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Old 12-14-2009, 10:20 PM   #5
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If the tach is really jumpy, that usually means an open in a plug wire. The energy that would normally go to the plug to fire it has nowhere else to go but to dump energy back into the ignition coil. This pent up energy ends up making the tach needle jump up during a miss.
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