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 Heres the situation,, he loaned his truck out  got his truck back,, the water pump was bad he asked me to fix it,, done, he told me it would not start so I put new plugs,, new cap new roatar,, used the same coil pack in the cap top,, it has no fire,, it will crank over but i don't think its getting any fire,, any ideas coil bad?? thanks in advance for any help. edited------------i took the coil and had it tested,, i took the control module and had it tested too,, both good,, 

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sevety9

you'll need to find out "for sure" if you have spark or not.  No spark, it has to be electrical.  Bad ground, wrong plug wire to plug, few things to choose.  Spark, then first check firing order and make sure plug wires off cap go to correct cylinder.  Any parts store can tell you firing order and which cylinder is which (1-2-3-4....etc.) Next you'll need fuel.  No fuel, no run.  Try spraying starting fluid or small amounts of gas into intake and see if it will fire. Last is compression, even if you "lose" a cylinder, the motor should still fire.  My feeling is, if it run before, then it is probably electrical.  Spark, fuel, compression.  Good luck.

thanks for your response,, I got it running, replaced the coil pickup in the distributer,, you have to pull the distributer take it apart,, put in the new coil pack,,  thanks again for your response..

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sevety9