300 dies
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From: Jack, Alabama
300 dies
i don,t know much about it but my friends 90 f150 with a 300 i6 heeps stalling out and wont start back up. it started last night on his way to see his girlfriend. he thought the distributor got wet because it was raining. but hen it did it again today on his way to his girlfriends. we dent to get it this mornin and it fired right up. we drove it all day out hunting. then he dropped me off to go see his girl and it died 100 yards from her house.i havent checked it to see if its getting gas or if its firing yet i'll check that all out later but does anyone have any ideas. i was thinking maybe the module on the side of the distributor could be going bad. he put a new cap wires and rotor on it about 10k miles ago. its an auto w/od. and its been causing it to stall too but i think thats the tc
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From: Saddle Brook United State
Two things come to mind for your problem, first the ignition module on the distributor ( which was a ford recall ), the second is the EEC relay ( electronic engine control relay) supplies the 12 volts for the computer. The second is a hard problem to trace , took about a week of checking everything, as it works and doesn't work. Mine had water in it and would kill the engine whenever it felt like it, but it would allow it to be restarted sooner or later. My 93 ford Taurus also had problems with the EEC relay (dirty contacts), causing the same problem, but by now I was wise to it. If the engine won't start try whacking the relay ,it is located on the drivers side fender apron by all the connectors and it is a sealed Grey relay about 1"x 1.5" sq, with a screwdriver handle.
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Trucks and girls don't mix.
Last time i had a girl in my truck, my entire exhaust system past the down pipe simply fell off.
Girl sat on my tailgate and the latch stopped working
Girl was in the truck on the highway and the motor just shut off for no reason.
Girl was in truck and the tailpipe cracked in half at the hanger and fell off.
Don't let this happen to you. Take her car.
Last time i had a girl in my truck, my entire exhaust system past the down pipe simply fell off.
Girl sat on my tailgate and the latch stopped working
Girl was in the truck on the highway and the motor just shut off for no reason.
Girl was in truck and the tailpipe cracked in half at the hanger and fell off.
Don't let this happen to you. Take her car.
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AHHAHA agreed, last time girl was in truck, driver door wouldnt close, so she tries to push, i tell her no, she gets all moody pouty, watever, she keeps pushing and puts a dam dent in the door... smoothe move ex-lax
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My wife had not been in my truck for about a year and I went to pick her up after she left her car at the dealer for repair. The battery shorted and burned a hole in the side and got battery acid all over the inside of the engine compartment. That night she sat on the tail gate (She weighs 125# wet) one of the cables broke and my new battery fell on the ground and cracked the case. Then we were going the next evening to pick up her car and the brake master cylinder went out - I still love her; but, I keep her away from my truck when ever possible.
