Re: truck died

From: FalRan66@aol.com
Date: Mon Aug 28 2000 - 16:39:22 EDT


In a message dated 8/28/00 10:19:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
TEDSDAKOTA@aol.com writes:

<< Hey Dml'ers,, truck cut out on the way to work, would'nt restart, let it
sit for 10 and it fired right up..Then died again about a mile..let it sit,
started but ran like on 4 cyclinders...Got it to work and it6 stunk,, must
have been the cat overheated...The nI remembered what Bernd said about the
timing retarted makes the exhaust red hot...So I unhooked the Msd BTM,,
started right up but I wont know for sure till it runs for a while....
        Ted O... >>
 I dont know what year truck u got but mabe it could be your magnetic pickup
in your distributor, this happen to my 89 same exact simptoms as u explained,
It would die and let it sit and it would start and run for a mile and quit
then it would be fine for some time. Just a thought

    Joe
    92 5.2 3.55sg



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