After my recent breakdown in the '87 mgm, with a 302, it starts and runs fine. The fault, according to the firing indicator, was no spark, which returned after overnight sitting and cooling. How can I figure out what intermittently failed? I don't want to wait until I'm stranded again. My guess is coil, stator, pickup or TFI.
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Pickup or TFI would
Be what I look at.
If you can press a cold lunch box freezer pack on it for a few min then it comes back to life when you start it, voila...
TFI , coil or pickup is one of the failure points.
Tauruses are notorious for TFI failure and Pickup failure that had the 3.0 Vulcan motor in the 80s and early 90s-Nick M.
Columbia, SC
66 Squire, 89 Colony Park, 90 TC, 03 TC, 06 TC, 07 TC (2x)
03 BMW 540iT, 07 Toyota Tundra SR5 Dbl Cab/5.7 2WD -
TFI first, pickup second. The coils rarely die, but either of the distributor parts can and do fail in this way. The TFI probably goes more often than the pickup.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
Originally posted by phayzer5
I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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Yep, only time I've ever had a problem with a coil was when I bought my 91 MGM. The post had corroded off after the car had been sitting down for 6+ years.Vic
~ 1989 MGM LS Colony Park - Large Marge
~ 1998 MGM LS - new DD
~ 1991 MGM LS "The Scab"
~ 1991 MGM GS "The Ice Car"Comment
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Nick, all of the parts are working now. If I add cold and they still work, what have I learned? What if I add heat, perhaps with a hair blower, while idling, to see if it'll stall?Originally posted by TecNickal View Post1987 Grand Marquis LS two door, trying to get to the 60,000 mile mark.Comment
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I'm sure you could try-Nick M.
Columbia, SC
66 Squire, 89 Colony Park, 90 TC, 03 TC, 06 TC, 07 TC (2x)
03 BMW 540iT, 07 Toyota Tundra SR5 Dbl Cab/5.7 2WDComment
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