OK, my buddy who has my poor car in his driveway was messing around, and he's got massive spark from the coil, and said he got spark from one plug wire, but not another. He's only had time to check 2 so far. Do all the symptoms before (rapid deterioration over 48-72 hours) sound consistent with possibly just a worn out cap? It's about 2 years old (yeahyeah, sorry, I apologize, was too busy with school last spring, so I skipped the yearly tune up). So what do you guys think?

-Reno

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'88 Firebird LB8
"Cerberus"
-Supercharged Hybrid LB8/L32 Project-
"Got a green light, got a red light, no cop, no stop, man I don't care, every one of you could be the same, every one of you could play this game, got a green light, got a green light but you're going nowhere..."
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Start it at night time and see what happens, under NO lights.
You MAY see the answer.
A 2 year old cap isn't that bad.
Could be bad plug wires, too!

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Chat Soon,
KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

 

umm, ok, that was a little too cryptic, and, BTW, starting is the problem, more specifically, it doesn't. If I do crank it at night, what am I looking for?

-Reno

 

did you get those wires from crane cams also just pull the cap and rotor and check em out