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Old 01-08-2024, 08:18 PM   #145
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Default Re: 47 V8 ignition mystery

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Originally Posted by flatford8 View Post
Craig, I apologize if I missed this in previous posts but, have you tried moving the spark plugs to different cylinders?......I believe I read that you are using Autolite 216’s?......I’ve had issues with Autolites with the electrode pulling out of the plug while removing the boot. This has happened with 1 or 2 plugs in two different sets of eight. I switched to Champion H10’s but will probably use NGK on my next go ‘round. I realize these probably aren’t staying with your “as built” philosophy but maybe it will help you find the problem.
Good Luck..........Mark
Thanks for your suggestion. Early on I switched spark plugs around and it made no difference. In fact, I pulled the wires off the spark plugs and held them near head bolts and the intermittent sparking is coming out of the end of the wires not even attached to the spark plugs. So, the spark plugs are OK. The wires are OK. The coil is OK. The distributor seems OK. I don't know what's wrong.

I've sent some questions to Michael at third GEN to see what he thinks about my distributor he worked on.
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