1989 Ford Taurus WILL NOT START

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JOHN PARTCH
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1989 Ford Taurus 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic

CARS BEEN RUNNING FINE,THEN JUST CHOKED OUT AND QUIT. IT TURNS OVER FINE BUT NO FIRE WANTED TO ONCE BUT NO MORE. WE HAVE CHECKED FUEL PUMP ITS GOOD,THE FILTER IS O.K. I'M GETTING GAS TO THE CARB. ONE "MEC." SAID PLUGS MIGHT BE FOULED SO WE PUT IN NEW PLUGS, CAP, ROTOR WE ARE GETTING SPARK TO PLUGS , SO ONE "MEC." SAID MIGHT BE TIMING CHAIN SO WE CHECKED THAT ,ITS O.K. TIMED IT , ITS O.K. BUT STILL WON'T START. SO THIS "MEC." SAID IT PROBLEY IS THE BRAIN. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Jan 3, 2010 at 9:23 AM
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BMRFIXIT
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Do you have for spark
if no spark check and suspect module
very common failure
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Jan 3, 2010 at 9:50 AM
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JOHN PARTCH
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yes I have spark.
Jan 3, 2010 at 10:06 AM
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BMRFIXIT
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do a compression test
Jan 3, 2010 at 12:33 PM
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JOHN PARTCH
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i have a mechanic coming over tomorrow going to put it on a machine and hopefully will find out what is wrong
Jan 3, 2010 at 1:17 PM
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