ok so tonight I figured I'd have another look at the bus, to try to figure out why  its been running to bad and having no power...

heres the rundown of things I noticed... see if you can figure out whats wrong by the time you finish reading this....

1. no power....
2. missing at red lights...
3. noticed while exhaust was off 2 weeks ago that one exhaust hole looked wet...

While I thought the worst, I retimed the motor, checked the points and the carb, tranny fluid, etc.... but upon looking at the engine tonight, guess what i noticed?

cylinder #2, the same one that had a wet exhaust area, was missing the spark plug wire. 
It was just laying there, unconnected.... dunno how or why... gremlins maybe? either way, looks like I'll be driving it this weekend after all!!!