1980 Power Wagon with no spark

My power wagon has no spark and ive tried everything to fix it ive changed the coil, the brain, stater box, pickup in the distributer i ha no idea what to do next. ive tried everything i can think of. Any suggestions??

Install a Hemi

jmesl8er said:

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bad ground somewhere?

bad battery?

Cracked rotor cap? Welcome to the forum bud. Is there no spark at all?

If Amp Meter is gone it won't start. welcome to RF.

i havnt checked the grounds ill hav to do that i had it running and i moved the distributer to fine tune it a little and it shut off and hasnt started back up. im thinking it in the disributer but im not sure

180 out on the distributor?

im not sure

Def Sounds like a Dizzy issue. Maybe when you turned it it cracked or messed up the rotor button?? I would sand the points and check for corrosion.

Terrence said:

180 out on the distributor?

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This happened on my '79 Cordoba...when it finally kicked over it blew the mufflers in half and scared the bejeezus out of me...

Use a Compression Guage to watch/get the #1 Cylinder to TDC, then the rotor on thr distr should be in line with # 1 wire, but if you had it running then it should be good.

Start with the Distr at one side and try to start. Then move it a little bit at a time till it does start then get the timing light on there. Make sure the adv vacuum is unplugged (if you don't have that there should be a timing shunt to pull out). adjust the timing to spec and shut down/tighten up the distr. Re-check. It helps to clean your timing mark on the timing chain cover and wet it with WD to see very well and putting some white-out on the damper timing mark helps as well. This is from memory as i sold all my later years Mopar books when I sold my 87 Fifth Avenue 4 years ago and can't remember if it was 81 or 82 where the electronic ignition set-up changed but do remember the older versions where much better and many folks like myself retrofitted back to the earlier version.