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Old 05-14-2011, 02:48 PM
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i have a 1990 vette that has been hard to crank and now finally wont start at all. its a manual trans L98. i have checked and verified that the vats is working right by tripping the system with a piece of tin foil on the key and found that the vats is still identifying my key correctly. i just installed a new distributor cap and rotor button. there is fuel at the rails. the pump primes on key turn. tried disconnecting maf trick. didnt work. i pulled a plugwire and got no arc to it. i need this car running again since its my only wheels right now. so a wrap up: turn key, starter runs and turns motor, fuel pump primes. it wont even try to hit on one cyclinder
 
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Old 05-14-2011, 07:52 PM
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Check for power to the distributor. If it's there,then (I believe) there's a module in there that's gone junk. All my experience is with older stuff but that's what it would be on them. Do you have a good manual of some sort? Should be a troubleshooting section in there? I checked my 84 manual and there's a module in it. I know yours has more stuff in there,but I think it still has a module.
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Old 05-16-2011, 03:42 PM
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all i got is the internet for resources. need a multimeter
 
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