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MarkBodiford Mark Bodiford
Mobile, AL, USA   USA
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I guess its only appropriate this is my first post.

Car ran fine for a couple days then occasionally started cutting off during extended mushy braking sections.

Then I wanted to remove the radio console and some jumped wiring from the PO. Now it doesnt crank/start up and run.

The car sounds normal when I turn the key over it just never fires up. The headlights are nice and strong, the starter? is making normal noises. Just never starts the controlled explosions and shaking the car a little to know its running. Please help.


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ice Gold Member Larry Ice
Lawrenceville, GA, USA   USA
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Need more info. Pls post the year of your car to your profile so we will all know what year the car was made. Easy to do and one time and you are done with it.
How long have you had the car? Was it running well/at all when you bought it? Where was it stored?
Pull plugs to see if you are getting spark. I recommend installing new plugs now as you will have to at some point anyways. Have you changed the oil/filter yet?
Discard any gasoline in the system including that in the tank replace with 2 gallons of reg gas, preferably w/o ethanol but any reg gas will do. Put a filter between the pump and the carb.
Make sure the ground strap is clean (is it pos or neg ground?). There should be a ground strap between the engine and body as well. Battery completely charged?
I suggest you get a manual, Haynes or some other one and look at a wiring diagram (or get one off line) as it looks like the PO left you with a landmine!
Try to get one system operational at a time before taking another apart or you will complicate getting it running.
Enjoy!



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Little Red Rooster Peter Hay
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK   GBR
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Are you sure you haven't pulled an ignition wire when moving the radio? First thing to do is to check for a spark. Take a plug out and rest it against the block, spin the engine and see if it's sparking. If not work back from there to ht lead, coil and ignition switch.



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MarkBodiford Mark Bodiford
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Wire from fuse box to ignition coil was not getting 12V. Replaced fuse box and everything is good now. Thanks for the View and Suggestions everyone!

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