Preventative Maintenance - Cap, rotor and wires
Installed new BWD distributor cap and rotor. Also replaced the wires with a new set (don't remember the brand of wires -threw out the box).
Don't know how "inspiring" this will be. However, I did immediately notice a difference when I started up the motor - smoother running and more power. I also noticed no more slight knocking sounds during acceleration up hills. This was the first time I actually did this type of maintenance - so I guess I was inspired by it (lol!).
Something I can pass along that might be helpful has to do with the new rotor. When I tried to install it on the post of the distributor, it would not slide down into its' correct final position. After comparing it to the original (to make sure I had the correct rotor) I noticed that the slot located on the inside of the new rotor was not wide enough. It appears that when it was molded at the factory, a slight amount of "extra" plastic was where it shouldn't have been. I took a very thin, fine file that I had and gently filed away just enough of the extra plastic to allow the rotor to slide very snuggly onto the post (I was very careful not to file away too much plastic which would have caused the rotor to wiggle on the post). It's always something, right?