Do I have a bad distributor cap?

Asked by GuruMPMC8 May 26, 2020 at 12:04 PM about the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Extended Cab RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2000 Chevy Silverado was having
issues losing power up hill, changed
plugs n wires and air filter and no
change, yesterday changed distributor
cap and furl filter and now it won’t
start and sounds bad trying to turn
over?  Bad cap?

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TDolby answered 4 years ago

Did you remove one spark plug wire at a time so you didn't get them mixed up? The wires need to be on the cap in a certain position.

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