Windsor Multiple Issues! HELP!
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try this
I bought an older van that was set up for awihle. The old guy said that it was rebuilt but wouldn`t run right , some mechanics looked at it but couldnt figure it out.It cost me more to tow it home than to buy it. When I got it to run it ran like crap. I pulled the distributor out and half of the oil pump drive shaft was sticking out of it. No oil pressure to the lifters or anything. $5 to fix.
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Definately sounds like a timing issue to me as well.
All this dizzy changing is probably not helping the situation as it's easy to switch a wire if you aren't careful and definately easy to get it a tooth or 2 off TDC.
All this dizzy changing is probably not helping the situation as it's easy to switch a wire if you aren't careful and definately easy to get it a tooth or 2 off TDC.
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Well I havnt post in awhile but I'd figure I'd give an update I got it to run and it was so stupid. I removed all of the smog equipment, and as I was looking around the internet I found plugs for the cylinder heads. I figured they sell them it must be a problem that mine aren't. I didn't but the put but instead went to Ace hardware and bout some 1" 9/16 coarse thread bolts and bam. VROOOM! Thanks for all ur post and appreciate the bouncing of ideas!
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1980F150,
That stator that Number is talking about is at the bottom of your distributor. Take the cap and rotor off and look straight down. That cresent moon shape 'thing' about the size of your bent index finger is the stator, it will have two wires running out of it through the lower wall of the dissy, to a plug say 6 inches from the distributor. Get a flash light and check to see if the wires are cracked leading into the stator.
That stator cause me a mountain of headaches because I replaced everything else, sometimes twice before I found it and after replacing it the truck runs perfectly. It's to the point now that if an astroid landed on my truck, I would blame the stator. Not hard to replace, but dang important to getting spark into the cylinder and hidden enough to be overlooked everytime.
That stator that Number is talking about is at the bottom of your distributor. Take the cap and rotor off and look straight down. That cresent moon shape 'thing' about the size of your bent index finger is the stator, it will have two wires running out of it through the lower wall of the dissy, to a plug say 6 inches from the distributor. Get a flash light and check to see if the wires are cracked leading into the stator.
That stator cause me a mountain of headaches because I replaced everything else, sometimes twice before I found it and after replacing it the truck runs perfectly. It's to the point now that if an astroid landed on my truck, I would blame the stator. Not hard to replace, but dang important to getting spark into the cylinder and hidden enough to be overlooked everytime.
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