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Old Jan 8, 2002 | 05:46 PM
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About a month ago, my truck quit unexpectedly. At first, I thought it was out of gas because the fuel gauge doesn't work. After filling the tank and realizing there was fuel getting to the carb, I had to tow back to my place. It'll turn over, but it won't start. Carburetor has been recently rebuilt, new fuel pump, new fuel filter. 4 of the 8 spark plugs have been replaced within the past 4 months. I don't where else to turn. Can anybody help me?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2002 | 06:17 PM
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Are you getting spark to the plugs?
 
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Old Jan 8, 2002 | 08:37 PM
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I had a similar problem where the truck would just turn off some times when running. (460) Ended up being the coil in the distrubutor, easy cheap fix was a rebuilt distributor from Discount Auto Parts for something like $29.00 with a lifetime warranty,
 
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Old Jan 10, 2002 | 06:52 PM
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it also might the what all the auto parts stores call the igition "bad speller" modgule

Chevy "like a Rock made for sitting around"
85 f150 inline 300
 
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Old Jan 11, 2002 | 01:05 AM
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I had the problem where my 351 would quit running while i was driving. Turned out to be some corroded wires coming from the battery.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2002 | 01:14 PM
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