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

 

Year, model, miles, mods, etc...?

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Good luck.

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92 4x4 truck 22re over 300,000 miles....sorry

 

No worries.

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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

 

any one?????

 

might need new plug wires??...?? how old are they???sounds like your just wiggling them is what fixes it or maybe you bump something else...

 

they are new.. so are the plugs.

 

HELP ME PLEASE!!! I HAVE TO HAVE MY TRUCK BACK ON THE ROAD LIKE TOMOROW!!!! I NEED HELP I JUST CHANGED THE COIL TODAY STILL NO LUCK... HELP

 

Open up your distributor and check your rotor and points.
I've seen a couple yota's with old and corroded rotors and points. Take a little bit of sand paper or a tiny file and clean it up a bit if it's got lots of corrosion (same stuff as on your battery terminals).

 

Also, that's a lot of miles, and I'd suspect your distributor is getting pretty worn...

 

i got it.... it was the little wire that goes from the ignitor to the distrbutor. it was just cut all to pieces.. thanks for the help...