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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 09:55 AM
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That's a very good point, Timehunter. The problem is usually #7 and #8:

 
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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 10:42 AM
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Son of a gun!
Just tried it and went to town, seems to work!
Around 10 miles....
But.......
Did not sit and idle for 10 or 15 minutes, and for soeasn some reasom, me reason
dang, typing still messin up...
and....for some reason carb was not de-caming from high idle.
Worked good yesterday.
Too cold and windy to mess with it right now.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Timehunter
Side problem...
My computer or ????
When typing it slows down and sipetters
When typing it slows down and skips letters.
You have to watch as yype you type to.......
Two possibilities come to mind:

1) Computer is out of memory (and is swapping stuff to disk to try and deal with that but it slows things down really badly). Being out of memory can come from having too many applications open at once, or from a memory leak in an application or widget, or from....

2) The CPU is busy performing other tasks.

Best thing I can suggest with limited information is to close and re-start your browser, then see how it behaves.
 
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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Timehunter
Here is something I just found on the Crown Victoria site.
I copied and will paste:
The problem you have happening is caused a lot of times by arcing of the spark plug wires.
There was a service bulletin put out by Ford for this same problem with stumbling an bucking.
The remedy was placement of the #4 and #8 spark plug wires.
#4 needs to be isolated by going from the spark plug to around the rear of the valve cover and have the wire sit on the valve cover ledge on the intake manifold side.
#8 wire on the driver side is routed the same way. Try this and it should cure the problem.
I had the same problem as you in the past and that is what I did.

I guess I will try as this nothing to loose.
Side problem...
My computer or ????
When typing it slows down and sipetters
When typing it slows down and skips letters.
You have to watch as yype you type to.......
This laptop I got last year on black Friday out of the box always did this. I am seriously contemplating junking this laptop out because my $1200 custom built HP from 2009 never acted like this when typing and this little $200 black Friday bestbuy special I got seemed to do it from the start. You reboot it works fine for a bit and then starts doing it again you go into the system manager and see that nothing is using excessive amount of memory. Some times I just think it might be subpar parts on these cheap computers. Hopefully I can get my move finished soon enough so I can invest in a good $1000 - $1500 gaming desktop PC that should not give me any trouble for years just like my custom built laptop.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2016 | 07:14 AM
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Computers are our friends....yeah...riiiiiiight!!!!
Now if it would just warm up enough to get back outside.
I am out in the sticks and have not built my garage yet...
Satellite internet...will die of old age before I see cable out here... :-)
It's the old tarp around truck and kerosene fan forced heater .... fun!!!
Do have small shop with lathe, welding, etc. facilities, woodworking other side.
But you can't beat the quiet and peacefulness!!
 
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Old Jan 2, 2016 | 02:41 PM
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Yep its like my laptop I am on right now was bought last black Friday 2014. Well Fallout 4 just came out this past November and it doesn't even play it CTD just as it puts you in a new game.
 
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