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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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Well my baby aint wantin to start for me. I checked the sparkplug and there good but they aint gettin no power. The coil is good i took it up to autozone and they tested it and said it was good but they couldnt test the little thing that holds the coil where the connecter plugs in at. Im just wonderin what it could be ???
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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same problem here bro
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 07:22 PM
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mine was like this also.i just went to the junk yard and got a used distributor and all is well again.....check your senors.....
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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you said the coil is good, are you getting power to the coil?
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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So a different disturber cap or full thing
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by fishtaconc
you said the coil is good, are you getting power to the coil?
Well i think i have it figured out i have power to the thing that the wires plug into but nothing coming out of the coil so whatever that piece is im pretty sure thats the problem
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 09:07 AM
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Carolina boy where you live i live in winston
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by dogdog130
Carolina boy where you live i live in winston
I live in dallas about 5 minutes from gastonia
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