[viggy58]

if it is cold, and below the dew point, you can almost bet on the distributor cap being bad. especially if it's a duralast from autozone. they usually last about a year. happened to me last winter.

funny you ask about the choke. when mine started screwing up, i would take the intake off the throttle body and choke it while someone turned the key. in reality, it was just a matter of cranking it enough to dry the cap out, and it wopuld start. new dist cap fixed it right away. no probs since.