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Ford Pick-UpFord Pickup Trucks - 1948 thru 1979
1948 was the year that Ford introduced the "F" prefix for use in designating the load capacity of its lighter duty trucks. The 1/2 ton was called an F-1, the 3/4 ton truck was referred to as an F-2 and the F-3 designation meant a one ton carrying capacity Pickup. The "F" series continued through F-8 for heavy duty trucks.
I recently returned from a 2 month trip. My truck sat idle the entire time I was gone. The battery was dead when I tried to crank it, so I charged the battery in place for the prescribed 2 hours. Afterwards, it cranked immediatly and idled for about 3 minutes and went dead. I cranked it again and it ran for about 10 seconds and went dead again. It would not start again. Thinking it was probably a stopped up filter, I changed out the filter and while I was there also exchanged the fuel pump. Total cost was $135.00. AND IT STILL WON'T START! Could this be a coil problem caused from me charging the battery in place? My fix-it book describes a TFI-IV ignition coil and aTFI-IV control module (distributor mounted). I appear to have both.Could this be the root of my problems? The vehicle is an 87 F-150 XLT with a 4.9 straight 6. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is getting expensive.
Try the fuel shutoff switch under the dash , drivers side. My 87 had similar problem, my switch was bad. Intermittently dying. Wait awhile and it would start , then die. I finally by-passed it and it still runs today. The switch is to cut off fuel in case of an impact(wreck).
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