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Mar 26, 2004 | 12:44 PM

padd54

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Help with starting problem!!

Hey all, well here goes. I swapped out dashes in my 68 F250's and when I got everthing back together it would turn over but no fire. I have swapped, start relay, volt reg., and coil one at a time from my other truck that starts fine. No good. I still have the inst. panel removed and trying to figure out what could of come loose or I missed hooking up.
\Any help would be appreciated.
\Thanks, Ray.

Mar 26, 2004 | 12:58 PM

socaljerry

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Wow! Now thats a head scratcher. If it were me, I would check something totally unrelated to the dash swap. It would be my luck that something else just happened to give out unrelated to the swap. I would check the points, wire from the points to the coil, timing, spark in general. It sounds as if you are not getting spark? I wonder if the dash/firewall ground would have anything to do with it?

Mar 26, 2004 | 01:16 PM

padd54

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Thanks Jerry, I will try get the wife to hold the coil wire while I turn it over

. Where is the dash/firewall ground?
\Ray
\
\OK, I have spark at plugs, although I need do a tune up.
\I pored a little gas in the carb and it wants to start, so I have a fuel delivery problem. I will start isolating as soon as it warms up a little. We a having snow showers in the area.
\Thanks, Ray.

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Mar 26, 2004 | 03:07 PM

Levergun

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Check and make sure your balist resistor wire is hooked up.

Mar 26, 2004 | 04:06 PM

truckzilla68

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Get a volt meter and see if you have voltage at the coil with the ignition in the on position or in start position.

Mar 26, 2004 | 04:15 PM

padd54

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Where is the ballast resistor wire??

Mar 26, 2004 | 04:40 PM

Levergun

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It all depends on your vehicle. The resistor is mainly to protect the coil. But I know that if you have a high output coil, you will need a ballast resistor to make it work other wise the car will shutdown due to heat. If you are running a standard coil, it should read less than 12v when the ignition is on. if it is higher, than you need a ballast resistor.

Easy fix is to find a stock coil and try that. It should work without a ballast resistor. Maybe your other truck has an in-line ballast resistor somewhere in the harness and that is why that coil works on that truck but will not work on the other truck. I'm guessing here, but something like that resistor or a cracked distributor cap, or rotor etc. can drive ya crazy. Just some things to check.