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Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:18 pm
by akaFrankCastle
Failed to tighten down the bolt on the dizzy clamp resulting in your timing slowly sliding off of mark until it finally failed to fire?
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:36 pm
by hockeydad4-22
Throttle linkage came lose
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:43 pm
by 71 bass boat
was it the wire going from the dizzy to the coil?
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 5:49 pm
by Bitch'nBronco
Disconnected vacuum line? I dunno
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 6:33 pm
by Kinder
Well it's electrical, I'll guess a main coming off the batt was loose.
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:04 pm
by ZOSO
coil gave up the ghost. I've had that happen.
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:22 pm
by akaFrankCastle
Can we ask more questions? I'm wondering if it bogged down or if it was a straight up "peddle to the floor, no change in RPM" type situation.
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:35 pm
by 777mechanic
you said it idled so carb and dizzy would have to ok , also a dead coil would kill it . points collapsing could cause this but don't know if it's electronic ignition . trans linkage going in neutral could do this if the bolt was loose .
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:41 pm
by JGZ
If it was a points type dist.Was it the condensor?
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:29 pm
by Rox Crusher
Eddie Murphy is now working over at Exhaust Pros and he stuck a banana in the tailpipe ?
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:45 pm
by cobshane
Carb linkage came loose/ plunger
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:39 pm
by Entourage
Rox Crusher wrote:Eddie Murphy is now working over at Exhaust Pros and he stuck a banana in the tailpipe ?
Nice '48 Hours' reference!
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:18 am
by 69bronco
Something with the elec. ignition control
Re: Stump the Bronco Chump!
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:39 am
by JGZ
That happened to me this last summer on my 57 t-bird.Drove me flippin nuts!Same sort of deal,would idle all day,had all new parts,go to drive it and it would fall flat on it's face.I even had one of my mechanic buddies who's been working on hipo fords for as long as I remember take a look at it and it stumped him for awhile,so I didn't feel like such a moron.He said that's the first time he's ever seen that.Probably stupid chinese parts.What a pain in the ass!Glad you got it figured out