Q: Won't crank

asked by on June 20, 2017

Truck would crank but wouldn't start so I replaced the solenoid, starter, all the spark plugs and then I replaced the distributor because I wasn't getting spark and now the engine won't even crank at all. I turn the key and nothing. I even replaced the battery.

My car has 388000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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