My 235 was running pretty smoothly. I cleaned the plugs, then re-installed. ( they each had a little black soot, nothing too bad ) Started her up, and then followed an old timers advice and proceeded to back all of the plug wires back off of the plugs slightly in order to " burn 'em off" a little while it is running. I got to the last wire and when it shocked the [censored] out of me, I dropped it and prceeded to knock off the adjacent wire as my hand beat a hasty retreat. Now both plug wires are hanging loose and sparking like mad all over the block, starter, etc. After trying to replace the two wires multiple times and getting shock repeatedly, I decided < duh > to cut her off and replace them. Now when I crank her up it sounds and feels like I am only running on 5, maybe 4 cylinders. Question: Did I burn up the wires, screw up the distributer, or what else could I have done to screw it up? Yeah, it was a really dumb mistake, and the hell of it is the engine was running rather nicely in the first place. ( if it anin't broke, don't fix it, huh?) At any rate, I appreciate all the help you folks with experience can give me. Thanks.
