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03-26-2003, 02:39 PM
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Location: dillsburg pa
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help
hello to everyone. i have a small problem. i am trying to start my truck that i just put an hei distributer in and it will not crank. here are the facts. batery is good and i followed the instruction i found on this board about installing the dist. i dont seem to be getting power at all anywhere in the truck. the purple wire going to the dist. is connected to the terminal closet to the engine. what am i missing. i should still have lights even if the wiring to the stater is not right. throw some ideas at me please. thanks in advance.
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67 k-20 w/327 and a 3speed and 4.57 rear with 17 inch split rims and 9 inch wide rubber(is my current project) 73 blazer 6 inch all spring lift 350/350 with crappy 3.08 gears and 35 inch bfg tires. just put out 135 hp to the wheels on the dyno. 54 chevy delray .060 over 250 i-6 which was taken from my first truck(68 gmc). it is next in line for a rebuild |
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03-26-2003, 03:57 PM
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Not to be a smarta$$ but did you disconnect and forget to reconnect you battery ground cable?
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03-26-2003, 04:09 PM
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heh i was gonna say the same thing...only because I know I've done such things and as a computer help-desk tech, thats almost always the first thing I ask people
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03-26-2003, 04:32 PM
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do you have a constant voltage to the distributor?
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03-28-2003, 03:52 AM
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i have the positive wire from the batt. going to the starter and the neg. wire going to the stud on the water pump. i have not checked yet for voltage to the distributer but i thought the stater would spin if it was wired right no matter what because it was it's own seperate system. thanks for the replys.
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67 k-20 w/327 and a 3speed and 4.57 rear with 17 inch split rims and 9 inch wide rubber(is my current project) 73 blazer 6 inch all spring lift 350/350 with crappy 3.08 gears and 35 inch bfg tires. just put out 135 hp to the wheels on the dyno. 54 chevy delray .060 over 250 i-6 which was taken from my first truck(68 gmc). it is next in line for a rebuild |
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03-28-2003, 09:24 AM
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You don't even have lights? I'd say re-ground your battery.
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03-28-2003, 12:03 PM
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Thats the Hillbilly way
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Sound like a bad ground too me .
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03-28-2003, 12:09 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
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The purple wire going to the distributor...did you add that, or is that the one that maybe used to go to the starter?
Not trying to insult anyone here...just there are't many purple wires on these trucks. |
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