Starting /Running Issue
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Starting /Running Issue
My 70 454 has been giving me problems for sometime now. thinking about taking it to a mechanic. Ever since my issues began, I have replaced wire, ditributor cap, rotor button, check fuel lines and pump. Like last night, I cranked it up and it sat there and idled great. Turned it off and tried to restart it and it would try to start but the engine would rock violently sometimes. I slao noticed that if I left my ignition switch in the on position with the engine off, the cloth covers wires to the coil would heat up and begin to smoke. I noticed some exposed wire and taped it up. Might be some inside the firewall exposed. Could I be loosing voltage to the coil from these wires and this causing the poor running of the engine?
