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Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
wtf [Mad]

very random, did it once tonight, once yesterday morning, and a few times the day before, the problem started 3 days ago

the car starts just fine, runs great when moving, its not down on power

it will randomly die when driving then coming to a stop at a sign or a light, then blah, motor just dies, doesnt studder then die, just dies

wtf, it usually idles around 750-800, but 4-5 times in the last three days it just dies

i ohmed out the IAC, and it is at 11.3 ohms, that is between the range the book says of 7-13, so that sucker is good, i think

havent checked the tps yet, that is for tommorrow

i was just going to up the idle by turning the adjustment screw, but soon found out that I have only done that on foxbodies with bbk throttle bodies, i dont work on stock stuff that much, and this car doesnt have that option [Frown]


so anyone with a suggestion, the timing is set to stock, and was running just fine until 3 days ago when it started to screw up

[ November 10, 2004, 09:31 PM: Message edited by: 66 AC COBRA ]
 
Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
No need to adjust the tps it automaticly sets itself.

On the other hand the butterfly needs to be set with the screw 1.5 turns
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
well dont know how to set that, i see the screw stop that the linkage kits, but dont see how u can adjust it, it has a little round nut that has it bound in place

but i did fins the allen set screw under the white cap near the IAC, brought the idle 900, now gonna go drive it see what happens, hopefully i didnt create a new problem [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
Not sure what screw your talking about big pimp it's been a while since I owned an sn95.
 
Posted by Quick 88LX (Member # 1950) on :
 
Is this your daily driver in SLO? I had a similar problem dude and fixed it for now with what you just did (i think). Still need a tune though.
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Fostang:
Not sure what screw your talking about big pimp it's been a while since I owned an sn95.
on top of the tb near the IAC flange, there is a white cap that covers a allen screw that i guess controls the initial opening point of the IAC

after over adjusting, then under adjusting, then screwing with it some more, I have it set so that is comes to 1k rpms when i push in the clutch while moving, then drops to 800-850 once stopped

I can live with that, i just hope it doesnt die anymore, there is no reason the car needs to idle around 600rpm
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Quick 88LX:
Is this your daily driver in SLO? I had a similar problem dude and fixed it for now with what you just did (i think). Still need a tune though.
yeah until thanks giving weekend when it goes into autotrader [Whoo Whooooo!]
 
Posted by Fostang (Member # 3752) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 66 AC COBRA:
quote:
Originally posted by Quick 88LX:
Is this your daily driver in SLO? I had a similar problem dude and fixed it for now with what you just did (i think). Still need a tune though.
yeah until thanks giving weekend when it goes into autotrader [Whoo Whooooo!]
woo woo
for the white bitch.
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Fostang:
quote:
Originally posted by 66 AC COBRA:
quote:
Originally posted by Quick 88LX:
Is this your daily driver in SLO? I had a similar problem dude and fixed it for now with what you just did (i think). Still need a tune though.
yeah until thanks giving weekend when it goes into autotrader [Whoo Whooooo!]
woo woo
for the white bitch.
how did you know the car was white [Confused] [Big Grin]
 
Posted by JohnB (Member # 969) on :
 
Did you get your paint situation taken care of?

As for the prob, did you pull the IAC off and make sure it's not full of crud? The voltage might be right, but it may be slow to position.
 
Posted by Quick 88LX (Member # 1950) on :
 
Gotta love that turnaround profit; no? [Big Grin]
 
Posted by FasterDamnit (Member # 442) on :
 
What JohnB said.
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by JohnB:
Did you get your paint situation taken care of?

As for the prob, did you pull the IAC off and make sure it's not full of crud? The voltage might be right, but it may be slow to position.
its a lot harder to get to that sucker then on a fox

that is also on the list to do tommorrow with checking the tps, and cleaning the maf, i am just going to cover all the bases and then if it happens again, burn the car to the ground and blame fostang [Razz]
 
Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :
 
My car did the same exact thing, and it ended up being the sensor in the dist. I replaced the whole dist, and it runs like a champ now
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 94gt:
My car did the same exact thing, and it ended up being the sensor in the dist. I replaced the whole dist, and it runs like a champ now
as in it was the cap and rotor, or the actualy sensors and mechanism that control timing [Confused]
 
Posted by Yung Than (Member # 728) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 66 AC COBRA:
quote:
Originally posted by 94gt:
My car did the same exact thing, and it ended up being the sensor in the dist. I replaced the whole dist, and it runs like a champ now
as in it was the cap and rotor, or the actualy sensors and mechanism that control timing [Confused]
I think he is talking about the stator, which also goes by Halls effect sensor or PIP module. My 1994 GT did the same thing until I replaced it.
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
so u remember how much it cost to fix [Confused] , well how much was the part anyway
 
Posted by HungryHippo (Member # 537) on :
 
just clean the iac and turn that setscrew counter clockwise
 
Posted by 94gt (Member # 3060) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 66 AC COBRA:
so u remember how much it cost to fix [Confused] , well how much was the part anyway
I just bought a used dist from a buddy, and swapped that in, from what Ive read, its a PITA to change just the sensor. thats why I just replaced the dist as a whole... If I was back home I would give you my broken one. [patriot]
 
Posted by 2fstfru (Member # 453) on :
 
This might help!


check your mass air to see if its tightened up. while your at it clean up the mass air on the inside. [patriot]
 
Posted by twstd5o (Member # 1981) on :
 
My car was dying at every light I stopped at...I cleaned the IAC and the problem was gone.
 
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by twstd5o:
My car was dying at every light I stopped at...I cleaned the IAC and the problem was gone.
i cleaned the IAC last night, it wasnt that bad inside, but its clean now, car hasnt died yet, but it was so random it could die today going to get lunch [Frown]

i guess i will see

and shit, a new distributor from ford is 270 [Eek!] , shit and msd is almost a 100 less on ebay brand new
 




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