P32 MH Engine Dying Abruptly
I have a 1995 Georgie Boy MH on a P32 chassis with 454 eng with TBI. MH only has 37,000 miles and spent the last several months doing extensive maintenance; coil springs, airbags, ball joints, fuel f...
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Stim wrote:
My first guess is ignition pick up in distributor.
I recently ran into a Chevrolet Suburban with basically same problem.it to had the 454 engine. owner had already replaced the coil and pickup in the distributor.
After checking-rechecking and checking again we determined problem had to be in distributor
In the end we replaced the entire distributor assembly and it cured the problem. IIRC a complete new dist actually cost about same money as the replacement parts in old one.
After vehicle was repaired I took the old distributor apart and found the shaft was worn just enough to move (wobble around)and come In contact with parts it wasn't supposed to causing an intermittent
short that would cause engine to quit.
