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Originally Posted by Mndwg1
phantom wire that has been cut for a what appears to be a long time maybe 14 to 16ga. that is black with a white stripe.
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That "phantom" wire is the EST wire, electronic spark control wire. that is the wire you are supposed to disconnect to set the base timing. There should be a connector in that wire by the firewall over on the passenger side. If the car won't attempt to run with it connected, the spark control may be bad IF the timing is set correctly. If you have bad/irratic spark on #1 replace the cap and rotor. Also... spark plug gap should .035", the .045" listed on the under hood decal is wrong, GM found that it was too much gap and was causung the ignition modules to burn out.