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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:07 AM
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Truck Running Like Crap

last friday my truck 89 f-250 300 starting running like crap, bogging down back firing, idiling weird so i went a bought a ignition module.. put it in ran like a dream. now its friday again and its starting to do the same thing. could the ignition module be screwed already? could a ignition coil make is happin? anyways any help would be appreciated
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 01:28 AM
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On mine, the distributor was killing the ing box. Im not sure on how to test the dist, just happened to have a spair. Someone will shed some light on the matter.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 05:23 AM
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Maybe replace your voltage regulator, it could stuck open a little letting to much current get through and smokin your ign box. That happen on my 81 F100 and my ign box got the crap blown out of it.
 
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