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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 01:04 AM
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Under hood vibration

I have a 79 with a 302 and it just started the bad vibration. It's hard to start and backfires sometimes. Can it be in the ignition or the crank.
 
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Old Jul 6, 2012 | 05:13 AM
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If the vibration & the engine miss are related, then this won't be your problem.........but about a year ago I bought a 302 truck with a vibration at a high idle, that I thought was a harmonic balancer problem, as it had been swapped by the PO, & he wasn't sure he had the right one.

It turned out to be a worn-out fan clutch hub, that was allowing the fan to move around on/off center by about 1/8", so the vibration varied slightly, as it shifted.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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Now I inspected the distributor and found the 3 wire plug coming from it was busted in pieces. Now I need to find out what wire goes where. The 3 wires from my distributor are different colored from the plug it goes to.
 
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