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smokymtn65

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Well truck sat for a week after coming home from a 100 mile ride and wont start. Checked fuel pressure primes to 60, sits steady at 55. Did injector bleed down all rhe same dropped to 38. Put timing light it flashes. While cranking it popped a p0339 code. Have a new ac delco cps so stuck it in still cranks and fires sporadically. Just floods basically. Less than 3k on new distributor and cap. 5k on rebuild.
 

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You've got a crank sensor code.

Show us the scan tool report of the crank sensor signal. Waveform, (graph) if the tool has that ability.

Given that you "Put timing light it flashes." and you have RPM showing on the scan tool, the crank sensor can't be dead. It might be intermittent, in which case it would have been nice if you'd watched the RPM on the scan tool vs. the key position. If you have RPM showing the whole time that the engine is cranking, the crank sensor is not what's preventing the engine from starting.

Pull a plug wire. Connect a spark tester calibrated for HEI, facing the driver's seat. Crank engine, watch for spark. If you have spark on three (or more) plug wires, I'd expect the engine to at least pop if not run. If it doesn't pop...pull the plugs and assure they're not fouled.
The important thing with spark-testers is to buy one that actually tests the spark voltage, and in the process loads the ignition system insulation. There's all sorts of "spark testers" that do nothing but light-up a light bulb, in the same way that the timing light flashes but does not test spark voltage. They're almost worthless. My favorite kind of spark tester:
www.amazon.com/dp/B003WZXAWK/?coliid=I3S98D7T1J0RLJ&colid=2VLYZKC3HBBDO&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

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Best thing to do is start by graphing the waveform. So we have an idea where to go with the diagnosis
 
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