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1977 Pontiac Trans Am Car shut off while driving

Tiny
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  • 1977 PONTIAC TRANS AM
  • 6.6L
  • V8
  • 2WD
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  • 100,000 MILES
While driving down the road my car shut off and will not start. It has fuel, gets fuel and the engine turns over. I have replaced the distributor cap, rotor button and coil. Any other ideas what is wrong and how to fix?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 AT 6:16 PM

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Tiny
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You are going back in the years for me. I assume there is no spark. Is there an ignition module in the distributor? It is a small black rectangular box, maybe 2.5 inches long and about 1/2 in think.

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 AT 6:58 PM
Tiny
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 AT 7:49 PM
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If you lost spark, that would be my first suspect. It's been some years since I worked on these, but I do remember them going bad.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 AT 6:09 PM

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