Help! Engine developes miss after hitting bump
Munypit
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- Farmerville, La
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- 1985 CJ7, 258 engine, T176 tranny, twin sticked 300 transfer, 30/20
This is the 3rd time this has happened, The first time I hit a pothole and the engine died, Found that the coil wire coming off the solenoid was loose. Corrected this, jeep ran fine the next trip out. 2nd trip engine would die but would recrank after a few seconds of turning over. limped her back to my house. Changed fuel filter thinking it was starving for gas. Yesterday,(3rd) time took the kids out for a joy ride, drove about 15 miles out with no problems, turned around to come home, made it about 5 miles, hit a bump and a miss developed,Engine did not die but lost power, hit the clutch and pumped the skinny a few times and would pick back up and every now and then backfire from the tail pipe. it did this for about 9 miles then went dead. I was able to recrank the engine quickly and made the last mile with no problems. I feel like I am a decent mechanic but this is about to blow my mind. Any suggestions in where to look?