I don't even remember the last time I went for a drive. I don't remember when it was, but I can't forget what happened. It was a nice day so I decided to drive the 308 to work. On my way home, as I was only a few miles from my garage, hear a "pop" and lose power followed by a "slow down" light coming on. I've been through this too many times and I know exactly what happened -- I lost a cylinder bank...again.
After it happened, I was so upset and frustrated that I just left the car for a while. I finally decided to do some troubleshooting and the problem ended up being a failed pickup on the Pertronix ignition system. Oddly, the new pickups were red and he previous ones were black. Not sure what that means.
I can't say that I would recommend Pertronix at this point. The first unit was DOA and the replacement fails after less than 500 miles. If this fails again, I'm going back to points.
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