We have tried turning the distributor, I have a timing light that I will have access to tomorrow. I have not replaced the enitre distributor, just the cap and pin.

Yeah, it had a really dim light so I figured there wasn't much coming out of it, so I just replaced it, but it wasn't the problem.

Got spark and fuel, just got finished tinkering with it again and replaced the ingnition coil.....still nothing but a turning engine. It is just not firing up for me. Any help will be one more thing I can try.

I got the right color ICM, made sure of that. Thanks to everyone for the responses. I will focus on the coil then.

More infoIt is turning over, just not firing. It has tried to a couple of times, acting like it wanted to start, but it never would. This all happened after the truck died on me going down the road, I was able to get it started again, but it died shortly after getting it home and never started...

I have a 1981 Ford F100, 6 cylinder. My problem is that I am not able to start the engine. I replaced the plugs, wires, distributor, and recently put in a new ingition control module. But nothing has changed. Can anyone tell me what else to try? I am thinking about the solenoid switch, but don't...

I have a 1981 Ford F100, 6 cylinder. My problem is that I am not able to start the engine. I replaced the plugs, wires, distributor, and recently put in a new ingition control module. But nothing has changed. Can anyone tell me what else to try? I am thinking about the solenoid switch, but don't...