Odd starting problem - bad plugs?
08-02-2009, 01:19 PM
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Odd starting problem - bad plugs?
ok so my truck would not start this morning.... got home and tried to start it no luck.. so i started to fool with it, checked if it was getting spark and well it was. this is the odd part! when i checked the spark it cranked right up. ? all it did was put a screwdiver in the spark plug wire, put it to the radiator suport. when i turned it over it cranked up...??? so i put the spark plug back in and it is running fine now i would just like to know what was wrong. where i can fix it if it happens again .. thanks
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ok so my truck would not start this morning.... got home and tried to start it no luck.. so i started to fool with it, checked if it was getting spark and well it was. this is the odd part! when i checked the spark it cranked right up. ? all it did was put a screwdiver in the spark plug wire, put it to the radiator suport. when i turned it over it cranked up...??? so i put the spark plug back in and it is running fine now i would just like to know what was wrong. where i can fix it if it happens again .. thanks
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i did it again
well i was about to leave my house and my truck did the same thing.. so i checked to see if it was getting spark. no luck this time didnt work. lol. it got very little spark. and it was like a orange color.. so i unhooked all the wires on the coil and ingnitor put them back on. hit my coil and ingnitor the the end of my screwdriver. tired to start it... it fired right up like nothin was wrong??? what do i fix the coil or the ingnitor, or both? thanks for the help!!1
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