Thanks for your suggestions. I'll check those lines and rig up a test light if needed. I was trying to figure out how to test where on the circuit it might be; this is an elegant solution. Thanks again! I might just finally get this resolved without pulling all my hair out!
It's been a long time since I've posted. I did a Duraspark conversion on my truck about 8 years ago, and it ran well for many years after that. Then I started having an odd, sporadic electrical gremlin which I could never track down. I ended up parking the Ranger for a few years, figured I'd...
Good afternoon all, Happy New Year, and we have a tentative explanation for what was leaking into the cab. And it's a relatively easy thing to fix.
First, it wasn't the big baddie possibility: a crack or leak somewhere which was allowing the oil and coolant to mingle. Whew! The oil looked...
Thanks for the ideas and the deep breath. Agreed it doesn't help to start thinking of the worst case scenario. There are just so few possible sources. One of the oddities of this situation is that I've barely driven it this year; with the covid lockdowns I just didn't have reason to go...
Humor is OK at this stage of the game. We don't have a garage or even a roof over that truck; it sleeps outside and we have imminent rain tonight with temps just a bit above the snow threshold. Otherwise I'd be out there right now tearing the dashboard apart to find the source. Instead I'm...
As far as we know it's the stock electrical gauge. I know that mechanical oil gauges have a small tube of oil coming off the engine and going to the gauge itself, such that the pressure can be measured directly. Our '74 Chevy truck was built that way. To the best of my knowledge, the Ranger's...
It was thick and black, and felt/smelled like motor oil. But that does bring up the possibility that oil is getting into the coolant. I'll check the coolant again tomorrow and see if it's the normal lime green color in the radiator. I'll also check the oil and see if that looks milky, or off...
I have a new issue with my '83 Ranger. We've had a moderate oil leak for awhile now, mostly around the intake manifold and valve cover gaskets. It is messy but hasn't affected performance very much, and we just haven't gotten around to fixing it yet. But when I went to get into the cab today...
Good evening, and congratulations on starting your conversion. We converted our '83 to Duraspark a number of years ago and we'd never go back. But yea it was quite a bit of work. First things first: did you download and study all the documentation already available on TheRangerStation showing...
Update: I have found at least one place with exposed wiring. The attached photo shows exposed copper on two adjacent wires coming off the ignition module, going to the distributor. The harness loom hid the exposed wires during previous inspections. When I pushed the loom back, the glint of...
I do thank you for your suggestion; it made me go back and review what all we removed during the conversion, and review what symptoms we had before/during/after each stall. Something like this, most of the troubleshooting is a game of "process of elimination". I have to admit, more than once...
I apologize; I thought you were concerned that the solenoid, if present, was malfunctioning and causing the stall. Instead, you're suggesting the engine is stalling because that solenoid is missing, correct? If that's the case, I should add that yes we had that solenoid on the original 2150...
I should clarify that when we replaced the carburetor, we took out the old Motorcraft 2150 and replaced it with the Holley 0-7448, as recommended in the Duraspark conversion instructions. I didn't provide the carb model number in my previous post.
I checked the carb and no I do not see anything like what you describe. Just in case I'm missing it, I took a picture of the carb on the throttle linkage side.
That I don't know. I couldn't find a solenoid with that name listed in the Ranger Chilton's, and the replacement Holley is a much simpler carb than the original Motorcraft 2150. Can you tell me where it would normally plug into the carb? I can check once I know what to look for.
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