WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?


"Alan B. Mac Farlane" <alanb@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:C492DFB3.53065%alanb@sonic.net...
> in article yC9bk.1707$1o6.300@edtnps83, Jim Warman at
> mechanic@telusplanet.net wrote on 7/3/08 12:18 PM:
>
>> With no evidence of basic testing being performed, this could even be
>> caused
>> by a popped fuse...
>
>
> battery to ground ... straight line thinking they say don't go in circles.
>
> he just has to trace it hot ... sometimes, and this is rare, the battery
> cable shows good character on the outside but the battery acid gutted it
> on
> the inside.
>
> Change the battery hot cable ... and it get up and go ... the first thing
> to
> test on the way up to the ignition and then to the coil and then to the
> spark plug.
>
> I have never had any problems showing a spark on a pull any plug ... but
> usually the number 1 sparkplug and reconnect into the appropriate
> sparkplug
> cable in this case of the discusion is number 1 ... touch it to the metal
> steel ground while cranking over ... voila it its aliveeeeee !!!
>
> Or not.
>
> No spark ... you just got a connection not connecting up ... make sure
> everything is plugged in, solid dry connection, clean, shiny, bright,
> freshly scraped of corrosion and crud ... from battery posts out.
> Sometimes
> it is just a film of oil that is breaking the electical flow.
>
> Fords are notorous for REQUIRING ... all 6 cells of the battery to be up
> and
> hot ... for it to work properly. 5 cells of the battery, hot spark, not
> enough. Swap out your battery if it is off ... and go get something like
> Interstate that has real good battery warrenty if you are USA if you push
> a
> Ford around.
>
> sumbuddie on da watchtower
>
>
>