Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:23:24 +0000 From: Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> Subject: Re: failure to start
Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > After I replaced the distributor cap and rotor Is that all you did? Anything else? > the engine no longer > starts. I thought maybe it was just out of gas, since the guage read > "empty" but after putting almost a half a tank in, it still won't > start. When I turn the key the engine tries to turn over. However, I > don't hear any explosion from the power stroke. I took each plug out > and held it on the intake, and each plug has spark. I also > disconnected each fuel line from the intake and each line has fuel. > > What did I do? Put the ignition leads on the cap the wrong way round? > I obviously messed something up, but I can't figure > out what. What can I check next? The order of the ignition leads. > Is it possible/probable for the > plugs to not have spark in the cylinder but have spark when held next > to the intake? No. -- Grunff