Cranks but only fires in run

Terry Hauck

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69 Roadrunner with orange box ignition. Turn the key, and it cranks but won't fire till I let the key spring back to the run position. The ballast checks good at 1.5 ohms. After it starts, it runs great.
 

69hemibeep

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There are two run positions on the switch, the one while using the starter isn't working. Chase that circuit.
 

Russ69Runner

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Mine was dong the same thing. Have been going from one thing then another on my car. All electrical. It all just started. I fix one thing then something else. I feel your pain. We just have to bare with it and move on. No cleaning all connection and using contact cleaner as well as dielectric grease. Wish you luck. Russ.
 

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Yes, the Ecu box. I had a recent new electronic ignition conversion kit that had a bad orange ECU right out of the box. There has been several discussions on different forums about a bad run or batch of ECU's.
 
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