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rusty distributor
#578665 August 12th 2012 1:48 pm
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is this amount of corrosion a problem or normal?
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Astro #578682 August 12th 2012 3:43 pm
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Never seen one that rusty,that thing looks like it was under water for awhile,that can't be good for electrical conduction,was that thing still running that way?,i would not run something like that,you're just looking for trouble with that one,thats not normal,i'd replace it.


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Astro #578683 August 12th 2012 3:56 pm
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REPLACE IT ! That thing was underwater or something, because I have never seen one that bad, even in a boneyard. . . . I am surprised it ran at all.


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Astro #579186 August 15th 2012 5:55 pm
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Yeah, almost all mine have had SOME little dusting of rust in there, but that thing is fugly! It couldn't hurt to replace it at all my man.


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Astro #579215 August 15th 2012 9:08 pm
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I have never seen one like that.Definitely needs to be replaced.


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Astro #579218 August 15th 2012 9:20 pm
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I think there's a general consensus here. lol


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Astro #579242 August 15th 2012 11:35 pm
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Is that off the Titanic?


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Originally Posted by SaabGuy
Is that off the Titanic?


Yup..it was found next to the Hope Diamond.


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