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Old Jun 29, 2023 | 11:42 AM
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more ignition problems

1985 f150. You guys know this thing by now all it has is problems. So my pick up coil went bad and was causing a timing issue, took distributer apart and put it all back together, no issues there. it sparks.

put it back in truck, and now the timing is impossible, put it at #1 TDC and set the distributer to #1 and now it runs like it’s sucking vacuum. I know all vaccum lines are good so that’s not The issue. Neighbors are sick of hearing it idle like **** so I need to figure out the issue.

TLDR: rebuilt distributer, set timing, and I can’t advance or retard it enough to make it run not like garbage.
 
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Why can't you advance or retard it enough? You are using a timing light?
 
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