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But it didnt take us forever to get the distributor in maybe 20 minutes to get the old one out look it over and decide we are going to put the new one in. Putting new plug wires in because the spark is weak according to last spark test and told by a motor and transmission specialist what is going on and that's what he said to do and told him how we checked timing and said that works good if you know what your doing you dont need all this fancy technology shit how do you think they did it before shit like that came out
I agree with wacoeagle here.
If you've got good spark occurring at the correct time and the valve train is operating in time, it will fire on starting fluid.
If you put fuel in fire, it will burn.
So either the timing chain is way out (kind of unlikely IMO on a pushrod engine) or the distributor isn't firing the plugs in the right order (much more likely), because the wires are maybe mixed up or the distributor is stuck wrong... Not picking on you at all, but not being able to lay hands on the truck, that is the most likey scenario.
You mention the spark was weak at some point in your previous post.
Have you corrected that issue?
If you take the plug wire off the ignition coil, you should have a good strong spark that can jump a good sized gap to a grounded test light.
If that checks, reinstall the wire and check the spark the same way coming out of the distributer cap, and at the end of a plug wire or two.
Did you find the answer to your post ? my neighbors truck is doing the same thing and seems that only left for me to check is the pcm but before i do i wanted to ask if you about yours
have you checked voltage readings to the tps sensor?
voltage a closed throttle is what? should be about 0.9 volts
voltage at open throttle is what? should be about 4.5 volts
also, idle air control valve is a known fail point causing a no start due to to much air going in the engine. Check to see if it moves when you turn key on and off as well as inspect it for carbon buildup.
what are the readings of each wire with the key on engine off ?
color of wire......... voltage reading while back probing each wire....
