Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

Have you checked out the fuel filter or pump yet? That's what came to mind first when I read about your problem.

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

i second the fuel filter... mine did the same thing a few weeks ago and i thought that it was ignition or something but low and behold it was the fuel filter..

good luck

JP

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

I wish it was guys.
I just changed my fuel filter the other day when I did an oil change.
It's hard to explain.......It doesn't feel like a fuel problem.
It will run for a couple of seconds and then cut out....just like I turned the ignition off. And as it's shutting down the atermarket tach will jump around like it's on crack.

Jerry D.

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

Try swappin the coil maybe.

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

this may sound crazy but my 80 was acting p alittle like that it would just shut off driving down the road and sometimes i when i turned the key nothing but i could jump at the solinoid turned out the solinoid didnt do it all the time maybe twice a week turned out the solinoid was bad hasnt given my any problems since

 

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Thanks guys!!
Time to hit the parts store.

 

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Time to hit the parts store.

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Yeah, I know the feeling. lol. NORM

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

Coil, then selinoid, then module (especially if it's the one that's attached to dist.)JMO-Bob

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

I would guess ignition coil or TFI module. I don't see how it could be the starter solenoid since it's an idling problem.

(or did you guys mean another solenoid?)

Speaking of TFI modules... I found out FORD is not alone in expensive failure-prone replacement parts... my brother's Toyota Celica died and wasn't getting spark, so I did some reading on the web and here at ORC. Apparently Toyota has an "igniter" in the ignition system that is solid state electronics like the TFI, and fetches $200 used and over $300 new

It's so bad that they are rigging up some GM HEI part to take its place.... glad to know we're not alone

Thankfully, his problem turned out to be a bad coil secondary winding. $55 and he's back on the road. Damn I hate working on FWD cars, the coil is inside the distributor and you have to take half the car apart to get to it

 

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Toyota has an "igniter"

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the foreign cars like to call there ignition module that...

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

Had similar probs on my 90 with a 5.0.

I finally just went to Advance Auto and got a new distributor and a new ignition module. About $80 for both. Very simple to swap out and no more problems.

later

Bakes

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

Being that I have a MSD dist. Would I have to but a new ignition mod. from MSD or will a stock Ford do the trick?

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

That's a good question. I'd try a stock one if it looks the same and has the same connections. But I honestly don't know.

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

My 89 did the exact thing the other day and it ended up being the fuel pump under the driver side on the rail. Over the past few years, it would do the same thing but would always restart after about 30 minutes. Not this time though. Also check the ECC Relay circuitry near the relay as well as the circuitry of the fuel pump on the driver side fender well.

Good luck.

 

Re: Ignition problem.....I think!

I finally got around to changing the TFI module. I couldn't get a hold of a Ford TFI so I went to the local auto parts store and bought a WELLS TFI module. (Part# F121)
Has anyone used products from this company before? This is a first for me.

Anyway, I think this did the trick!
So far so good.........

Thanks for all the help guys.

Jerry D