Got a weird problem
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From: Omaha, TX.
Got a weird problem
My 79 F150 460 2wd has developed a weird problem. Start it up and drive it down the road. Then it quits. roll to the side of the road and starts right up. no problem for a week or so. then it does it again. then it started doing it about 4 times in one day. took it into the shop and now there is no problem. Anyone experience this?
Laughing Gas
Joined: Mar 2014
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i agree with you on the box,IMO if you own or drive one of these trucks regularly, carry a new box in your glove box. Back in the late 70's when a dent side was my only transportation, i had 2 brain boxes go bad in 30 days, the 3rd one lasted almost 2yrs.
Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: South west Idaho
Sorry to hyjack this thread so soon ,but you mention mallory dist. having a shut down problem if i understand ? The reason i ask is i a had a problem with a GM engine doing that in a street rod i have . I always suspected the dist. so i removed it and no more shut downs. It was a new dist. and was nice and shinny L.O.L. but it got replaced with an original points dist. __
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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Near St. Joseph,MO
My last truck had a full mallory ignition. within a couple months of having it it would randomly die and not start until it finally just wouldn't start period. Ended up being the module inside the dist which is a $120 part. I replaced it two more times over the next few months before I yanked it and went back to stock. 
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