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chrs1961815 · 08-29-2019, 09:56 PM

Funny that this was brought up as I just had a problem like this. My car had a repro spark rod on it (the one from the column to distributor) and rather than adjusting the column or compensating, they chose to bend the rod a little more than slightly. I could deal with it not looking right but I started to have loss of power issues. I discovered this week that my engine had turned into a 3 cylinder with that rod rubbing against the spark plug shorting out a cylinder. Took a nice straight original and it fit perfectly.

08-29-2019, 09:56 PM	#7
chrs1961815 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Spring Grove, Illinois Posts: 1,371	Re: Spark rod rubbing Funny that this was brought up as I just had a problem like this. My car had a repro spark rod on it (the one from the column to distributor) and rather than adjusting the column or compensating, they chose to bend the rod a little more than slightly. I could deal with it not looking right but I started to have loss of power issues. I discovered this week that my engine had turned into a 3 cylinder with that rod rubbing against the spark plug shorting out a cylinder. Took a nice straight original and it fit perfectly. __________________ "The more things change, the more they stay the same."