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    11/15/2021 5:15 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    From: Surfside Beach,SC
    Registered: 4/02/2013
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    I done and & done-it again!

    66 Coupe.....T-5....snotty cam....no mufflers.....9.5:1 CR!

    I got a 'free' car wash Veterans Days. Free is good, right?!   On the way home.....I heard/felt a
    skip & a miss.

    I IMMEDIATELY  asz-umed ....."water in the gas tank"... or something whacked with the Cobber-raider!!

    Today bought a new few-ell filter and installed it. Problem solved right?!.......WORNG!!!!!

    Drove around town ...up the bypass.....wring-it-out in first 3 gears...nope...no fix!

    Always blame the poor old cobber-raider first!! Even when I KNOW BETTER.

    A spark plug wire had popped off the distrib and was causing all the bubbling/jerking/hiccuping
    Good troubleshooting practices.....check the obvious....eliminate the simple stuff first..
    don't always asz-ume it's sump'in expensive or difficult to fix...take your time ...enjoy-the-hobby!!
    6sally6

    Get busy Liv'in or get busy Die'n....Host of the 2020 Bash at the Beach/The only Bash that got cancelled  )8
     

    11/15/2021 6:09 PM  #2

    Rudi
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    From: Stuck in the 50's Welland Ca
    Registered: 4/01/2013
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    Car wash . . . You mean with water😱😱😱🙈🙈🙈

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    11/15/2021 8:02 PM  #3

    rpm
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    From: Bakersfield, Ca
    Registered: 9/17/2013
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    Ya... instead of checking the easy obvious fix first, I usually think worst case scenario.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    11/15/2021 8:16 PM  #4

    josh-kebob
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    From: Madison, AL
    Registered: 4/06/2013
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    That's OK Sal, it happens. On the way to the Kansas mini bash, the number 5 spark plug wire on my FB got a Dear John letter from the spark plug and, they separated..
    They next morning, they made up and all was well there after...

     

    11/15/2021 9:00 PM  #5

    terry
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    From: vandalia, illinois
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    I had a power wire to my coil do that a couple times!!  Talk about a miss!!!   They were all missing  LOL

     

    11/16/2021 7:19 AM  #6

    Jim Bowie
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    From: Mequon Wis
    Registered: 4/08/2013
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    Had wire to oil sending unit come off, kinda shocking driving down the highway and looked down and see oil gauge at zero, just remember KISS ( keep it simple s---------) 

     

    11/16/2021 11:15 AM  #7

    Steve69
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    From: Madison Wisconsin
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    Re: I done and & done-it again!

    Glad it was a easy fix!

     

     

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