1987 ford ranger 4x4 2.9

Asked by Jennifer Dec 23, 2018 at 09:07 PM about the 1987 Ford Ranger

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Truck shut off pulling out of my driveway we have
checked the distributor, pickup coil, ignition
module, coil , distributor cap and still no fire it will
turn over but that’s all

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Kathy answered 6 years ago

do you have power to headlights? have you cleaned the battery terminals and the connectors? if they are corroded you may only have dim lights. i leave my lights on while i clean the terminals and the connectors that way i can tell if it helped.

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