Please help!
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Please help!
I need help! I have a 1982 Ford Lariet ½ ton Supercab shortbed truck. I had a 1991 Dual port fuel injection engine put in it several years ago. I have a problem no one had been able to fix. The truck runs great until you turn it off and try to drive it again before it has had a chance to cool off. If it isn’t cooled then it dies at slower speeds. Once I get going faster again and not stopping it’s fine. The computer is mounted under the hood and it gets so hot I can’t lay my hand on it. Is that normal? Could this be the problem? Also, some one told me the module on the distributor could be bad. Any suggestions. Thanks, Greg
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I think you are talking about the Duraspark II module, located on the left fender skirt.
If it gets that hot, it should definately be replaced.
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The only computer controlled engines in these trucks around 1982 that I know of were in California on the 300-I6's. Unless your vehicle is from California, and a 300-I6, I don't think you have a computer.
Look in my gallery, for my 1981 F-150, you can find it by clicking on my user name.
Inside that gallery you can see a MCU computer, and below it is the seperate duraspark II ignition module.
If it gets that hot, it should definately be replaced.
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The only computer controlled engines in these trucks around 1982 that I know of were in California on the 300-I6's. Unless your vehicle is from California, and a 300-I6, I don't think you have a computer.
Look in my gallery, for my 1981 F-150, you can find it by clicking on my user name.
Inside that gallery you can see a MCU computer, and below it is the seperate duraspark II ignition module.
