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Steve76Targa Steve76Targa is offline
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Grand Terrace, CA.
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Angry Intermittant mis

Been fighting this for a while. 79 3.0 that started missing occasionally then would smooth out and run normal. That went on for a couple of weeks, I thought I got some bad gas and changed stations. Then it morphed into a full time mis as if there was a rev limiter cutting in. I was due for new plugs, wires, cap and rotor anyway so I figured that one of those was the culprit but it still misses. I can put my timing light on any plug wire and see the missing happening. I've been checking this board for info and have had several "ah-ha" moments and would go check something out, but everything looks good so far. Dizzy's in great shape, vacuum advance and retard working normally, tried to make the green wire fail by wiggling it around while checking continuity, checked for arcing coming from the plug wires, tried a different coil, no luck so far. I'm wondering what the symptom of a Permatune going bad would be. Do they just quit, or start acting up first, or something in-between? Any and all suggestions are welcome. Has anyone put together a comprehensive list of all the little things that show up on this board? That would be an invaluable tool....

Thanks, Steve.
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