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The answer....for those insterested... By John - 06/13/2004 9:46:43 PM; IP 142.177.98.211 A sitting car for almost 2 years....nothing much done, only head gaskets changed,....why does it barely run and misfire like crazy? Naturally I thought of bad gas....and I think it still isn't quite as "perky" due to this, but I have found the answer elsewhere. When I re-installed my distributer, I set the timing as I alawys do. Rotate the engine to 10 BTDC and adjust the points with an ohmeter until they just go open-circuit by turning the ditributor. I connect my ohmeter between the terminal to the coil (coil disconnected) and ground. Never a problem. Until now. Seems like one set of points (it's a dual point dist) was a little cruddy and only one was making conncection. Once the engine started, the points "cleaned themselves" a bit and of course put my timing off.....way too far advanced it seems. So far advanced, I was getting random sparking to the wrong (next) terminals on the dist cap. Anyhow, reset my timing, and it runs fine, other than needing a good run and a new tank of gas. Darned points anyways......maybe one of those pertronix units.......would still look "correct"........

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Skip Navigation Links.  misfires -- John, 05/15/2004  Maybe its just miswired plugs or mis-indexed distributor? [n/m] -- Mr F, 05/16/2004  mis-indexed distributor? -- John, 05/17/2004  I think he means -- Jay, 05/17/2004  Give this a try -- Travis Miller, 05/18/2004  Yeah....what he said. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 05/19/2004 The answer....for those insterested... -- John, 06/13/2004  Thanks for the update, John. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 06/18/2004

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