Ford truck no spark

Asked by GuruVBC7H Aug 17, 2018 at 08:50 PM about the 1988 Ford F-150

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 88 f150 I was driving it to work one day
and it just died the truck is not getting fire to the
spark plugs I have changed everything I can think
of I've changed the ignition module ignition coil
dist cap rotary button ignition switch even the
wires and connectors I still have no spark at all any
suggestions ? Thank you for taking the time to
read this

2 Answers
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Brianator answered 5 years ago

Have you confirmed that the distributor is spinning while you're cranking it over?

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