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Offline Irish_Alley

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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2014, 05:57:04 pm »
Why you pushing 10k. On my phone but it you search on here for distributor eBay you will find it
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2014, 05:58:17 pm »
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2014, 08:05:43 pm »
Pickup coils can fail intermittently.  In fact, it's a rather common scenario.

1,000 RPM huh?

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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2014, 09:16:57 pm »
I don't know bd that ones only good for 7k
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Offline 79K10Crusher

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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2014, 09:39:23 pm »
Plugs and wires changed lately?  Simple stuff is usually what it is....
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2014, 07:34:12 pm »
Finally had time to fix it, it was the pick up coil. THANKS for all the input it was a lot I needed to learn. 
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2014, 10:58:30 pm »
glad you got her figured out. maybe i need to replace my coil on my 94. wonder if it was a bad connection on the coil?
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2014, 12:26:22 am »
Sounds like it is a possibly that's for sure.... Hmmm... Yeah you should look into the coil... Distributor... See if you can come up with something?  I'm feeling inside like your on the right track there Irish ...
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Re: 79 350 Chevy cuts out on hwy
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2014, 01:22:39 pm »
you must mean 1000 rpm what about spark plugs.they could be glazed
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