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seems to miss fire

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seems to miss fire

alright did plugs last night and changed the battery, and pluged in a wire harness that goes to the condenser that was for some reason unplugged for a long time. now i believe it miss fires, it ran fine for like 5 seconds this morning then it started carrying on again, has like no power, and is obviously really roughreally shakes the thing when idleing, just for ****s and giggles i unplugged the MAS with no change i also cleaned that with brake parts cleaner, it sat for hours before i put it in, any help would be appreiciated
 
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Sounds like the plug wires are out of order....
 
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i've been switching the around with now luck the only two i messed up with i tried to switch and it got worse, that's what i though at first too
 
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new distributor cap and rotor after new plugs and wires, old cap was worn out like you wouldn't believe, runs on all six cylinders now idles high but that's an issue for anotoher day
 
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