I think I can boil your problems down to three things to check for. I will start with the acceleration problem first since it's the easiest. Watch the tach and see if it is starting off in second gear. You can tell because you will only see the tach jump once at the 2-3 shift. The other problem is a vacuum leak and the need to change the secondary ignition system including cap, rotor, ignition wires, spark plugs. Insect every hose and test for leaks, they occur in places you can't always see or sometimes they get knocked off inadvertantly. After you finish replacing all of these parts have the mixture set on an emission analyzer. The final problem is electrical. Clean all conections paying particular attention to "grounds" like the one on the frame in front by the front left wheel. Start at the battery and work your way through the car concentrating on the large connections first. David Teirelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Aaron King" <floodle@xxxx> wrote: > OK, here's what I have. A few relatively minor problems, all relating to > the way the engine runs. I don't know if there's a connection between them, > but something seems kind of suspicious. I'll list them and hope someone > smarter than myself can figure one or more of these problems out. For the > record, the car is an April 81 automatic, vin 1217, always garaged. > your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com