Removing and installing a Distributor
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 23,667
Likes: 301
From: Easton,Ks
This will work for the OBD I system.
Some 1996 may not be adjustable if you have OBD II.
/
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 23,667
Likes: 301
From: Easton,Ks
Most auto pars stores will sell them but sometimes they will have to order it.
Also you may want to rewire and use a newer stile BOSH relay.
The EEC Power relay is called the PCM Power relay in this diagram:
/
Also you may want to rewire and use a newer stile BOSH relay.
The EEC Power relay is called the PCM Power relay in this diagram:
/
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,089
Likes: 1
From: Michigan
Take the cap and adapter off the top of the distributor.
Turn the engine by hand (crankshaft bolt) until the pointer in the distributor points to the rear about where number one wire was on the cap.
Then look at the pointer down at the crankshaft damper an position the engine where the pointer points to Top Dead Center (TDC).
Do not move the engine until after the new distributor is in place.
Remove the hold down bolt and pull the distributor out.
Drop the new distributor in and have pointer pointing to where number one wire would be on the cap.
Start the distributor hold down bolt until you can just turn the distributor by hand.
Remove the SPOUT shorting bar.
Hook a timing light to number one wire after you put the rotor, cap and adapter back on.
Start the engine and turn the distributor until the pointer points to 10 degrees BTDC.
Tight the hold down bolt and recheck the timing.
If still at 10 BTDC put the SPOUT back in and check to see that the timing moves some.
If so remove the light and you are done.
Turn the engine by hand (crankshaft bolt) until the pointer in the distributor points to the rear about where number one wire was on the cap.
Then look at the pointer down at the crankshaft damper an position the engine where the pointer points to Top Dead Center (TDC).
Do not move the engine until after the new distributor is in place.
Remove the hold down bolt and pull the distributor out.
Drop the new distributor in and have pointer pointing to where number one wire would be on the cap.
Start the distributor hold down bolt until you can just turn the distributor by hand.
Remove the SPOUT shorting bar.
Hook a timing light to number one wire after you put the rotor, cap and adapter back on.
Start the engine and turn the distributor until the pointer points to 10 degrees BTDC.
Tight the hold down bolt and recheck the timing.
If still at 10 BTDC put the SPOUT back in and check to see that the timing moves some.
If so remove the light and you are done.
Freshman User
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 30
Likes: 0
Thank you Bill - you are certainly a wealth of information and tremendously helpful. Very much appreciated.
I just bought the F-250 from a "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" sort of fellow, and now I have a few things to sort out (like its first proper tune-up since 2002 before getting it on the road. The inside of the distributor was just completely shot. Luckily the engine only has 130,000 miles and checks out strong for compression.
John
Madison, WI
I just bought the F-250 from a "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" sort of fellow, and now I have a few things to sort out (like its first proper tune-up since 2002 before getting it on the road. The inside of the distributor was just completely shot. Luckily the engine only has 130,000 miles and checks out strong for compression.
John
Madison, WI
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 23,667
Likes: 301
From: Easton,Ks
Here is a photo:
/
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Top 10 Ford Truck Tragedies
Joe Kucinski
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Posting Guru
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 1,089
Likes: 1
From: Michigan
I was confused by the term "shorting bar".
Fleet Owner
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 23,667
Likes: 301
From: Easton,Ks
Ford uses the term "shorting bar" but you can call it a jumper if you like.
It just shorts the two wires together.
Thread Starter
|
Senior User
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 177
Likes: 0
Well I reconected the battery and the pumps stopped running so i fired her up and it ran great!shut her down and the pumps stopprd running so i took her for a ten miles run and she ran great.I went and bumped the timing up to 12 degrees and took her out again and she did peep up and no pinging.thanks everyone for there help.
Tuned
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 464
Likes: 5
From: Redmond, WA USA
Are you referring to the shorting plug that is normally installed? If you can't find one (I'd start at a local junkyard, and then try the dealer), you can cut off the mating connector and install a male-female connector on the two wires, or a toggle switch if you check your timing a lot (off = check timing, on = normal operation).
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
neelyjosh
1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
7
Jun 30, 2017 05:28 PM
neelyjosh
1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
8
Jun 20, 2017 04:45 AM
hharris8
1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
10
Aug 27, 2016 09:11 PM
BubbaDrake
335 Series- 5.8/351M, 6.6/400, 351 Cleveland
8
Jan 18, 2007 11:06 PM
