Hello,
Starting to troubleshoot my miss-fire issue, and I have found the first problem. In replacing my dist cap and rotor, it turns out the coil cable had failed, with the connector end firmly stuck in the dist cap. Yes, I did pull the wire by the boot. The short 'wire' end extending out of the cap looked sort of polished, like it had been sheared / separated for a while. Also, there is a bunch of dirt and crud in the dist cap socket - I assume with the dust cap in place, this has to be from the deterioration of the wire. The other wires are in pristine looking shape, with no garbage in the dist cap sockets.
Two questions.
Is there a source for the coil wire only? I tried pulling on the wire stub, but the connector is probably pretty well fused in the cap. Also don't have any special tools for rebuilding the wire, so I assume a new wire will be necessary. Give the condition of the other wires, I would prefer to just get the one (unless this is a sign that all are failing and due for a replacement.....)
What is likely to have happened? Just a failed wire is not too concerning, but if this is a sign of some other coil/ballast resistor problem, then I should probably address that before frying the new wire....
Thanks -- Roger