Help!!!!!!
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Help!!!!!!
i have a 1979 f350 camper special and it wont start. i put new plugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor, coil and ignition module,and jumped the key switch and it wont fire off. i ended up running the battery dead one night while i was replacing the water pump gaskets and it ran fine that night the next morning after it was all back together i tried to start and all i got was crank,crank,crank. and thats it. now i dont even get a crank. please help it would be greatly apprecited
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Don't over look the possibility of a bad battery. I've seen batteries so bad, that you could not jump them or charge them enough to start the engine. I had this happen to a battery that I even measured 12V with a multimeter, but it turned out to have a dead cell in it. Also make sure all your electrical connections are clean and tight including grounds.
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Perhaps a wire broke or was not connected.
Btw, These trucks don't have computers (aka: BRAIN BOX)
That was part of the EEC ignition system
You were correct calling it the ignition module ....which is exactly what it is.
The Pickup module in the distributor is also prone to heat and breaking down.
I would start looking at the obvious stuff...like connections
Q: If it was running okay already why did you relplace so many parts ?
Also, Please put th topic in the title
Words like "Help" mean nothing as we are already here to help
It's better that a descriptive title be made
ie: No start ...then no crank condition .
Welcome to FTE
Btw, These trucks don't have computers (aka: BRAIN BOX)
That was part of the EEC ignition system
You were correct calling it the ignition module ....which is exactly what it is.
The Pickup module in the distributor is also prone to heat and breaking down.
I would start looking at the obvious stuff...like connections
Q: If it was running okay already why did you relplace so many parts ?
Also, Please put th topic in the title
Words like "Help" mean nothing as we are already here to help
It's better that a descriptive title be made
ie: No start ...then no crank condition .
Welcome to FTE
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