66HertzClone
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Went out for a ride on Saturday and then again yesterday. Beautiful weather, everything felt right, I was cruising along on the highway and as I slowly accelerated the engine miss fired and a few back fires. Hmmm, what the hell, tried again same thing, all gauges showed normal. I headed for home, almost made it..........
Finally had to stop for a traffic light and when it turned green I started moving with traffic, a few quiet back fires as I started up a hill, suddenly the engine shut off, clicked on the flashers and rolled to the should. I could find nothing visibly wrong under the hood, oil was clear and the coolant overflow tank had nothing other than coolant in it. Tried to restart a few times, it sounded normal while cranking but it wouldn't run, I could hear the fuel pump cycle so I know that's working. I dialed AAA on the phone and was given a 45 minute window. Four different guys pulled over and offered assistance, all were Mustang owners, nice of them to offer aid. Three different police officers came by, I told them I had a truck coming and they left me behind.
Right at the 45 minute mark the tow truck arrived, the driver was very careful in getting my cart up and used sleeving on the straps when he tied the car down. He drove me home and off loaded the car right into the garage, I gave him $20 and complimented him on his care. I was just disgusted last night and didn't even pop the hood, went inside and made a large gin & tonic and sat on the deck the rest of the afternoon.
So, if I get out on time today I'll head home and dive in to see what I find. I have the Mass Flo EFI on the car, it uses the TFI module distributer. I'll check for current to the distributer, does anybody know if the TFI module can be checked? Given the symptoms I'm pretty sure it is ignition related, I'll pull a couple of plugs, the wires, plugs, cap and rotor have less than 3 thousand miles on them, so I don't think they are to blame.
Finally had to stop for a traffic light and when it turned green I started moving with traffic, a few quiet back fires as I started up a hill, suddenly the engine shut off, clicked on the flashers and rolled to the should. I could find nothing visibly wrong under the hood, oil was clear and the coolant overflow tank had nothing other than coolant in it. Tried to restart a few times, it sounded normal while cranking but it wouldn't run, I could hear the fuel pump cycle so I know that's working. I dialed AAA on the phone and was given a 45 minute window. Four different guys pulled over and offered assistance, all were Mustang owners, nice of them to offer aid. Three different police officers came by, I told them I had a truck coming and they left me behind.
Right at the 45 minute mark the tow truck arrived, the driver was very careful in getting my cart up and used sleeving on the straps when he tied the car down. He drove me home and off loaded the car right into the garage, I gave him $20 and complimented him on his care. I was just disgusted last night and didn't even pop the hood, went inside and made a large gin & tonic and sat on the deck the rest of the afternoon.
So, if I get out on time today I'll head home and dive in to see what I find. I have the Mass Flo EFI on the car, it uses the TFI module distributer. I'll check for current to the distributer, does anybody know if the TFI module can be checked? Given the symptoms I'm pretty sure it is ignition related, I'll pull a couple of plugs, the wires, plugs, cap and rotor have less than 3 thousand miles on them, so I don't think they are to blame.
