[Land-speed] OFF Topic: 1991 Ford F150 .0L Engine Compartment

[neil at dbelltech.com]

Mayf;

I had a Chevy 6-cyl that I rebuilt about drive me crazy. It wouldn't idle at
all and only ran if held above 2000RPM. It turned out the distributor cap
and rotor were not aligned properly; the spark occurred when the rotor was
not pointing at the plug contact on the distributor cap. At higher RPM the
advance would pull it into alignment and it ran fine.

Check to see if this is not the same problem with that Ford.

Regards, Neil   Tucson, AZ

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Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:30 AM
To: LSR
Subject: [Land-speed] OFF Topic: 1991 Ford F150 .0L Engine Compartment

Folks, I am trying to help an old guy get his truck running. He blew up 
the oem motor and obtained a replacement. But a lot of time elapsed 
between old and new. The man who removed the motor left, a newer guy got 
it part way back in and  now a different mechanic is tring to get it 
going. It runs very very badly.  I am helping by remote control, lol. We 
have eliminated the roller cammed HO version of a small block ford as 
being the culprit. But we are having difficulty assuring that the 
distributor is in the way it is supposed to be. If any of you have a 
1991 Ford F150 with a 5.0L engine and can send me a photo of the 
distributor as installed I would appreciate it very much. A couple 
(more?) cold ones could be made available in my pit... Photo is needed 
asap... as in now, lol... But don' send me one of anything except a '91 
please...

Send to drmayf at mayfco.com

I have searched google images, none of my ford books show anything, and 
not even one on ebay with the hood up...

help!

mayf