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Oct 10, 2004 | 07:36 PM

paulcw3

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Hi all,
some nice person stole my distributor cap and rotor off of my 1975 ford f150 with a 390 last night, I replaced the cap and rotor and checked the spark plug cable firing order 3 times. the engine will turn over slowly but will not fire. it ran like a champ prior to this little incident. when I lifted the hood to find the cap and rotor missing the coil wire was resting on the distributor housing still plugged in to the coil, would this have burned up the coil ? and do you think this could have harmed any other part of the ignition system ? I am looking at thr ford book an i belive this is a distributor with no points.
Thanks,
Paul

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Oct 10, 2004 | 07:47 PM

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No, You are going counterclockwise with those wire's on the dizzy cap right?

Oct 10, 2004 | 07:54 PM

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yes counter clockwise <--- i even looked for carbon marks because i found a broken pencil under my hood.

Oct 10, 2004 | 07:57 PM

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It merely sound's as tho you are not getting the correct postion on the wiring at the cap. Set the motor to TDC, the rotor should be pointing at #1 cylinder, start your wiring on the cap from there. When you are cranking it the way it is now it sound's like a weak battery trying to start it right?

Oct 10, 2004 | 08:03 PM

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I'm some what new to this truck, i have been working on the little things, it was running fine up to this point, I jumped the battery with my other car because it seemed to be drained as well. the last time i drove it was three days ago. I'm sure it is a Electronic Type Distributor because it matches all the diagrams i have found.

Oct 10, 2004 | 08:05 PM

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Yes it sound like that, i will try this. Thank you Thank you.

Oct 10, 2004 | 08:05 PM

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Yes it would be electronic. Try the above procedure and I am certain you will get it running.

Look at the harmonic balancer pointer to get to TDC on the crank. If your rotor is 180 out, turn the motor over to come back to zero.