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03-21-2003, 07:13 PM
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is there a way to test capacitor in gm HEI?
here's the deal: truck wont start, cranks fine, i'm getting gas, no spark, coil test fine, pickup coil test fine, new distributor modual. still no start. vehicle is 86 chev pickup with a 350 i have not checked the plugs but when i pulled them a few weeks ago to see how my new jetting was working they looked perfect. any suggestions???
[ March 21, 2003: Message edited by: COCHEV ] [ March 21, 2003: Message edited by: COCHEV ]</p> 
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03-21-2003, 07:35 PM
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Coil wire?
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03-21-2003, 08:14 PM
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do you mean the wires from the modual to the coil in the cap? should i just do continuity tese from one end to the other? i have power to the coil itself.
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03-21-2003, 10:55 PM
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Yes!
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03-22-2003, 04:16 AM
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Check for continuity in the rotor button (sometimes will burn) and the contact that rides on the center electrode on the rotor button. Both are subject to failure on the HEI.
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03-22-2003, 09:38 AM
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still wont start
 new cap and rotor, new condensor, plus all of the above. i have continuity between coil and distrib. wires. no spark at all. am i missing something stupid. the rotor does in fact turn around and round when the motor cranks. is it possible that even though i have juice to the dist. that i don't have enough juice to fire up the motor? alt going bad? how do i test the alt with my multi meter?
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03-22-2003, 11:27 AM
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Try a different module
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03-23-2003, 04:07 AM
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Do you have a Haynes manual, if not put out the $15 bucks and get one.
Your original question would have been answered in the ignition chapter. I won't tell you how, but its SIMPLE.  If you have checked everything then the answer would have been a running engine. Besides a new capacitor is not expensive. When did the problem first happen, going down the road, or after you started working on it? Most likely it's something you could check with a multimeter, and pulling the plugs won't answer the problem if its before the wires themselves. I could walk you through what to check but with communicating on this board that would take a whole day, and I'm not cheap. OR you could look through the Haynes, or Chiltons (I have both for every vehicle I have ever owned) and step by step test everything with a multimeter and have the problem narrowed down in an hour. Good luck
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03-23-2003, 04:28 AM
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Did you make sure you have the battery wire plugged into the distributor cap? It sounds like a simple problem.
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03-23-2003, 06:23 AM
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yes i have a manual and a multimeter. and i did all the test in there and nothing. i did get a condensor. it was the pickup coil that was 45 bucks. but i tested the pickup and it tested ok. finaly got fed up and baught a used distrib from the junk yard. guess what....the damn thing runs now. so i don't know what the hell was going on and who knows, it could happen again.
 at least it runs- for now..... must be them damn gremlins!  thanks for all the help
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03-23-2003, 06:39 AM
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Oh well, look on the bright side. You got all new parts to put in that junkyard distributor. It ought to give years of faithful service.
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03-23-2003, 06:42 AM
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i should hope so. i've never had this much trouble with the gm hei. its usually pretty bulletproof. just a cap and rotor every now and then. just bugs me not to be able to pin point the problem.
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