I had a 79 6 cylinder that would do that. The pickup coil in the distributor was bad. It would fire once when you let go of the key but that was it. Ken Quoting russ hathaway <russh97309@xxxxxxxxx>: > I have a 78 Concord 304 that is driving me nuts. It won't start. When I > release the key from the start position it tries to start and if I am lucky > it'll fire, but the key returns to off too soon. I hooked up one of those > spark testers and I get no spark while it is cranking, then when I release > the jumper it sparks for an instant. > I took off the batt cable to charge it as I wore the battery down cranking, > and the car cranked for a second. Whats going on????....Russ > > > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com