hard miss on #6 only notice at idle

[Dave WM]

The Mast got bent fully extended right at the bottom, so the bottom most shaft will not retract. it bent and torn. I have it back up and working but for that one part. Also, the acorn nut got damaged, the plastic top part. I wrapped it with electrical tape as a temp fix to keep water out. I was able to find a donor power antenna on Ebay that may work, hoping the bottom rung of the mast is the correct fit. As a backup I scored an OE era correct Harada that may be a direct fitment. That is on the way as well. Somehow, I will get it back on-line for full retract. Good news the misfire is gone, seems like the Italian tune up is holding. I will try for another compression test as soon as my new starter gets here. My old one had a smoked armature (wires brunt, string wrapping toasted clean off. I got a rebuilt Hitachi from a Nissan dealer, my Autozone replacement that I am currently using has an iffy Bendix, it engages but does not pass power consistently, I presume the contacts are getting pitted (it was the one I had on my engine test stand) I have a spare Bendix that i pulled from the smoked starter, filed the contacts clean so may try that on the autozone starter, reinstall to new turbo test stand. Lots of musical chair's games on starters lately.

Edited October 18, 2022 by Dave WM