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RV particulars: Soutwhind
Driveline (454, 3speed tran):
Miles: 63k
Year: 1985
Symptoms: Freeway driving, engine backfires, dies
Effect: no go, need tow
Cause: 1st time found the coil and rotor had disentagrated, replaced coil, modulator, cap, wires
Outcome: ran for a bit, did it again
Symptoms: Freeway driving, engine backfires, dies
Effect: no go, need tow
Cause: This was the 2nd time this happened, still electrical. Turned out oil was getting up into the bottom? sensor on the distributor, replace distributator, coil
Outcome: ran good
Driveline (454, 3speed tran):
Miles: 63k
Year: 1985
Symptoms: Freeway driving, engine backfires, dies
Effect: no go, need tow
Cause: 1st time found the coil and rotor had disentagrated, replaced coil, modulator, cap, wires
Outcome: ran for a bit, did it again
Symptoms: Freeway driving, engine backfires, dies
Effect: no go, need tow
Cause: This was the 2nd time this happened, still electrical. Turned out oil was getting up into the bottom? sensor on the distributor, replace distributator, coil
Outcome: ran good
