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My 87 B250, 360, carbureted, with a ECU, shut down as if I turned the key off. It started a couple of times afterward, ran for a couple of minutes, but died the same way each time. It hasn't started since. A friend and I towed it home from Walmart. I followed the FSM diagnostic diagram and it
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Re: The first thing...
Posted by:
Russ
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Posts: 188
Posts: 188
Date: August 15, 2009 02:32PM
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beemrmax
"The first thing I do in that situation is to hit it with some starting fluid and see if it tries to crank."
Uhhhh, say what?
Sorry to mince words words here, but when somethin don't run it's really helpful if people describe things in a way that's not confusing, like "turning over" used for starting (a term I can't stand myself). Turning over means the engine's turning, like "cranking", which it can do all day without starting, NOT the same thing.
Sorry, but you can pull the plugs, wires, distributor cap off as well as the carburator, and if the battery and starter are good, it will "crank" just fine.
Cranking is cranking, firing is firing.
Did anyone else not understand what I was saying? Does anyone else say "crank it up" instead of "fire it up"? If I said "see if the car will crank" would anyone here not know what I meant?
It seems that you are the only one who doesn't know what I meant. What's your problem?
