I drove my car off of a cliff today.

["cdrugly" <tgoodwin@xxxx>]

Ok, I didn't actually do it, but man, I wanted to. I was so happy 
that the car was running well. Everything was just peachy. I had 
ordered the gasket for the air intake and the o-ring for the fuel 
distributor so I thought I would go ahead and replace them. No big 
deal, right? 

Well, I did this a few days ago and thought I'd hop in this weekend 
and go for a spin. All of my lovely acceleration had vanished (I had 
a little when it was cold but once it was warm it was GONE)! My 
problems had returned. To go along with the poor acceleration I also 
got as a bonus, crazy idle seeking! Now it would seek all the time, 
between 750 and 1500 RPMs, even when the car was warm. Disconnecting 
the vacuum advance from the solenoid would smooth the idle out to 800 
RPMs. I made sure that it was hooked up correctly and that the 
solenoid and microswitch were functioning. The frequency valve is 
buzzing as well.

I checked leaks and made sure my timing was correct. When I hooked up 
my timing light to 6, the light would cut out intermittantly. It did 
this for 3 as well, only a little more. I disconnected and 
reconnected the wires at the distributor and everything seemed to be 
connected fine. If I was misfiring so much on 3 and 6, wouldn't I get 
and EXTREMELY rough idle?

Another oddity is a buzzing ignition coil. Should it be buzzing? Am I 
being hypersensitive? Should I seek professional help (for myself and 
the car)?

Travis
#3512 (but should be 666)