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    Default vs v8 commodore not starting please help

    Hi i'm an absolute newbe to this forum stuff so i will apolagise in advance 4 anything i do wrong, any help would be greatly appiceated.
    Now i've had a bit of a search on this site and found some helpfull threds to get to where i'm at. I've just put a replacmet second hand bcm (and key head) in my vs v8, it works to the point that all locks work i can get the engine to crank but not start. i've tested for power at coil got it there but i have no power at the dizzy, i've checked codes and nothing
    and have also tryed with a different module. now at the same time i've just had the box out 4 new clutch, and peddle box had to be replaced

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    problem solved. No matter how good you think you are at something, it always helps to have another set of eyes (sometimes on the end of fingers). caught the smallest amount of the dizzy wires betwen the engine and bell housing when boltting it up

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    good to hear u sorted it, its always good to hear results to a thread
    Quote Originally Posted by Blown V6 Hatch View Post
    Has ACL stopped making flat top pistons or something? Grinding a heap off the heads seems to be the latest fashion...
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    It's cheap and half arsed - perfect fit for a Commodore
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