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No Power - replaced coil, wires, rotor and cap

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Monark192

Monark192

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I replaced the plug wires, rotor, cap and coil on my 67 BGT. It started right up and idled fine (feeling good at this point) so I went for a drive. It seems to run fine until you give it a little gas - it has no power. What did I do wrong??
 
I'd check stupid things, like what do your plugs look like and especially did you bind your accelerator cable.
 
More "stupid things" would be the vacuum pot diaphragm and the advance weight pivot points and springs. Also the "ring" where the advance plate mates to the platform in th' dizzy. All can be contributing to the issue described.
 
What else did you do at that time? Little things that you may not think matters may give a clue also. Did you pull the air filters? Is the distributor tight or could it have moved when you touched the distributor to install the cap? If the car ran fine before you touched it then change out one thing at a time with the old parts till it runs good again and thats what went wrong. Bob
 
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