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Old Sep 20, 2009 | 10:18 PM
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I am getting no spark at the spark plugs on my 1996 silverado it does have spark coming out of the coil but thats as far as it goes. if I plug the coil into the cap I dont get no spark to the plug
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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it's distributor related. check the gap between the case and rotor. could also be a bad cap. how many miles, mods, etc.?
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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it is a brand new cap, rotor,distribitor, cam sensor, crank sensor motor has 90,000 on it. and the rotor is spinning when you turn it over.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Dealer want's me to ok 4hours of labor to figure this out. can anyone think of anything ???
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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well, what brand distributor is it? buddy of mine just bought a new distributor for an old duster and it was bad right out of the box.
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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I know it is an off brand. this is sooo agravating
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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ok so it is pulling code P1351 anyone have any ideas?
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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Code P1351 has to do w/ the ignition control module, U may check and make sure everything is pluged in good & coil wire is in good cond....
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 03:45 PM
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I've been checking and checking everything. this dam truck is messing with me. It decided to start this past sunday and I drove it through the neighbor hood and then it decided to display p1351 when i was 3 blocks from home of course.
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Old Dec 5, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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problem is still happening. Anyone have any ideas?
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