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   Scott Dorsey to Michael Trew   
   Re: Car won't start...   
   31 Dec 21 14:30:05   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   On 12/30/2021 9:55 PM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > Drats... I really thought that the coil went, but it still has spark to   
   > the distributor cap.  I dumped a bit of fuel down the throttle.  No   
   > difference.  Cranks just fine, but it won't even pop as if it were   
   > trying to catch; not even on one cylinder.   
      
   If it's not spark and it's not fuel, it's air or timing.  First step is to   
   get out the timing light.   
      
   > I guess I'll try again in the morning.  Any ideas?  How ironic that I   
   > get stumped like this, after posting a couple of times today how old   
   > cars are so much easier to work on... LOL.  Thanks in advance.   
      
   If you had a newer car, you could go into the menus and look at a plot of the   
   crankshaft position sensor and the timing diagram without even having to get   
   your hands dirty.   
   --scott   
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