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Question: I bought a 2006 Z-71 chassis with 20,000 miles that had a 2000 model body.

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trader dan, 5.3L V8, Bryant, AL, January 23, 2012, 18:29
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the guys that put body on didnt get truck started. Im not sure all pass lock componet's mach. I put gas in truck and turned motor over but didnt start. What should I do next?

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, January 23, 2012, 21:03
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    Not familiar with Chevy but if the security system doesn't see the correct key or is operating the anti-theft system the computer would kill spark and fuel, see if you are getting spark, Using a mechanic's stethoscope (or use a long screw driver placing the handle end up to your ear place the metal tip end of the screwdriver against the body of the fuel injector), get a friend to crank over the engine while you "listen" to the fuel injector listen to each injector at the same point of the injector body. You should hear "click, click, click" as the injector is electrically opened and closed by the computer. If the injector is not being triggered you will not have fuel getting into the engine's cylinders.
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