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Re: Distributor Cap Blow off
[Re: Caparco]
#983806
05/31/11 10:47 PM
05/31/11 10:47 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
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Newfoundland
mopar_man
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Newfoundland
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No this is not when I start.. starts fine.. its when you really give it the gas.. from a stop or passing on highway
and I can't make it pop off in park reving the engine or with my head under the hood , in fear of damaging something!
And blowing off isn't real correct.. the 2 clips stay on and it just cocks to one side.. throwing the timing way off.. popping and choking un- drivable
someone said tie it down... but I really don't like this at all!!..LOL may work, ill have to see when i get her running but isn't this a electrical hazard!!.. lol got to be a better answer!
Looks to me that you have a wrong clip on the right side of the pic. i don't think it will seat in the groove correctly.
the left clip seems to be the correct one. as a matter of fact the cap doesn't look just right . are you sure the cap is fitting in the groove/notch of the dist ?
Also the vent in the cap is not to vent gases , its there to keep the cap free of moisture by equalizing the humidity outside to inside .
Bottom line ..........looks like a clip problem 
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Re: Distributor Cap Blow off
[Re: Caparco]
#983807
05/31/11 11:48 PM
05/31/11 11:48 PM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 36,040
Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
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Lincoln Nebraska
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get a good cap and a pair of clips from a junk dist & I'll bet my next to last buck this prob will b behind you
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: Distributor Cap Blow off
[Re: Challenger 1]
#983808
06/01/11 12:50 AM
06/01/11 12:50 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
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PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA
superwrench
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PORT ALBERNI , BC., CANADA
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I wd40'd my weights once, fired it up and,..POW! blew the sucker right off. Thats the closest I've seen. 
  
Even better when the shop "flunky" uses brake clean!!! You otta see the mess it makes!!!
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Re: Distributor Cap Blow off
[Re: Caparco]
#983809
06/01/11 08:59 AM
06/01/11 08:59 AM
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Joined: May 2003
Posts: 15,487
Florida
scratchnfotraction
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Florida
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pull the cap,look and note which way your rotor is pointing. pull the dist,go get a new reman one from autozone for around 30 bux. install it with rotor faceing the same way. should take care of the bent/wrong clips and worn shaft bushing in the one you have.
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Re: Distributor Cap Blow off
[Re: scratchnfotraction]
#2828436
10/03/20 09:17 PM
10/03/20 09:17 PM
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 59
Rhode Island
Caparco
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Rhode Island
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Looking back at my old post. LOL
Hindsight is 20/20
Golden-Arm was right from the start.
It was spent motor mount. Engine lifted up and got pushed off
~ 72 Dodge Challenger ~
~ 97 Dodge Neon ~
~ 97 Dodge Ram ~
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