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89 2.9 not starting


olefafl

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Right before New Years the truck died about 5 miles after I left home. Towed it home and started checking stuff.
I had spark and fuel at the rail.
While checking stuff over it started, not sure why.
Moved truck about 15ft and hosed motor off to clean it up. I had only owned the truck for about 1 month and the motor was nasty and it was a warm day here.
After hosing it off it would not start, but now it didn't have spark. Changed out the ICM (old one tested bad) and it still would not start, pulled it back off to have the new one tested, it was good. Reinstalled the new one and it started and ran fine till today.
I have spark and fuel (don't have a pressure gauge at home, its at work).
Just put a new cap & rotor on and still no start.

It was just starting to rain the first time it died and its been raining today, so I bet something is getting wet.
Its my plow truck and it was snowed and rained sence New Years, but I didn't have any trouble till today.
Any ideas?
 
well since you replaced the cap and rotor, maybe the coil is getting wet?
 
Just a thought but my coil plug-in went bad. One day I cleaned plug ins and the coil plug in looked new but then it wouldnt start. Try moving it around and see if it helps. Once started the idle would jerk around when the plugin was moved around.
 
Still will not start. Put in a different coil. Tested ICM, still good.
I have spark & fuel. Pulled the fuel pump fuse and just used starting fluid, still would not start.
Pulled 2 plugs, the gap is about 55 on them, but they still fire. Gap on new one will be 44, they will go in today.
Have spark, fuel & put a timing light on to make sure timing was OK.
Any ideas?
 

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