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Technical => Engine Tech => Topic started by: 84t-bird on January 20, 2006, 12:23:34 AM

Title: distributer
Post by: 84t-bird on January 20, 2006, 12:23:34 AM
i took my car up to the previous owners house to show him that i have it running and asked him what exacly it was that was wrong with it when he parked it. he told me that it had something to do with an electrical problem in the distributor that had been a problem on alot of them. so my question is... what distributer pproblems were there on the 84 thunderbirds with the 302 and cfi? and what are the fixes for said problems?
Title: distributer
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on January 20, 2006, 01:41:55 AM
duraspark boxes are bad about going out.  as is the pickups in the distributor.
Title: distributer
Post by: Ifixyawata on January 20, 2006, 01:47:37 AM
'84 with CFI shouldn't have a duraspark box, but it does have the problematic TFI module.  I do agree with you on the pickup, though.  My '85 with CFI had a bad one of those.
Title: distributer
Post by: Funky Cricket on January 20, 2006, 02:21:16 PM
the TFI's are ass, and the distro needs new caps every now and again.
Title: distributer
Post by: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87 on January 20, 2006, 10:15:28 PM
Quote from: Ifixyawata
'84 with CFI shouldn't have a duraspark box, but it does have the problematic TFI module.  I do agree with you on the pickup, though.  My '85 with CFI had a bad one of those.



i know mustangs used durasparkII w/carb or CFI  up in till 86 when they went with port fuel injection. I just assumed it had the duraspark system.
Title: distributer
Post by: softtouch on January 21, 2006, 10:17:40 AM
According to the '84 shop manual:

Mustang  3.8L  CFI  EEC-IV  TFI-IV
Mustang  5.0L H.O.  AOD  CFI  EEC-IV  TFI-IV
Mustang  5.0L H.O.  T50D  Holley 4180C-4V  no EEC  DS-II
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