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04-30-2011, 08:19 PM

d berry

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15 minute cruzer

i have a 1979 ford explorer it runs for 15 minutes gets warm then wont start it also is hard starting when its cold it has a351 windsor with 79000 m its getting fuel any ideas

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04-30-2011, 08:26 PM

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I would suspect timing, try retarding the timing a bit.

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04-30-2011, 11:15 PM

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I say do a tune-up to establish a baseline of known good systems. I would however lean towards a carb rebuild.

Ya sure it's a 351W?

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05-01-2011, 02:47 PM

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It's prolly a modified, and maybe the Ignition module?

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