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Nov 11, 2004 | 07:52 AM

disturbed76

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Timing?

Someone help me please! I have recently put an 86 fe 5.0 in my 76 f100. It will run and drive but the timing is still off. I've tried over and over to get it right but for some reason I still can't get it. Is there anyone out there that can tell me what I'm doing wrong or just not doing?

Nov 11, 2004 | 08:52 AM

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Timing is a bit tricky on computer controlled engines, you need to find the "computer timing control disconnect" or something along that line, its usually a single wire that juts out of the harness somewhere in the engine compartment (usually the passenger side firewall harness, or by the dizzy) with a quick disconnect inline then juts right back into the harness. If you don't disconnnect this while doing the timing the computer will continually adjust and tweak the timing so you never get your base timing anywhere near what it should be. However the connector is different for different makes/models, and I don't actually recall what it looks like on the 80s fords, I think its actually some odd fuse looking thing sticking out of the harness. Look around and you should find it, I do hope this helped some

Nov 11, 2004 | 09:17 AM

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thanks

thank you much. I will give that a try. I thought I had heard everything but that is information I have never heard. thanks again.

Nov 11, 2004 | 12:23 PM

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I have recently put an 86 fe 5.0 in my 76 f100.

86 fe 5.0 i don't think so it was never made

Nov 11, 2004 | 01:55 PM

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LoL, yeah I know there were no 5.0 FE motors, but I figured it was a mistype and he meant FI (fuel injected).

Nov 11, 2004 | 03:46 PM

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Its called the sprout connector

On my 86 Bronco w/5.0L it was near the dizzy. Pull it appart to disable the computer while timing.

Nov 12, 2004 | 06:28 AM

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I appreciate all the help. You are right about the fe thing. I was half or mostly asleep when I wrote that. I'm wide awake now and can't, for the life of me, figure out what the heck a dizzy is.