1990 Ford f150 has fire to both sides of coil but no fire to the spark plugs

Asked by Guru17TD4 Sep 30, 2019 at 01:16 AM about the 1990 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat SB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Im using a test light to check the coil on my
truck its showing that both sides is getting
fire in But there's no fire coming out of coil.

3 Answers

F_O_R answered 4 years ago

The coil is triggered by the distributor. If there is a problem with the cap, rotor or the pickup inside the distributor the coil will not fire.

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