i am working on a 78 dodge truck with 318. it is not getting fire at plugs. replaced cap coil even distributer out of a running 318. everything is hot going in to dist. but wont come out. just got on project and i know for a fact there are almost no NEW problems with vehicles just ones that havent happened to me. so i know some one has the answer that i cant find.

 

Have you checked to see that the rotor is turning when cranking engine?

 

thanks for reply charlie1935. i have just gotten involved with this problem and last question i asked owner was "is rotor turning", he said it was,and this is a gearhead guy, but i dont think he has had much MOPAR experience. it will be a couple of days before i can get back on it and i will double back on everything he has tried. sometimes you cant see the forest for the trees, dqkid

 

If you are getting spark out of the coil and to the distributor, then the problem has to be in the distributor.

 

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I'd vote for the distributor...[sm=smiley24.gif]

 

Also be timing chain. If the plastic are striped it won't go. Could have jumped a few teeth on the gear too.

 

im with roadswimmer. i had the same problem with an 85 ford and replaced everything trhat could be replaced. i never even heard of a coil pickup until the parts guy told me about it. 30 bucks and three hours of beat the daylights out of my distributor, the ole ford was runnin again. hope this helps duane

 

If you replaced the cap, coil, and distributer then it could (rarly) be the plug wires... also check your timing...

 

He said,"it is not getting fire at plugs". Even if it jumps time, it will still provide spark, it will just fire the plugs at the wrong time.[sm=smiley2.gif]