In article <000501c342a3$1f39a5c0$2effaa44@win2000pro>, menoldre@adelphia.net
("Ron") writes:
>
>
> Went to go see the fireworks tonight and thought that we would sit in the
> bed of the truck in the crowded parking lot. Got into the truck and it
> didn't start.
>
> Some history.
>
> Just bought the truck about a month ago.
>
> 1995
> V6
> CC Sport
> 147000 miles
> Automatic
> 1) bad gas, water in gas.
> solution, try that stuff at the auto store that binds with water and makes
> it combust.
>
> 2) bad distributor cap
> solution get new distributor cap
>
> 3) bad rotor
> solution get new rotor
>
> 4) bad spark plug wires (but wouldn't it just miss on one instead of not
> firing any)?
> solution get new wires
>
> 4) clogged fuel filter
> solution (yuck) drop gas tank, change filter (that is where it is right?)
>
> 5) bad fuel pump
> solution (yuck) drop gas tank, replace pump
All good things to check out, and the cap, rotor and plug wires you may want to
do anyway if you don't have record of when they were last done (same for
plugs).
Also check this out, it's not uncommon on GenIIs (91-96).
http://faq.dakota-truck.net/Electronics/gen2_stalling.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:46:35 EST