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Re: 85 Chev MH 5.7L toasted #5 piston: Why?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 4/12/2005

Hmmm, somewhere along the line somebody swapped #5 and #7 plug wires.........

I had a neighbor that drove his 80's Suburban around like that for about 10,000 miles, never noticed the slight skip and never throttled it hard enough to get it to 'backfire'. I b... Login to read more.