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37don · 06-27-2015, 11:41 AM

I have been following the thread on engine miss and I had the same miss when luugging in 3rd and getting on it at hyway speed. We went to Rynbeck and the car ran poorly so I checked the points and sure enough they were at about .011" so reset and no change. Next I pulled the plugs and they were a nice light tan as they always are. NOW the light comes
on and I realize it's been a few yrs since I change the plugs and probably at least 10000 miles. So I replace the plugs and is like a new car again. Then I remember as a kid in the 50's we would clean the plugs
and gap them and they fired perfect until I crancked the pressure up on the tester and at around 50lbs the spark begin to break down. Sooo the problem is we all drive cars that never need tune up and if you are as feeble minded as me you forget to do simple tune ups. Oh and I run h10c plugs and have tried others with out any change in preformance.

Regards, Don

Kahuna · 06-27-2015, 12:22 PM

Don
Glad you found the problem.
I remember the cleaning deal when we were kids and had NO money

chap52 · 06-27-2015, 04:02 PM

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I remember the "cleaning deal" after doing it just last week. It's an easy task and I like to see how they look every 300 miles or so.

06-27-2015, 11:41 AM	#1
37don Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Kingstown, R.I. Posts: 262	engine miss I have been following the thread on engine miss and I had the same miss when luugging in 3rd and getting on it at hyway speed. We went to Rynbeck and the car ran poorly so I checked the points and sure enough they were at about .011" so reset and no change. Next I pulled the plugs and they were a nice light tan as they always are. NOW the light comes on and I realize it's been a few yrs since I change the plugs and probably at least 10000 miles. So I replace the plugs and is like a new car again. Then I remember as a kid in the 50's we would clean the plugs and gap them and they fired perfect until I crancked the pressure up on the tester and at around 50lbs the spark begin to break down. Sooo the problem is we all drive cars that never need tune up and if you are as feeble minded as me you forget to do simple tune ups. Oh and I run h10c plugs and have tried others with out any change in preformance. Regards, Don

06-27-2015, 12:22 PM	#2
Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,617	Re: engine miss Don Glad you found the problem. I remember the cleaning deal when we were kids and had NO money

06-27-2015, 04:02 PM	#3
chap52 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Marana Arizona Posts: 1,776	Re: engine miss Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I remember the "cleaning deal" after doing it just last week. It's an easy task and I like to see how they look every 300 miles or so.