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Re: New (old-ish) non-running van...
JHQM #669648 August 27th 2014 11:02 am
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The other day when I took those photos, I hooked up a timing light to the 1st plug wire to quickly check for spark. It was flashing, but I will pull the plug this evening and check to see that it's a strong spark. I took the PO's word that the plugs were new, but I need to see for myself.

Re: New (old-ish) non-running van...
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I have re-routed all the vac lines and I'm fairly confident in them.
BUT
My eyes have deceived me; there is no spark after all.
It's got a new distributor cap, rotor, and I believe a pickup as well. Maybe it's the coil?

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JHQM #669861 August 29th 2014 8:32 pm
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Check the gap on the pickup, make sure the wires to the coil are correctly hooked up.


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Reed #669863 August 29th 2014 9:19 pm
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Seems it may be a safety device not letting the ecu send signal to fire
check all saftety features/ park sensor
ignition
check to see if you are getting power to coil from batt

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JHQM #669867 August 29th 2014 10:43 pm
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Yes, it could be the neutral start switch. Put the van in neutral and then try starting it.


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Reed #669881 August 30th 2014 10:51 am
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Have we tried ether in throttle body? Is fuel pump running? Is fuel pressure ok? Safeties dont let starter engage in gear. There is an oil pressure shutdown on chevys but it is ignored for a short time aftef starting.



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Re: New (old-ish) non-running van...
JHQM #669891 August 30th 2014 3:23 pm
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No oil pressure shutdown on Dodges.


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JHQM #670208 September 04th 2014 2:23 pm
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Auto shut down relay, will stop the fuel pump & Pos on coil.


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Re: New (old-ish) non-running van...
JHQM #670223 September 04th 2014 9:25 pm
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What year is the van? If it isn't fuel injected it won't have any kind of auto shutdown relay.


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