Ed_123

Hi,

My mailman is selling his 20 yr, old Mazda Longbed 84,000 original miles.

He said it would run rough and stall at idle. Then he had trouble starting it. A buddy of his sprayed starting fluid in the carb and got it running, telling my mailman it was the choke. He drove it home and could not restart it.

I went to look at it (been sitting for 2-3 months). I cleaned the distributer cap connections, poured some gas in the carb (air filter was pristine - there was about 1/2" of gas in the filter) but could not get it started.

I figured the ignition is good and that it gets a spark if the car had been running.

I would like some suggestions as to what to test. I do not want to spent a lot of $$$ on this truck either trying to get it to run or paying for it as is ($800). I can get a hold of a volt meter.

Thanks
Ed