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Hard starting, won't idle.

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Old 06-27-2020, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by HeyYou
The relationship between which cylinder is firing, where the distributor is turned, and where the crank is, is very important. Number one cylinder is marked on the cap, and it NEEDS to be there. (and yup, its fun to see....) Has the distributor been moved/replaced?
This truck is a recent purchase and I drove it home knowing it had a bad coil (like a 2 mile drive to my house) So it ran like poop prior. Once I got it home I checked over everything related to the ignition since I was replacing the coil anyway. I noticed the wires were next to brand new as well as super clean plugs so I also checked the rotor button cap etc which again was all super clean. I'm guessing the older gentleman made had taken care of the truck. So I messed up and just had wire #1 on #8 position off throwing everything out of wack. Whoops, my bad.
 
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Old 06-27-2020, 10:49 AM
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That'll do it. Not like things are easy to see back there.
 



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