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Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install #924681 02/09/11 06:19 PM 02/09/11 06:19 PM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,143 Rockford,IL 7 71Polara383 OP super stock
71Polara383 OP super stock 7 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,143 Rockford,IL	Hey guys. I got a headunit from wal-mart and had my buddy that has be known to do car stereos wire it in. Well The car wont start now. Its a 78 New Yorker with a 440. It has spark,its getting gas it just wont fire. Any Ideas??? Thanks Alot

Re: Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install [Re: 71Polara383] #924682 02/09/11 08:02 PM 02/09/11 08:02 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 33,116 Grand Prairie,Texas stumpy I Win
stumpy I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 33,116 Grand Prairie,Texas	If you got spark and gas there is no reason for it not to run unless the plugs are gas fouled from being flooded. Your buddy didn't mess with anything under the hood did he?

Re: Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install [Re: 71Polara383] #924683 02/09/11 09:25 PM 02/09/11 09:25 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	It's getting spark in "crank". What Stump said, I'd check the plugs live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install [Re: 71Polara383] #924684 02/14/11 02:28 PM 02/14/11 02:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,840 The Swamp S Sixpak master
Sixpak master S Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,840 The Swamp	It's got spark in crank position, but apparently not in the RUN position? Bad ballast resistor...

Re: Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install [Re: Sixpak] #924685 02/14/11 04:44 PM 02/14/11 04:44 PM
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Re: Help. 78 440 wont fire after Headunit install [Re: DANA60] #924686 02/14/11 08:42 PM 02/14/11 08:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,798 Greer, SC TooMany62s top fuel
TooMany62s top fuel Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,798 Greer, SC	In the "start" position the ballast resistor is by-passed. So the resistor should not be the problem. Although if it has one of those dual resistors I'm not sure how those are wired. He says it's getting spark.

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