Check the easy stuff first...start with where the plug wires are in the distributor cap. Had a VW give me problems once...same kind of problem, a 4-banger missing on 2 cylinders. Took it to a shop that does imports. When the tech opened the hood, he asked me,"Did you wire that cap from the 1974 ediion of the Chilton's manual?" I said that I did. He said, "Yeah, we see that a lot...they got the picture on distributor rotation reversed."
If the firing order is correct, then check compression. If compression is OK, then start the engine and use a pump oil can to pump some oil around the manifold-to-head gap. If the miss disappears for a little while, replace the mnifold gasket. [You can clean te engine off with degreaser or brake cleaner after it cools.]
Had a friend in years back who bought a Chevy 400 smallblock from a junkyard for a pickup he owned. Once in, the engine ran terrible. Long story short, he found part of the intake plugged up with the biggest mud dobber's nest he'd ever seen.
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