Second rotor destroyed as well as the dist. cap button – one on left has had it’s tip cut off by the rotor and the one on the right is a new one.
The old capacitor setup doesn’t accept the new capacitor with the pin connector.
So I needed to buy the complete harness that has the capacitor integrated in it. Hopefully it will stop the damage to the rotor (by eliminating the sparking between the cap button and the rotor connector).
All back in place. I didn’t have any new special contact grease to put under the electronic module, but there was just enough of the old stuff to smear around 🙂
As to the engine miss. I have done everything I can think of to be rid of the problem, but it still persists. The engine has 144,000 KMs and without hardened valve seats I can only assume that there is a burnt valve in one cylinder. I am replacing this engine so I won’t bother to do a valve job as it is still driveable and ‘good enough’ for local driving. If I do go on a road trip I will add some lead substitute so another valve doesn’t burn.