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1988 3.9L won't start

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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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Has a very weak spark at the coil wire.. replaced coil, coil wire, cap, rotor.. No luck.. I saw note of a cam pos. sensor. is that in the distrubitor circut? Any ides ? Thanks, Ted O.
 
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Old Jun 26, 2010 | 02:40 AM
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If you have a weak spark my guess will be a bad power or ground wire. Or bad plug wires.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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Power/grnd. is fine.. Again, what is in the circut for firing the coil ? Thanks...
 
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