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1997 Chevy 8 cyl 350 ticking and missing

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You guys are damn good!  I went out tonight just to inspect the plug wires to look for any obvious burns or damage.  I took off the first couple on the driver's side and looked OK.  Then I said "I don't remember taking this 3rd one off" and it was just hanging there.  It must have come lose!  I popped it back on and it runs perfectly again.  No miss or ticking sound.  Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one.  I was ready to burn this sucker to the ground!  Thanks for saving me a ton of money and heartache!

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Sweet! Glad to hear that! 

 

Good thing the other guys have better ears than I do - I'd have had you replacing the engine! :lol:

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10 hours ago, scott2020 said:

You guys are damn good!  I went out tonight just to inspect the plug wires to look for any obvious burns or damage.  I took off the first couple on the driver's side and looked OK.  Then I said "I don't remember taking this 3rd one off" and it was just hanging there.  It must have come lose!  I popped it back on and it runs perfectly again.  No miss or ticking sound.  Sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one.  I was ready to burn this sucker to the ground!  Thanks for saving me a ton of money and heartache!

You will want to take the distributer cap of to check the rotor for damage.  Sometimes that snapping sound is the spark going through the rotor.  Take the rotor off and look underneath it at the point directly under the contact point where the coil button contacts the rotor.  What you are looking for is any discolouration or in severe cases a small hole burnt through.  Been a few decades for me but the white rotors were particularly bad for the ease they allowed the spark to just blow through the rotor. 

 

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