79 ford f250 460 wants to start but dies?
What it does is when you crank it over you can hear the engine for not even a second and it dies, like it doesn't want to stay on. When it dies it doesn't sputter or anything it just cranks you hear the engine for a sec and when you release the key it dies. Have any ideas any are appreciated
No it wants to die… Its a ford
Your starting resistor is open. That means there's a big resistor that goes to the coil, and during starting, the resistor is bypassed. When the car is turned to "run" the resistor delivers less power to the coil because that's the way it works. The resistor essentially allows a huge spark to be delivered during cranking, then goes to normal as the engine runs. If the resistor is open, this is exactly what happens.
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