Over the past few months my truck has been stuttering going up hills just before it downshifts, so I decided to change the distributor cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires. Once everything was finished and put back together I took it for about a ten mile drive and it drove better than I could've imagined, lots of power and engine ran and idled smooth. The next morning I had to make a run into town, car started quickly and idled just as it did the day prior. Less than a mile down the road the engine, out of nowhere, suddenly quit on me. It wasn't a slow sputtering death, more like an immediate one and I coasted off the road. At present the car will crank but not turn over, so I've begun with the process of elimination and replaced all the likely suspects; ignition coil, entire engine module, pick-up module, ignition relay and distributor. I also replaced the alternator because there were wire coming from it that went to the starter solenoid to the battery that were completely fried, unknown if that is a result or cause of this. What remains the issue is that there is absolutely no power going to the ignition coil and therefore none to the spark plugs as well, wires leading to and from are completely dead, but it cranks. So with all of that being said, I'm trying to determine, not only is happening, but also if all of this is somewhat directly or indirectly related to me changing the spark plugs etc. I'm guessing that it could be a grounded wire, bad ignition, or faulty ECM, or something else that I just haven't thought to check. Please, if you could shed some light on this'd if you have any ideas on how to test some of these parts without spending money to replace them, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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Friday, May 3rd, 2019 AT 7:27 AM