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Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help! #47264 07/05/2005 11:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 Victoria BC S Sedgewick 'Bolter
Sedgewick 'Bolter S Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 Victoria BC	Check the condition of the vacuum line between the distributor and the carb. Mine ran rough and no matter what I did it would not smooth out until I found a crack in the flare of the vacuum line. 1949 Chevy 1/2-Ton "Sedgewick" In the Gallery 1989 Caprice

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Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	thekid1950	07/05/2005 4:45 AM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	mozzie	07/05/2005 5:27 AM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	thekid1950	07/05/2005 12:23 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	Brian Moore	07/05/2005 2:53 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	joker	07/05/2005 3:24 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	Shipwright	07/05/2005 4:01 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	Brian Moore	07/05/2005 8:17 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	Sedgewick	07/05/2005 11:04 PM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	mozzie	07/06/2005 12:51 AM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	jgalt_54-235	07/06/2005 3:43 AM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	DennisM	07/06/2005 5:11 AM
Re: Runs really ruff...distributor shakes...Help!	thekid1950	07/06/2005 12:31 PM

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