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Old 09-15-2016, 04:55 PM
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When I put the distributor in my Bravada, I was rushing a little bit and didn't check to see where the spark plug wires were resting. #4 and #5 found nice, cozy homes, laying on a manifold.

Missing in both cylinders, runs like crap, fuel mileage is down. Oh well, gives me an excuse to do a tune up this weekend.
 
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Old 09-15-2016, 06:24 PM
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new wires right?
 
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Old 09-15-2016, 06:44 PM
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Yes, put the new set on with the dist. Which makes it that much more of a pain. The cost of individual wires is high enough that it'll be cheaper and quicker to just get another set.
 
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Old 09-17-2016, 10:19 AM
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New plugs and wires in, no miss, power and mileage are back.
 
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Old 09-20-2016, 01:40 PM
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yep did the same thing on my truck years ago, luckily it did it with only a few miles left on the highway, i just threw some duct tape on it and get it home
 
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