Ahhh ... and now the truth is revealed:

DUDE - (or BAGD depending on your tuning.)

ALWAYS - replace plugs, wire, distribulator ... when the "beep code" "pig tail" "dot pattern" .... (you HAVE purchased manufactor's manual $220 US)...find someone with the same automobile in your neighborhood ... and begin the "ol' military mechanic" swapping out of parts until it works...Works for "computer repair."

DUDE - Why post THIS hear? 90 percent of these Mudcat posters can't tune an insturment...much less a car...some might consider a high pitched flute a piccolo in retreat. (Joke Doppler effect)

Consider a bicycle.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

But keep the tires inflated and th chain well lubricated.