This might sound really stupid, but does the ignition on your bus run through the headlight switch? -----Original Message----- From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Livingston Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:33 PM To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] The 7 parts of fire 1. Battery 2. Coil 3. Condenser 4. Rotor 5. Cap 6. Wires 7. Plugs Only the points and coil can be easily checked with a multimeter (and the coil only if you know the specs from the manufacturer). So, doing the fresh oil, flush, replace, test for fire before trying to start thing. No fire. And I mean none, not even a weak spark at the plug end. I've put in a new coil. The new one does "read better" with an ohmmeter than the old one did. Still zero spark. I had to call around for the other parts until I found a FLAPS that seems to have either an employee or friend of an employee who has an ACVW. *NONE* of the local FLAPS had any of the other ignition parts but an AutoZone 30 miles from here has 2 condensers, 4 sets of points, 2 rotors and 2 sets of wires. No cap or plugs but that's a pretty good selection on the rest. And AutoZone is open on Sunday. 0I spent today watching the kid who wanted my stepside truck bed swap my bed for his fleetside. Our trucks were identical except his is 4WD and doesn't have the 3rd door on the cab so you can't even really tell that the bed now on my truck isn't the original (except for the Z71 stickers). Good thing he brought friends because there was no way I was working outside under a truck in rainy, windy, sub-50 degree weather and I didn't care one way or the other about what bed I have. The deal that we would swap if he did ALL the work. He picked a bad day. Tomorrow I make the 60 mile round trip to get the other ignition parts to see if I can get fire (the good kind) on my motor. G2