I have to say that having splashed out on new cap, rotor and wires I'm
surprised you haven't even checked the plug gaps, much less replaced them
too.
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Woodruff <tonymmedia@yahoo.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: Cylinder Number 3
> I checked my points and timing, and it occurred to me to put the timing
light
> "clamp" on each of the other spark plug wires in turn - just to see
when/if
> they were firing.
>
> 1 and 2 are very strong. Number 3 misses almost 1/2 of it's strobes, and
> number 4 misses only about 15% or so. This is at an idle of around
1000-1200
> RPM (the lowest I can get it at).
>
> Where do I go from here? I've replaced the distributor cap, rotor and
spark
> plug wires. I have also checked the points gap and the timing - all are
> correct.
>
> Is my distributor faulty? Perhaps incorrect gapping of the spark plugs?
Other
> ideas?
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