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Anonymous Posted on Aug 28, 2012

My 1996 4.3 liter gmc jimmy wont start and i have a weak spark, I changed the coil and driver along with the crank and cam sensor. I also changed the vcm and still it has a weak spark,

This vehichle has what is called a high voltage switch instead of a regular distributer.

  • Anonymous Aug 31, 2012

    The high voltage switch acts like a distributer and the timing is not adjustable

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Sounds like you have a bad ground somewhere check for corrosion

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The engine and automatic transmission in this vehicles drive train are fully electronically controlled by a computer called the PCM and TCM (Power Train Control Module, Transmission Control Module). When a problem like this or other drive-ability related problems occurs the computer stores a record of the problem (there are of course some exceptions to this, like the fuel pump, engine coolant temperature sensor and MAF sensor for instance) in the form of a fault code in its memory, to read these fault codes you must have the systems memory scanned with a special tool. Once the fault code(s) are read you then must perform the appropriate diagnostic testing to find and resolve the problem(s) DO NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS UNTIL A TRAINED TECHNICAIN HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO AVOID SPENDING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY ON PARTS THAT MAY NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM

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SOURCE: Why wont my 1996 4.3 gmc jimmy start?

might be ecu fault are there any engine managment lights on dash is there defo fuel getting to engine can you here the pump running just incase its a duff pump if its totaly drained the fuel line it would take a bit to get the fuel to the engine any way

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SOURCE: 2000 GMC jimmy with weak spark

i had a friend with the same problem replace the Distributor the 4.3's are known for distributor rusting up on the in side

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