halusmc71
Junior Member
- Joined
- Nov 4, 2012
- Posts
- 7
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- Jacksonville,NC
- First Name
- Ed
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- R20
- Engine Size
- 350
I'm new here to the forum and hope I'm doing this right!
Anyways, yesterday I took my 87 Crew cab to the car wash and decided to wash the engine bay along with the truck to degrease it and clean it up a bit. After I was done you guessed it, it wouldn't start. The truck is all stock 350 TBI with 400 turbo 2WD R20. I took the cap off and attempted to dry it out and put it back on and still nothing. Then I noticed the plug in the center of the cap was almost completely gone, so i went to the parts store and got a new cap rotor and a coil. Still would not run. Then I read a forum about the pick up coil being back. So today I pulled the distributor and replaced it. No easy task there. Still won't run. The thing is , it is getting spark to the plugs it's just weak and the injectors are spraying fuel. When I would try to start it and I would give it some gas it would try and start then it would just grind the starter. I even pulled it into a shop close by and had some help and now i think I fried the starter because nothing happens now when i turn the key. I mean, Nothing! Any help would be appreciated.
God Bless,
Ed
Anyways, yesterday I took my 87 Crew cab to the car wash and decided to wash the engine bay along with the truck to degrease it and clean it up a bit. After I was done you guessed it, it wouldn't start. The truck is all stock 350 TBI with 400 turbo 2WD R20. I took the cap off and attempted to dry it out and put it back on and still nothing. Then I noticed the plug in the center of the cap was almost completely gone, so i went to the parts store and got a new cap rotor and a coil. Still would not run. Then I read a forum about the pick up coil being back. So today I pulled the distributor and replaced it. No easy task there. Still won't run. The thing is , it is getting spark to the plugs it's just weak and the injectors are spraying fuel. When I would try to start it and I would give it some gas it would try and start then it would just grind the starter. I even pulled it into a shop close by and had some help and now i think I fried the starter because nothing happens now when i turn the key. I mean, Nothing! Any help would be appreciated.
God Bless,
Ed