83 ford F150
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I just helped picked up a project truck for a buddy of mine 83 F150 4x4 351W. The wiring under the hood is a total mess. The distributor has no wires coming of of it like most distributors I am use to have. The ignition module has been tapped into the harness somewhere else. Dose anyone have a simple schematic of an entire electronic ignition? I think we should redo the system instead of trying to fix the mess in there now
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If your dist does not have a vacuum advance can on the side, you might have a EECIII type dist which should be converted over to a duarspark II type and the module will have the blue plug where the wires go in.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-Apr-02 AT 00:06 AM (EST)]Thanks franklin2 that is just the info I needed. Yes it does have the EEC-III ignition. I will let you know how it went with the conversion. Thanks again
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Got everything wired up, but the engine will only start and run with the key in the run position. The wiring is all in the right place, but I think my problem might be the wires from the switch out to the solenoid. Anybody have any ideas??
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You need a wiring diagram for your truck. Then following the wiring diagram from the link I posted before, you should be able to match the wires up, and tape off the ones you don't need. You then could get an older 2bbl motorcraft carb or get a 4bbl manifold and a small holley or edelbrock carb to go on it.
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