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Hello, I'm Gertjan from the Netherlands and I'm typing this with google translate, so sorry for the small mistakes, I recently had a problem with my 1983 Ford F250 5.8L 4x4. the distributor was broken and I had to fix it. but I couldn't find the connections anywhere on forums or in my manual because everyone has a regular distributor with a rotor. I have a rotor with 2 points on it and now I have been able to figure out how to connect and adjust it myself. because that distributor cannot be set on time either. If anyone has the correct name for this distributor please tell me because I can't even find it
it goes in combination with an ignition control module
this is for the people who don't know where and how to attach the rotor and ignition coil cables, on a 1983 Ford F250 5.8 or bronco series with the same engine and years.
you put your engine at the 0 point on the crankshaft, you must be sure that this is the power stroke. then ensure that the rotor is positioned with the lip at the top on the 1st ignition coil cable connection. number 1 is indicated on the hood!
If it is set in time, you cannot adjust it with the hood, do you want to adjust it? you have to remove it from the engine again and turn it 1 notch counterclockwise! You will feel that when you take it out part way and then you can turn the rotor a little and then push it back again. now you've given it for ignition.
then you put the cables on the rotor counterclockwise, starting with the first cylinder: 1-5-7-8-6-3-4-2
This is the connection to the rotor cover for the firing order 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8
hopefully people will find it useful!
Last edited by Dutchbullford; Jan 6, 2025 at 05:36 AM.
Your system is called Ford's EECIII. All your distributor does is point the spark to the right terminal/plug wire. You cannot set the timing on your engine, that is set by a crankshaft sensor. The crankshaft sensor sends a signal to the EECIII ECU. All the timing functions are contained in this module and it sends the firing info to the duraspark III module which fires the coil. The spark is sent to the distributor cap, and the distributor is timed so the rotor lines up with the correct terminal and the correct sparkplug.
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