I'm just curious.
2006-06-28 13:24:42 · 9 answers · asked by JennyAngelicGirl 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
believe it or not, men write the manuals and women proofread them (in regards to the aforementioned answer you received). if your referring to the manual that came with the car in the glovebox (commonly known as the owners manual), then it won't say anything too mechanical because the factory doesn't want you to be able to work on the vehicle yourself. they want you to HAVE to take it to the dealer for repairs. don't be upset. think of it this way....would you want to lose money telling someone else how to do your specialized work? thats why mechanics don't want to volunteer any info either. if your referring to the actual shop manual for the truck, then you may only have one or two volumes for that truck. there are several manuals that go along with that particular model. if you are referring to an aftermarket manual made by a non-factory company, they can be very vague and sometimes omit a feature the truck may or may not have. search for the actual shop manual(s) made by the manufacturer of the truck. they are out there. also, if you can't tell the difference between a distributor and a coil pack. then you shouldn't be messing with it. seek a professional. theres a possiblility of getting badly shocked or killed if you do the wrong thing.
2006-06-28 13:46:52 · answer #1 · answered by pete cochino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any manual is written for several years and several models, to check this just pop your hood and follow your plug wires back from the sperk pluge (on each side of the engine) they are the biggest wires under your hood. If they go back to a round configeruation then it has a disturbitor, if they go to 2 things that are square then it has coil packs. IF it has coil packs be VERY CAREFUL because holding the wrong plug wirew while it is running it CAN STOP A HEART because 1/2 of them fire backwards. so to check this DO NOT have the car running. So to recap...round is a distrubitor and more than one square is a coil pack.
2006-06-28 13:37:25 · answer #2 · answered by cunningly1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the owners manual is not for major mechanics of the vehicle. But if you pop the hood and see a thingy with big wires coming out of the top of it and going to the sides of the engine where the spark plugs are then you can find out. The distributor is in the back of engine on chevy's, front on fords and dodge, dunno bout imports. or it could be distributorless.
2006-06-28 13:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sean L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LIABILITY!
1) THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY WOULD RATHER YOU HAVE A QUALIFIED TECH SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE.
2) YOU CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED ON THE NEW DI IGNITIONS. 60-120K VOLTS. THE AMPS ARE NOT EXTREMELY HIGH BUT IT COULD KILL A PERSON WITH A WEAK HEART. AND ACTUALLY WOMEN WRITE AS MANY OWNERS GUIDES AS MEN. AND TO CORRECT THE PREVIOUS PERSON MANY ELECTRONIC IGNITIONS HAVE DISTRUBUTOR AND MANY VEHICLES HAVE COIL PACKS AND WIRES. WHAT YEAR MAKE AND MODEL IS YOUR TRUCK?
2006-06-28 13:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only older models have distributors. Newer trucks have a coil for each plug wire.
2006-06-28 13:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by only older models have distribs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it doesn't say anything about a distributer, then it does not have one. Recommend you get some help from someone that knows auto's before you screw something up.
2006-06-28 13:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because it says it has an electronic ignition that doesn't mean that it doesn't have a distriburator.
2006-06-28 13:34:42 · answer #7 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it will say "electronic ignition" and if it says that then there is no distributer.
2006-06-28 13:30:32 · answer #8 · answered by ROBERT L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz men wrote the manual...
2006-06-28 13:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by mazzygirl83 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋