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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 12:40 AM
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After replacing the hub/wheel bearing on my friends 92' shadow we got it all done tonight, everything looking good but now it just cranks, cranks, cranks, and cranks. Not one single spark. It is dark and cold so we called it a night, push-parked the car and went home.

I have never dealt with shadows before or the 2.5L 4cyl, someone please shed somelight on where to begin checking stuff or what are the common failure parts.

*Some info about the car*

He bought it last friday from my boss for $300, she just didn't want it in her driveway anymore and it has some problems (minor). It sat about 2 months before Kevin picked it up, but it fired up and drove fine for 3 days sans the problems. Which are bad wheel bearing, broken hood release, and leaky power steering. It only has 54,XXX miles on it.

In case anyone wants to know.. the hub from a 91' Chrysler minivan is the same as the Shadow hub.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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Check the pickup.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 03:41 PM
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I had the same problem, turned out to be the timing belt, but since it wouldn't start after you parked it, that probably isn't it.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 09:47 PM
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Check the rotar and the points, also check the connections on the coil.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Points? Cars haven't had points since the early 70's.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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Not points but where the rotar hits the spark plug wires inside the distributor is what i meant not sure what they are really called
 
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