2001 Tib 5-speed hesitation/jerking

[netcom]

My car has started to act weird the last few days, under acceleration, in mostly 1st and 2nd gear I get a weird hesitation / jerking motion, almost like something is slipping for a split-second.
Now i'm going to get a new clutch put in Monday and I spoke to the tranny shop but they don't think its anything to do with the tranny.
I think it may be electrical, maybe the plugs and wires as I haven't changed them since I got this car a few weeks ago and they may just be old.
I have no warning lights on in the car and I just had the timing belt and all other belts changed two weeks ago.

Any other ideas on what I could check?

[netcom]

Well, its getting worse, now i'm losing power as the hesitation grows longer and the car misses more, I am going to start with the basics first, run some fuel injector cleaner, clean the throttle body and replace the fuel filter, then on to the plugs and wires if that doesn't work.

[netcom]

Hmmm, got bosch platinum+ plugs but no one had wires, got a fuel filter but need to remove it with the car in the air.
So I replaced the plugs, took the car for a drive and it worked perfectly! Imagine, just a plug going bad!

[Bullitt]

yup, this has happened to me before. Just wondering, how old are your previous plugs?

[netcom]

Don't know how old they were but by the look of the wires, they may have been originals :0

[Bullitt]

ohh okay, I think mine went from 97 to 04 before it acted strange.