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1979 van with 360 won't start. Help anyone?
Its a 79 B300 (Sportsman) van front attached to a motor home. It has a 360
V8. The problem began as: The vehicle would not go above 20 MPH and lacked power but was not backfiring or missing. After a couple of miles like this it quit and would not start at all. It cranks but I don't hear any firing at all. I poured gas in the carb but that made no difference. I checked the spark and it goes about 1/2 inch long but it is orange (not blue). Is that right? If I have spark and gas why won't it start? If it is my timing chain, how could I easily check this? |
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Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged
catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. |
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Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged
catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. |
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Thanks Midnight...
I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was plug up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would only do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was wondering about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. Keep those ideas coming! > wrote in message ups.com... > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. > |
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Thanks Midnight...
I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was plug up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would only do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was wondering about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. Keep those ideas coming! > wrote in message ups.com... > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. > |
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The plugs were OK.
"Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message link.net... > Thanks Midnight... > I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was plug > up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would only > do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was wondering > about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast > resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. Keep > those ideas coming! > > wrote in message > ups.com... > > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged > > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. > > > > |
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The plugs were OK.
"Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message link.net... > Thanks Midnight... > I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was plug > up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would only > do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was wondering > about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast > resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. Keep > those ideas coming! > > wrote in message > ups.com... > > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged > > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. > > > > |
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muffler looks swollen? sounds like something came apart inside causing some
obstruction in the exhaust. and, did it pass inspection like that? "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message ink.net... > The plugs were OK. > "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message > link.net... >> Thanks Midnight... >> I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was > plug >> up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would > only >> do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was >> wondering >> about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast >> resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. >> Keep >> those ideas coming! >> > wrote in message >> ups.com... >> > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged >> > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. >> > >> >> > > |
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muffler looks swollen? sounds like something came apart inside causing some
obstruction in the exhaust. and, did it pass inspection like that? "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message ink.net... > The plugs were OK. > "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message > link.net... >> Thanks Midnight... >> I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was > plug >> up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would > only >> do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was >> wondering >> about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast >> resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. >> Keep >> those ideas coming! >> > wrote in message >> ups.com... >> > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged >> > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. >> > >> >> > > |
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No, it did not pass. I thought the muffler might be obstructed so I cut
(mostly) through the exhaust pipe before the muffler. However, it still won't fire at all. I will replace the ECU tomorrow (ignition module) tomorrow although I do have spark at the plugs. Stay tuned! "55chevy210" > wrote in message news:UmCyd.550121$wV.453388@attbi_s54... > muffler looks swollen? sounds like something came apart inside causing some > obstruction in the exhaust. and, did it pass inspection like that? > > "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message > ink.net... > > The plugs were OK. > > "Mike Alvarez" > wrote in message > > link.net... > >> Thanks Midnight... > >> I had taken it to the inspection station. One of the things he did was > > plug > >> up the exhaust to look for leaks. When he gave it back, then it would > > only > >> do 20mph. I thought my muffler looked a little swollen... I was > >> wondering > >> about that. In the meanwhile I replaced the spark coil and ballast > >> resistor with no results. I will check the plugs and get back to you. > >> Keep > >> those ideas coming! > >> > wrote in message > >> ups.com... > >> > Have you checked your plugs? The not going above 20 could be a clogged > >> > catalytic converter and that would carbonize your plugs. > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > |
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