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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee12609" data-source="post: 699620" data-attributes="member: 12415">a misfire doesnt ALWAYS happen in every gear. a coil or wire set starting to go bad sometimes only rares its head under load. obviously the load in 1st gear is lesser than the others. however, a good way to check is chock all 4 wheels, pull the parking brake and slip the clutch just enough to put a load on the motor and see if you can induce the misfire. or get rolling in first and ride the clutch and gas to load the motor. for instance when my fuel pump was starting to go out my car would pull to redline in first at WOT and not miss a beat, but any other gear and more than 75% throttle would cause it to backfire through the intake and fall on its face. eventually it got bad enough that i couldnt go more than 50% throttle in any gear, and it was obvious when i put the gauge on it and went for a spin that the pump was trash because pressure would drop to nothing at throttle stabs.</blockquote>