Thread: W116 280SE -73 starting problem backfire
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Old 05-29-2018, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomas7 View Post
It seems to me that you might have crossed or incorrectly installed one of the wires to the plugs when you installed your distributor cap.
This is a silly question but did you replace your plug wires one by one when you replaced your distributor cap and are your wires securely fastened to your plugs and distributor cap?
Hi

The thought did strike me, so I doublechecked everything ;-)
Unfortunatly, it was correct.

Tom
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