Damn

[Vincent Gelinas]

On 11/16/2010 7:40 PM, Hayes Myers wrote:
> NO feedback..hear bosch or nothing.... but hear your pain...so buy it 
> up and try it... if running  problems at least you ARE running :)
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vrgelinas at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Evening, y'all!
>
>     Well, after replacing the fuel pump and that not having any effect on
>     the running of my car (the mechanic said the old one was making
>     hellacious noises though... it was a Walbro unit that was way too
>     small
>     for the application and is now replaced with a Bosch OEM unit), I
>     think
>     I found my problem.  After talking to someone who knows about
>     distributors and such, I found out that the carbon brush in the cap
>     that's supposed to contact the rotor and transmit the spark is gone!
>     All this frustration over something the size of my thumbnail!
>
>     Autozone has both the cap and rotor for less than 20 dollars.  Anyone
>     have any good or bad feedback on Duralast parts?  I'd rather replace
>     with Bosch OEM parts right now, but I am short on cash so I need
>     something to get me by.
>
>     Thanks in advance,
>
>     Vincent
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Thank you for the prompt response.  At this point, I think anything is 
better than an el-cheapo cap without a brush lol.  The problems can't 
get much worse, as I had to have the car towed a mile from the garage home.

V