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dodge ram 1500 died today and wont start back up

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Old 11-07-2010, 01:20 PM
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Glad you got it running, and thanks for letting us know.
 
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no problem, I hate it when people don't post the fix. It just means people have a few more hours of searching again after they spend so much time reading a fruitless post.
 
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by tralay
Guys I found the problem!!!! wooohoooo!!! it was the coil. it was delivering spark but not enough spark to cause combustion. We took a coil off of my neighbors dodge and hooked it up to mine and she cranked right up. the weird thing is that it seemed like a strong spark at the coil but apparently it had degenerated enough to not be able to deliver under a load (plug wires, rotor, cap, and plugs). it did it very suddenly yesterday too. exactly as if it had just that minute ran out of gas.
That's why I said to check kV's, rather than just dismissing an ignition issue because you see spark.

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