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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">Hi All:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">My mechanic has found an issue on my distributor:  apparently there’s a post on the side with a wire that connects to the coil.  That post is loose, creating a ground
 issue and rough running.   A temporary fix is proving unreliable, so is the only solution to replace the entire distributor?  I didn’t think that the post is a separate part or item, so I assume that replacing the distributor is the only option?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">The second gear synchro appears to be shot:  car won’t shift into 2<sup>nd</sup> while moving, only at a standstill.   Ideas?  Anyone have a<i> good</i> used manual tranny,
 which might be easier to just swap out.  <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">These and a few other issues will be preventing me and the car from attending the RoveAmerica event. 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496">Bob  Ruggeri<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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