so many wireing problems

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so many wireing problems

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so my truck wont start agian and just replaced the ignition coil im getting electricity all the way to the distributer but the engine wont crank over
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is the battery dead?
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auto trans? -bypass the neutral safety switch
have you jumped across the solenoid (bypassed it with jumper cables) yet ? if the starter cranks then i'd replace the solenoid
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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battery is good and its a 4 speed nd i was told it might be the distributer? and the solenoid is new
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is power getting to the solenoid from the battery?
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yea i was a dumb ass nd for got to bolt the solenoid to the qaurter panel so it wsent grounding out idiot right here lol walked in the house right after and yold everyone to punch me in the face lol
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well i was unsure where to start except for the begining since you didnt describe the problem more.
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glad it was an easy fix lol!
- still got my first first car 20+yrs later : 69 f100 sorta kinda pretending its a Mercury M100 w/a 70 f350 sport custom cab (factory buckets) 67 grille with 69 ranger cooneyes 68 merc box and hood,some supercool fiberglass fenders i scored way back when, 76 f150 disc brake frontend..currently running a 90 5.0HO 4bbl/c4 auto & 3.50 posi...originally a 360/c6 f100 Ranger with dealer added towpack (incl. kelsey hays trailer brake),boxside toolbox,behind the seat stowage & belly tank...only original parts left on 'er are the frame,rear end,rear springs,and rear bumper...
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now i need new carb mine is flooding its self when its not running
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carbs arent my department for sure.
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ehhh i got a guy on the other side of my state goingot trade me all my carbs for a new holley 2100 series
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