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I have a problem I’ve been trying to figure out; after I’ve been driving and stop say at a gas station the car will crank but will not start I checked and there is NO spark so it’s not a compression or fuel issue. But after I let it cool down it will fire right up… it runs great other wise it’s just this no start issue I’m having after driving.
I also had an extra ignition coil on hand and replaced it with another and still no start. I am starting to believe it is my distributor, anyway I can test it? It is an aftermarket electronic (no points) distributor…
Or what could it be?
1969 El Camino 350
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Did you take out the ballast resistor when the points distributor was replaced?
When it won’t start, check for 12v at the distributor power feed wire while someone cranks it.
If it has the correct 12 volts, then the electronic module in the distributor needs replaced. I don’t think that high heat affects the pickup inside the distributor as much as the chip.
[quote=”hotshot” post=164765]Did you take out the ballast resistor when the points distributor was replaced?
When it won’t start, check for 12v at the distributor power feed wire while someone cranks it.
If it has the correct 12 volts, then the electronic module in the distributor needs replaced. I don’t think that high heat affects the pickup inside the distributor as much as the chip.[/quote]
Would the ballast resistor be on the firewall? If so I don’t think it has one
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