Q: Car won't start

asked by on March 05, 2017

My car will crank over but not start. We changed the starter and distributer even had the battery looked at and could not find the problem. Our best choice for a mechanic is charging us 200 dollars just to get it looked at. The car started fine one morning and then stuttered and turned off. We trier turning it on again and it wouldn't.

My car has 180000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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