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sapperleader - 18 Jun 2006 03:44 GMT

I have a 1989 chevy silverado pickup. Driving home from work one day, the
truck died. In the process of troubleshooting, I noticed I had no spark to
the plugs. I replaced the wires, plugs, distributor cap, and rotor cap and
still have no spark. I am getting fuel since I can smell it accumulating in
the carb when I turn the engine over. Any suggestions?

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Shep - 18 Jun 2006 15:28 GMT

Ign module or pick up in the dist.

>I have a 1989 chevy silverado pickup. Driving home from work one day, the
> truck died. In the process of troubleshooting, I noticed I had no spark
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> in
> the carb when I turn the engine over. Any suggestions?

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sapperleader - 26 Jun 2006 02:00 GMT

Yep, it was the Ign module. thanks...

>Ign module or pick up in the dist.
>>I have a 1989 chevy silverado pickup. Driving home from work one day, the
>> truck died. In the process of troubleshooting, I noticed I had no spark
>[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> in
>> the carb when I turn the engine over. Any suggestions?

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byron2323@verizon.net - 25 Jun 2006 21:16 GMT

--when that happened to mine it turned out to be a bad coil. Tests for it
in the manual are bogus. It tested good according to manual, yet it had a
high voltage arc-over internally. Spoke to some mechanics about it since
and they mentioned a few failures of the coil they had seen.
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> I have a 1989 chevy silverado pickup. Driving home from work one day, the
> truck died. In the process of troubleshooting, I noticed I had no spark to
> the plugs. I replaced the wires, plugs, distributor cap, and rotor cap and
> still have no spark. I am getting fuel since I can smell it accumulating in
> the carb when I turn the engine over. Any suggestions?

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sapperleader - 26 Jun 2006 02:01 GMT

It was the ignition module. Thanks anyway.

>--when that happened to mine it turned out to be a bad coil. Tests for it
>in the manual are bogus. It tested good according to manual, yet it had a
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>> still have no spark. I am getting fuel since I can smell it accumulating in
>> the carb when I turn the engine over. Any suggestions?

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