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Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year David Bush #1243888 11/19/2017 12:03 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,418 Fredericksburg, VA SWEET ODSS Lawman
SWEET ODSS Lawman Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,418 Fredericksburg, VA	I'm not sure this matters, but your original post said you wired the coil negative to the distributor. If positive ground, shouldn't the positive go to the distributor??? SWEET Sergeant At Arms: Old Dominion Stovebolt Society BUNS?!?!?!Where we're going, we don't need no buns..... 1950 GMC 450 1951 Chevy 1/2-Ton The GreenMachine In the Stovebolt Gallery

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/18/2017 5:16 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	bartamos	11/18/2017 5:34 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/18/2017 5:56 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	Justhorsenround	11/18/2017 5:35 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	bartamos	11/18/2017 7:05 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	Hotrod Lincoln	11/18/2017 8:57 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	coilover	11/18/2017 11:26 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/18/2017 11:34 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	Hotrod Lincoln	11/19/2017 1:38 AM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	mcannon	11/19/2017 3:11 AM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	SWEET	11/19/2017 12:03 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/19/2017 12:56 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/19/2017 1:09 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	Hotrod Lincoln	11/19/2017 3:20 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	bartamos	11/19/2017 6:19 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/20/2017 12:54 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/21/2017 12:18 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	Justhorsenround	11/21/2017 2:19 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	moparguy	11/21/2017 3:38 PM
Re: No fire on '51 GMC after sitting for a year	David Bush	11/22/2017 12:30 PM

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