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Old 06-01-2012, 02:11 PM
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GM Ignition module, still no spark

I was driving along today and as I started up a hill, my truck started dieing(not all at once), and eventually stalled. When trying to restart it, it would not even try. I checked an I had fuel (fuel filter is full), so I read on the forum about the GM ignition module swap, and I did that, still no spark. I have power all the places there should be power, and I have checked and re-checked my wiring. Any ideas?

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Old 06-01-2012, 03:27 PM
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Sounds like to me your distributor is bad.
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Originally Posted by Rollz79
Sounds like to me your distributor is bad.
Is there a way to test it, other than seeing that it turns? Which it does.
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If ur cap and button have corrison on them that might be the issue
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Originally Posted by tazz76
If ur cap and button have corrison on them that might be the issue
I checked, no corrosion in the cap.
Old 06-02-2012, 06:39 AM
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Make sure you have a good coil. Maybe put your wiring up here and have everyone make sure it's wired correctly. Just draw a picture of how you did it and scan it or something.
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I have had a coil slowly go out on me before if u have a spare that is good switch then out to c if it works
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It might be a bad or contaminated pickup in the dist
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I found a good coil combo in the junk the PO gave me. I took out the GM stuff and put it in and I am good... for now.
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