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HELP!! Car will not start... #473918 09/20/09 08:14 PM 09/20/09 08:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,523 Branson, Southwest MO Scat_Pack OP master
Scat_Pack OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,523 Branson, Southwest MO	Hello, I have a 76 coronet cop car, it will not start, it acts just like a bad ballast resistor, but it is good, you know starts when in the start position but dies when in the run position, any ideas? Could it be the ingition module? I have never had one do this. Jim 1941 ford coupe Chopped 6" 1966 VW Chopped 6" 1966 plymouth Belvedere II special order 999 paint code Petty Blue 1964 Dodge dart GT convertible 1971 340 Cuda 3 1969 Superbee's "Anyone can restore a car, it takes a real man to cut one up!"

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: Scat_Pack] #473919 09/20/09 08:29 PM 09/20/09 08:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,923 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 32,923 Grand Prairie,Texas	You have two ignition spots and wires in the ignition switch. Make sure you are getting power from the switch to the ballast in the run position.

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: stumpy] #473920 09/20/09 10:02 PM 09/20/09 10:02 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,884 Michigan MNobody master
MNobody master Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 4,884 Michigan	Check for power at the coil too.

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: MNobody] #473921 09/20/09 10:29 PM 09/20/09 10:29 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 683 CENTRAL MINN 1965_PLYMOUTH mopar
1965_PLYMOUTH mopar Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 683 CENTRAL MINN	bad pick-up in the distributor?

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: Scat_Pack] #473922 09/21/09 08:03 AM 09/21/09 08:03 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 263 Switzerland, Europe Swiss_Robert enthusiast
Swiss_Robert enthusiast Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 263 Switzerland, Europe	Connect the coil direct to battery with a temporary cable - just to test if it's about an electrical issue. (Well, and of course start the engine then and see if it runs...) After all these years having a 440 I realized that this means having an attitude... and a budget.

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: Swiss_Robert] #473923 09/21/09 08:18 AM 09/21/09 08:18 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest M MoparforLife Too Many Posts
MoparforLife Too Many Posts M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest	You are sure that the ballast is goodf?? Did you replace it?

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: MoparforLife] #473924 09/21/09 08:41 AM 09/21/09 08:41 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,503 NJ 4 440challenger master
440challenger master 4 Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,503 NJ	dizzy pickup

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: 440challenger] #473925 09/21/09 09:41 AM 09/21/09 09:41 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 601 Clintwood VA johnedod mopar
johnedod mopar Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 601 Clintwood VA	Yep some of the 70's distributors had dual pick ups, one for start and one for run. Johnedod 68 Road Runner 71 Road Runner 78 Power Wagon

Re: HELP!! Car will not start... [Re: johnedod] #473926 09/22/09 10:46 AM 09/22/09 10:46 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,374 North Central Indiana C-Tech pro stock
C-Tech pro stock Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,374 North Central Indiana	Quote: Yep some of the 70's distributors had dual pick ups, one for start and one for run. you can switch the conectors around and see if it started when you let off the key, I have seen a couple of those run / start pickups fail on just one side Kevin

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