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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: long island, new york
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truck broke down towd by a ford!!
i know this belongs in the engine/drivetrain but itll get me attention here, i was driving to school yesterday at about 2000rpm and the engine just cut out my tack started jumping and very small backfires out the exaust. so i pull over ans check for spark it seems to have medioker spark from the coil and plugs but not good enouf for the msd i dont think. its has fuel and the pump works what went wrong i cant figure it out. my boss things the mag picups in the dizzy whent bad but im not sure. i also thought maybe i broke my timeing chain but the valves all move too. last thing i went and tried to start it this morning and the thing cranked fired and made the LOUDEST! backfire out the pipes i ever heard in my life dam thing sounded like 5 shotguns im stumped.
specs on the ignition are msd probillit dizzy blaster 2 coil msd 6al box and msd 9mil wires i hope you guys have some ideas and also sme pics of it being towd by a ford thanks -kyle
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Delta,Pa
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sounds like a bad ignition box to me. did you get the ready to run probillet or just the plain pro billet? if you have the ready to run probillet you can just unhook the box and run off of the module inside the distributor.if not you need another box
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side)
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No ideas, just wanna say that sucks, especially the f*rd part
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Got Light Emitting Diode?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Newberg, OR
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i have nice blue spark comming out of my 6al blaster ss and pro billet dizzy. id be checking coil and box before diving into the dizzy
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Glen Allen, VA
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Man, that's a real shame on such a nice looking truck. Sorry about having to be towed by a F##d too!
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Join Date: May 2005
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hope you get her figured out real soon! :::::sends good luck vibes your way::::: |
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
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I would be happy to have a F**D, Toyota or even a Kia tow me home rather than leave that truck by the side of the road...LOL! Maybe you live in a safe place but there are just too many parts that would disappear off that truck if it were left around most big cities.
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Join Date: May 2005
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![]() ![]() I hear ya about not wanting to leave it on the side of the road, but I'd still be hanging my head in shame. I wanted to cry one day when I saw this really nice Z71 being towed by an old beat down F150. ![]() |
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Got Light Emitting Diode?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Newberg, OR
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when i still had my 6 my truck carb popped and i heard my air cleaner fall as she died. so i rolled to the side and found BOTH my carb screws that hold the air cleaner post on inside my carb. i asked my gfs dad to bring me some needle nose pliers so i could pull them out but he just brought the tow rope. he drove a f250. so i know what the shame is like. have you figured out a hood solution yet???
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1968 1/2 ton 2wd lwb 6 lug disc and bags up front. Next c notch and rear bags '02 Chevy Silverado LT ext cab short bed 2WD 5/7 drop on 22's ![]() 1993 Cherokee work ride/weekend wheeler |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Portland Oregon
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were you decelerating when it died ? if so i think you jumped time. thats what happened to me in my blazer. But a called a friend with a chevy to tow her home ! good luck
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Join Date: May 2005
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my brother's truck was at the local burger joint on a friday night where all the cars hang out ( a 69 truck) and had to have people help him push start it.........not quite as embarassing as the f*rd thing though
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: SW Washington
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he would be crazy to leave his truck out there, especially with no windows or hood lol
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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well lt wouldnt have been too bad leaving it where it was because it was in my highschool entrence right in front of all the classrooms how imbarrising right? everyone watched mt beloved truck towd away.
i was kinda decelerating i guess i just made the turn in to the parking lot i was doing maybe 20mph id guess in seccond gear (luggin) so im still not sure what happened nor have i had time to go into anything on the truck. about the ready to run thing...im not sure it just plugged into the box and was ready to run so im guessin thats the one. thanks guys -kyle
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I`m thinking your chain jumped time,also.Check that,then see if it starts.It may be noisey.If so,1st check for bent push-rods.If still all clackity,there`s a bent valve or two.Did you notice if the chain was slapping the cover lately?It makes a ticky sound.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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the moter only has 1000 mines on it it dindnt make any noises at all even when it died, and that 1 time it fired up and backfired its sounded decent
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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i would sooner push that truck then have it towed by that POS furd.
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Mississippi
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It sucks about your truck, but I would never tell anyone I was pulled by a furd! LIE, DENY, ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
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Don`t worry,it`s not a`70 Ford.Besides,you`ll have plenty of chances to return the favor.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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based on the RPM being in the 6 spark phase of the box & your tach jumping around along with it spitting out the exhaust I wouls say either the box or the pick-up in dizzy. I am more inclined to say the box.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: long island, new york
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i was hoping that wasnt it but is there any way to test the box or the pickups? i havent figured one out yet
thanks-kyle
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Keep On Truckin'
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Buda, Texas
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Fords get towed by Chevys too so don't sweat it... be glad he was there.
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