1G Junk it or fix it

[kabooski]

Well my 90 laser-t has gone down hill
drove it home one day, few hours later went to start it again and nothing
took a bit of cracking and a battery jump box to get it running...
changed the spark plug cables and spark plugs...the car even with a new battery
is slow cranking. If I bump the ignition a few times it catches faster. I even just got it running today for a bit took it for spin seems a bit slogish... at idle there is a light ticking noise that comes and goes it is not constant...

edit got it running again
it cracks and cranks like it almost wants to start till it did
started to removed the spark plug cables from 1234 and 1 being far left (passenger) is not giving me any spark

 

[1stGenTSi]

Does your starter grind while your cranking it? Also sounds like you may have a bad lead going to starter. Check connections at battery and starter. You say you can get the car running but only on 3 cylinders? The cylinder numbers go from right to left as your looking under the hood so it is your #4 cylinder that is not getting fire. Check for spark at coil-pack. Possible bad coil-pack or dying ECU.

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