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I have a 84 ca18et and my car was running good till my car started to spudder and so I gave it more gas. Then I heard a pop noise and my rpm gauge went out and now misfiring real. Installed new plugs, plug wires and cap & button are good. I'm starting to think its my distributor.. its a lot of money and I'm tryn to avoid spending money
test resistance on the distributor. rmp gauge runs on distributor firing.
actually test your coils the signal to the tach runs off the negative trigger that goes to the coil so say if there is a bad or crappy wire to the coil it could be causing your sputtering.
Found a bad connection on my ground wire to the distributor. Causing the distributor to go out. Ordered a new one off rockauto.com. it should be good. I'll have a whole new ignition system.. ill keep u guys posted. Thanks
Good deal
Ended up being a Plate not grounded connected to one of my coil packs. Got my rpm gauge back and runs smooth. Thanks for all the advice u guys