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Old May 1, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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need some help

i got and 1981 ford f-100 300 inline six carb...my truck is missing realy bad and i just put some new spark plugs in and i pulled each spark plug wire off and see if it would do anything and one of them aint firein.. wut could this be
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Old May 1, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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check for a loose carb,
check the manifold bolts for tightness
check all the vacuum lines,
cracked dist check cap/bad rotor
look for old/cracked bad plug wires?

look for the simple stuff first
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 12:40 AM
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Was it missing before you changed the plugs?
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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yea it was missing b4 i put the new spark plugs in...the problem is that it aint firing on one of the spark plugs
 
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Old May 3, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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Replace the wires, cap and rotor. Sounds like a bad wire.
 
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