Turns over but will not start

Tiny
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  • 1998 CHEVROLET TRUCK
  • 5.7L
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • 170,000 MILES
Replaced fuel pump, no go, will not start with starting fluid.
Saturday, January 28th, 2017 AT 2:11 PM

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Tiny
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Have you checked for spark yet?
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017 AT 6:59 AM
Tiny
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Husband and son are pretty good backyard wrenches. All the most obvious things have been checked, spark, fuel, and compression. They are working on it now eighty miles from here so I cannot tell you exactly what more has been checked right now.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017 AT 10:22 AM
Tiny
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They got it started. It was the distributor and rotor
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017 AT 1:12 PM
Tiny
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Glad to hear they got it running.
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Sunday, January 29th, 2017 AT 3:30 PM

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