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Won't start

cittrex

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up until the past week my roadrunner started up right away. I put electronic ignition in several years ago and that helped with it starting. Last week when I tried to back it out of the garage it wouldn't start. It turns over ok but it won't fire, I tried starter fluid to make sure it had fuel still nothing. I am thinking it has to be a a spark problem. I thought maybe it could be the eletronic control module (orange box). It put a new one ans still it doesn't fire up. any ideas ??
 

69hemibeep

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Have you checked for spark at a plug, have you looked down the carb and opened the throttle looking for a squirt of gas?
 

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I put new plugs in last summer. I have not checked at the plug yet. But I squirted some starter fluid into the carb and no fire there
 

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Grab one of these. Makes it easy. Until you know whether or not you have spark at the plugs you're just grasping at straws...

spark tester.jpg
 
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