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Old 05-15-2016, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Large Arbor View Post

Not sure of the cause, but now it appears I have an electrical gremlin. I can start but am only firing on two cylinders (2 and 6). I am thinking the MSD 6AL box is bad.

Any other thoughts as to what may cause this?
No. A faulty MSD box is not going to result in only the same two out of eight cylinders firing on each rev. That sounds more like an improperly installed distributor/cap/rotor problem.
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