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Gordo · 01-21-2006, 06:20 PM

The first thing you need to find out is if the vehicle has spark and if it is getting fuel. You could first squirt a little carb cleaner or starting fluid down the carb and try to start it. If it attempts to start you have a fuel delievery problem. If there is no change check for spark. Pull off one spark plug wire from a spark plug, attach it to a spare spark plug, set it down on a grounded area, crank the engine over and observe. You want to see a nice sharp white/blue spark, if not you have a ignition problem.

01-21-2006, 06:20 PM	#2
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Re: Won't Start The first thing you need to find out is if the vehicle has spark and if it is getting fuel. You could first squirt a little carb cleaner or starting fluid down the carb and try to start it. If it attempts to start you have a fuel delievery problem. If there is no change check for spark. Pull off one spark plug wire from a spark plug, attach it to a spare spark plug, set it down on a grounded area, crank the engine over and observe. You want to see a nice sharp white/blue spark, if not you have a ignition problem. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.