Well the ol ford is going to be put to the test tomorrow. I also played with the timming some to help it perk up a bit. Seems to like 16* initial a lot more then the factory 10*

 

i think people do bump the timing up on these engines...im pretty sure i read it somewere... i know on my 89 f150 with the 5.0 i always set my timing by ear and it helped alot it was just a work truck ...the first time i did it was like adding 100 horse on the asscheeck dyno

 

Well it is still diying. . . it happened twice today. First time we were getting off the freeway giong into a 45mph curve and it died. My dad took his foot off the gas and it starts up on its own. Second time it happened we are going up a step long driveway and died when we reached the top. This time dad had to put it in park and start it.

What wells can I look at?

 

put in on the computer is all i know.

 

what about the idle air control valve??

 

Ill have to try that next. . .


My dads going to kill me changing parts till I find the problem lol.

 

take the idle air control valve off and clean it...you can usually clean them

 

What about the coil pick up? Could that have anything to do with this?

 

i would think so

 

don't know if you got it fixed yet but my sons truck was doing the same thing running perfect one minute and dying the next it was driving us nuts. turned out the dizzy was shot. picked up a rebuilt at advance and it's run perfect ever since