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Old 03-14-2007, 09:16 PM
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just installed my cobra upper and lower and now i have no spark... any ideas?
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:18 PM
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Check all connections and wires
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:21 PM
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i checked the wires and other connections... what else u think it could be. I turn the key and get one spark thats it.
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:22 PM
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gotta be a connection
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:27 PM
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all electrical connections are hooked up. which plugs should i check that would stop it from making spark
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:28 PM
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did you take your distrubutor out?
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:30 PM
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yeah i pulled it out but put it straight back in and no points were changed
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:33 PM
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Turn the crank till the motor is on tdc of the compression stroke. The rotor for the distributer should be pointing to the #1 on the cap.
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Old 03-14-2007, 09:36 PM
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does it say #1 on the actual cap or do you mean pointing to the number one cyl?
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i checked the wires and other connections... what else u think it could be. I turn the key and get one spark thats it.



What do you mean one?
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