Is the battery turning over the engine properly or is it barely cranking over? The main function of a battery is to provide the power to turn the engine over until the engine starts, then it's only function is to help regulate the voltage in your system along with the alternator. Will the truck start when you hook it up to jumper cables? If the engine is turning over properly and the truck not starting, the battery is not the problem. You then need check out other things. For a gasoline engine to run, it requires three things; fuel to burn, compression in the engine and a spark at the right time to ignite the fuel. You must have all three for it to work.
SOURCE: 1999 GMC Seirra fuel gauge and speed odometer stopped working
Yes, trace the wires fromt he high beam indicator light to ground.
Check for shorts in the wiring harness. This requires undoing the conduit, though which maybe should be left to an auto electric technician..
Also, if there is a short, it can be detected using an inductive ammeter around the positive or negative wire leading to the battery.
If it is above 0.2A then the system has a short somewhere.
SOURCE: truck stuttered and died now wont start
yup it can in the distributor you have a white plastic coil .very common for these to just die. you have to pull the distributor to change . when you begin make sure number 1 cylinder is at top dead center . it makes it easie to put everything back together . your rotor will point to the number 1 cylinder on reassmebly then set timing ........ You have turned it over with a spark wire off right to see if it sparkes. do this first !
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