I changed the battery first because I had an '88 that flat out died when the alternator went out, and wasn't keeping the battery charged. When the battery voltage dropped low enough, the truck died, just like it did this time. That time I hit the auto parts house in the parking lot of the strip mall I had coasted into, and bought a new battery. That gave me enough juice to get the truck started, and drive it home, for a lot less money than having to call a tow truck. In this instance, given that it did the same thing, and that I had no way to test anything on the side of the road, but was only 4 miles from home, and had a ride to get a battery from the house, I tried that first thing. Too, given that the battery was well over 6 years old I thought it prudent to put a new one in it anyways.
The spark checker I've got is an old one. It's a disc of non conductive material with two studs in it, and a clip on the other side to ground it. Basically it allows you to adjust the gap between the points on the studs and see what you've got. With the new ignition module, cap, and rotor button I've got a good, blue spark jumping nearly 1/4 inch, but it still won't start.
Thus far the only thing I haven't been able to check yet, that I know of, is the fuel pressure because I don't have a guage setup with the Schrader tap. The idea of using a tire guage sounds like it would work, but I'm just going get the right tool for the job as I might need it again at some point in time.
As far as all of the tests using an ohm meter, I agree. I like to work on stuff that makes me think, but when it comes to all of this electronic BS, I get my fill of it working on other peoples equipment....but I absolutely hate doing it on my own stuff......but at least on other peoples stuff I;m getting paid to do it, not having to pay for the over priced parts needed to repair the unnecessary electronic controls.
In other words for my own vehicles, I prefer the older stuff where the problem is going to be electrical or mechanical, but not 'electronic'. I've already made up my mind, when I get this beast fixed I'm going to sell both it and the '88 Camaro that rarely gets driven, and buy myself an older dually with either a gas, or diesel, and call it good.
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