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1998 Dodge Ram truck will not start?

Tiny
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  • 1998 DODGE RAM
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 158,000 MILES
Was running fine started to die on me on the way to work about 2 weeks ago. Would make it half way and stop and then would go the rest of the way.
tested fuel pressure, was about 50psi, but would drop to zero, so changed the fuel pump setup. Ran great the next day, then second day after that, started to stop half way to work, so when I died I jumped out and checked for spark, no spark. So I changed the coil, distributor cap, and rotor. Ran great the next few days and then started to act up again, this time got it home and it would not start again, found no spark, so changed the pickup under the rotor on the distributor, this time nothing changed. So I am out of ideals that I think it could be. If anyone has any ideals past this point let me know?
Oh yeah and I have never had an code the whole time this has been going on. Thanks for the help ahead of time.
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010 AT 3:50 PM

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Tiny
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No snapping blue spark continue to troubleshoot the ignition system-power input to the coil/coil packs, coil's resistances, distributor pick-up coil, ignition control module, cam and crank sensors and computer Note: If it doesn't apply disregard it
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010 AT 4:10 PM
Tiny
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Start with the battery. If the battery is weak or has a dead cell these trucks can drive fine and then just die. You can usually restart and drive aways again and then it may die again. The computers on these trucks take quite a bit of voltage just to operate correctly and a bad battery can be a simple fix to a complex problem.
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 AT 8:37 PM

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