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- Location
- Colorado, USA
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 5.0L V8
- Transmission
- Automatic
Second seperate post for another question i have regarding my 85 ranger. Bought it for cheap and has plethera of 4x4 upgrades mostly procomp parts new wheels and items easily parted out worth more than i paid. Needs a tune up and new map sensor looking to do new distributor, wires and plugs, map in next week or two. Has a weird timing problem, unsure of miles on the engine, odo shows 51,999 im sure its clocked over once maybe twice. It has, what my buddy believes is, a 92-94 5.0 in it but runs strong. Said it was on a guess due to the plastic 5.0 EFI plate on top of the engine. Looked about right to me. Im guessing the engine prob has min of 200k on it for fair assumption. Every 2-4 weeks the engine gets rough, have adjusted the ign timing with the distro seems to help clean it up some but temporarily. Almost seems like the distro shifts by itself a few degrees high or low. Its been ok for 3 weeks now like it was when i got it a while back but im concerned its more than needing plugs wires etc. sometimes seems to run rich and then like it doesnt get any fuel. we also put a time light to it and dialed it in as close as we can but it still seems to act a little shifty. Will have issue where starts rough goes to idle fine then when its in gear it will die or shake the whole truck to stall. If stopped will die in a min or two unless im in neutral and keep feeding it gas. Could there be any major issues besides timing, fuel/air mix, filters or faulty map sensor causing this? Id like to know further possibilities before picking up these items and it still acting weird after i install. Never messed with a ford til now and really wanna fix this girl up and get her running perfect for the summer with no issues for a long while.
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