Shortly after my last post on this subject, my rig started to develop an intermittent misfire, which was more pronounced as the engine was cold. I decided to do a little old fashion trouble shooting and started with the vacuum lines, of which one was disconnected. This didnÆt fix the problem, so the search moved onto the ignition wires. I used the old trick of looking at the wires once it was dark to see if I could find any misfires. I noticed a pretty good glow at the ignition coil, and another that ran the length of one of the wires. I pulled the ignition coil wire to find that it had corroded completely right at the coil. Sanded the coil plug, and as well changed the coil wire. Still, the car misfired, so I replaced all the plugs and wires. As I went to pull off the fifth of six wires I found the cause of the problem. The terminal was attached to the spark plug, and the wire was broken inside the plug boot û DOH!!! A new set of wires, and plugs and it fired up as good as new! As well, no more backfires!!!

As fate would have it, after allowing the engine to warm I discovered a 2 inch crack in the upper tank of the radiator û DOOOOHHHHHH AGAIN!!! $118 later, a new ALL METAL radiator from http://www.globalradiatordist.com/ and IÆm rolling again!!!