distributor cap

This is another case of turning over but no spark. I have performed a full engine rebuild and am attempting my first start but cannot get spark. I replaced the battery assuming the dead cell and max 74% charge was the culprit. A big fat negative. Nothing else in the ignition system was...

So I have been chasing a consistent missing/bucking between 3and 4K RPM on my 85 X. Periodically at about 3900 it has been cutting out so hard that the engine seemed to have shut down for that brief moment. So this morning decided that I would chase the problem as I have an autocross to attend...

It has been mentioned before that there are other Bosch distributor caps which will fit our X distributor. I believe it was a cap for a Volkswagen (not a Volvo Hussein or could it be? Hmmm) Specifically one which has the wire connections facing straight up versus the compressed side facing the...