nah the screw broke way after the problem started. lol I haven't driven it with the broken screw yet.

I had problems when i got home from a meet and when i pushed on the leads the problem was still there. bt when i pushed on the cap it went away.

I'm starting to think that the solution isn't with the cap though. cause i haven't been able to narrow it down to one single action that i take (like pushing a certain lead, pressin on the cap etc) which fixes the problem. I think it may be coincidence that it fixes itself when i'm playing with it.

I'll look at all the options DSP before i get you to post anything. If its not too expensive i'll look at replacing the major components. The car is 14 years old and up until last friday it was completely original/stock (even the leads were 14 years old.)

It might just be time to find a good OE spec aftermarket distributor to replace it with. It will fix the part that is failing and will be preventitive maintenance for the rest of the system.