Thanks, Bill. I took the entire distributor apart and cleaned it. There is no side-to-side play in the shaft. The plastic thing is in good shape. I discovered that I had the cap on cockeyed and the rotor was digging into some of the contacts. It actually scored them out pretty good. There was quite a bit of gold-colored dust inside the cap. How I managed to do this, I don't know. Probably just careless and in a hurry. I made sure I got the new cap on right. Nobody had the rotor I need so I'm re-using the old one. I plan to get a new one soon.
