Mine is attached to a bolt, but it actuall goes to the little stub thing hanging out above the bolt (could not see it in the dark when I installed it..)

 

Nope. It can cause erratic shifting behavior when it's missing, but it won't prevent starting.

 

got it thanks outside i go

 

well i figured i would ask thanks

 

That spring also looks alot like a rear drum shoe spring.

 

Yeah it does now that I think about it... bunker, did it fall out close to a tire?

 

no it fell out dvr side right behind engine area thanks to gdstock and his picture i found right where it fell out. its just weard it would fall out while pressure washing under it. must have been already loose just hanging there by one end. i didnt even put that much water pressure in that aera.but im glad it didnt happen on the road or did it? hm

 

do the cap and rotor- cheap and it needs it. i bet its either the crank pos sender, coil, or the cap itself.
An easy way to see if its gas related is to pour a quarter cup of gas in the throttle body and crank it, if it starts and dies the problem is fuel delivery.

 

thanks, i did try a little gas not 1/4 cup, but i did try (starting fluid) and didn`t make any dif at all never tried to crank. i hope my unenployment starts this comming week and i can aford to start with a new cap and rotor. so we`ll see. but either way i`m getting a code reader.

 

well after getting under the truck today and looking for where the spring goes i noticed a whole cable off of the rod it goes on,not sure what it is but it is a cable not linkage. one end of the spring went there and other went to another peice. have no idea what that cable is for but it always shifted fine. i looked in my service manula and couldnt find anything on that cable. but any who its back in place. i just wish it was my no start problem