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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 05:33 PM
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Did I damage my engine?

I ran it real hard with the 4 and 8cyl wires crossed....
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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no not likely you hurt anything
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 07:16 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 07:30 PM
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Should run like Cr-p though. After you corrected the wiring mix up how did it run????
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Old Mar 23, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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Horrible...wouldnt go past 3800 revs...barelywould go faster than 30 mph andtook 2 minutes to get there... did not idle, stalled whenever possible.

I fixed it...much better now!
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