The cylinders will misfire making the car run very poorly. Probable hard starting as well.
The distributor cap is important to the performance of the car's engine. Some symptoms of a bad distributor cap are stalling, backfiring, shaking, and a high pitched squealing noise.
Bad coil? Bad distributor cap? Bad distributor rotor?
Bad distributor Bad coil Bad distributor cap Bad rotor
Bad coil? Bad distributor rotor? Bad distributor cap?
Replace the screws.
Bad ignition rotor? Bad distributor cap? Bad ignition wires?
Cracked distributor cap or bad plug wires
Bad coil? Bad rotor? Bad distributor cap? Bad Ballast resistor?
Bad coil? Bad coil wire?
Points, no. Distributor cap, yes.Points, no. Distributor cap, yes.
A distributor cap on a vehicle might be bad if the car is shaking more than normal. Other signs include stalling after the car has been running, squealing and rpm's running high.
It does not have a DISTRIBUTOR OR CAP