-=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Jack Schwendener <=-
 RJT> @MSGID: 1:270/615.0 4b2ad240
 RJT> Jack Schwendener wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 
 RJT> SD>  Second time was because the  ignition module went out...
 
 RJT>Oh yeah,  the old ignition module problem...
 
 RJT>I got nailed with that one once.  Now there's an extra one in the cab,
 
 JS> Yup, I always carry one in my ('85) Bronco (II). Had one go
 JS> just a couple months ago, sure glad I had it ....
 RJT> The one I have extra is the replacement we bought for the Escort, 
 RJT> which had been purchased at Wal-Mart (good price!) after that one
 RJT> crapped out.  Why is it that we had two Ford vehicles and both had the
 RJT> same problem,  I wonder? 
My '77 Ford F-250 as far as I know still has the same module in it that it
rolled out of the factory with.  There was some kind of test you can do
on it with an ohm meter and a 500watt heat lamp but I don't remember the
specifics.  The main problem that that particular module had was that it was
placed to close to heat sources which over heated the circuit board. After
cooling back down the module would then allow you to start your car again.
My truck has never had this problem it is mounted clear up on the firewall
by the hood away from everything.
A friend of mine with an HEI ignition had his go out on the way home from the
local college after class got out.  He replaced that 5 pin module inside the
distributor and it worked fine. One of our instructors let him have one out
of a distributor out in the shop so it didn't cost him anything.
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