Originally Posted by
Flatout Phil
With all the pulling around of ancient leads, not beyond realms of poss that something electrical is afoot - plug change maybe, or establish misfiring cylinder, then juggle the plugs around to see if it is a duff plug or ignition lead.
Leaky gasket somewhere inlet manifold is always a suspect, although as the head gasket has been done, it does beg the question, what went wrong that it needed to be done? And was a misfire there beforehand?
Misfires can be caused by so many factors that I am sure we could have a list twenty items long and still not get the right one.