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echo: oldcars
to: LANDON ROBINSON
from: JACK SCHWENDENER
date: 1998-01-30 08:12:00
subject: back fire

LR>I have a 460 with a 4bbl carb and electronic ignition in my Ford F-250.
LR>Yesterday while traveling to work at 65mph the engine suddenly lost
LR>power and then violently back fired so loudly that it shook the truck and
LR>made the guy tailgating me back way off. Then it came back up and drove 
fine
LR>for another five miles when I shut it down. It hasn't done this since, 
oes
LR>anyone have any clue what happened?
Sounds like the ignition module going south to me. I think you're right
about the loose connection, but I think it's in the module, where you
won't be able to fix it. What year is the truck?
Jackson
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