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Well, the car started running like crap again this week and from what I can tell the second reman distributor is going bad. Just like the first one, the shaft has noticeable side-to-side movement and I think that's keeping the ignitor from seeing a constant gap.

Guess I'll try and find a factory ...

Installed a second rebuilt distributor from Rock Auto and this one worked. In fact, it works so good the car is running better than it has since I've owned it. Guess the old one had been failing for quite a while.

Thanks for the help all!

This ones had me scratching my head all day.

My son was driving the Terc a few weeks ago and said it started running poorly. I went to move it into the garage to have a look and the engine would crank but not start. Did the usual fuel/ignition/compression investigation and discovered there was no ...

Thanks for the comments, all.

While I don't know the cars entire history, it's overall condition leads me to believe that it was looked after pretty well. The car smoked a bit at start-up but after it was warm, nothing visible. I didn't do a compression check and wish I would have. At least I could ...

I've got an '88 SR5 wagon with close to 300k miles on it. I recently replaced the water pump as the bearings failed, but shortly after it started overheating badly under load. Suspecting a bad head gasket, I took it apart. Head gasket didn't have any obvious issues but the #1 exhaust valve is ...