The much-better method is to blunt the tips of eight small nails or pieces of wire, apply a touch of dielectric grease, and slide them between the plug wires and the boots at the distributor end. Point is, to NOT PUNCTURE the insulation--just go between the wire and the boot until you feel the nail contact the metal terminal of the plug wire. Then touch a grounded jumper wire, or grounded incandescent (NOT LED or neon) test-light to each nail in turn to short the spark to ground rather than create an open-circuit. Voltage drops to zero, which doesn't stress the insulation.
Photo attached of nails in a Chevy TBI application, Pontiac similar.[/QUOTE]
This is a great troubleshooting method, I never thought of it! I learned something today and its only 830 EST. It sounds like a rocker to me. Bring the engine up to cylinder #1 and #3 on the compression stroke and wiggle around for rocker looseness. The factory nuts do lose their holding ability. I am hoping you have an easy one here.
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