Need help with stalling truck

[Doogle]

I have a 75 f250 camper special. I put new alternator, voltage reg, new sylinoid. The peoblem I am having is...I'll get in it fire it up and let it warm up. get about 3 miles down the road and it dies. Then ill crank on it for ten seconds to get it started and the battery acts like it is dead...the battery is good and has been teted. wait few hours and i can fire it up and drive it away. Sometimes it wont do this for weeks and then sometimes it will do this all the time. any help or opiions would be great. thank you for your time...Doogle

 

[smokey]

Coil could be over heating or the dura spark box could be giving up.

 

[FirstOnRaceDayAg]

Could also be the magnetic pickup in the distributor.

 

[75hiboy]

I agree with Smokey, the high-tech hillbilly. Control boxes can be problematic. They are very easy and inexpensive to replace. TIP::: MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE PLUG ON YOUR CONTROL BOX!!! There are a few different colors. You'll find the color of your plug ON the control box where the wires ENTER the Control Box. YOU MUST replace it with the same color control box. Most Auto Parts employees are well aware of this and will often ask your "what color". I'd start there and if no success, replace the coil next before moving to the distributor magenetic pick-up. Good Luck. 75 HiBoy 360FE Duraspark Ignition and LOTS of torque.

 

[Mil1ion]

check to see if the IM has some space behind it to allow cool air to pass under it.

ignition system needs 5.8 volts to run

less than that the engine stalls

clean all your cable and ignition primary wiring connections

 

[wizzard351]

Coil could be over heating or the dura spark box could be giving up.

this is more then likly the culprit

 

[UNRULEE]

Soooooooooooo, what does the poll have to do with anything?

 

[smokey]

Was wondering the same thing

 

[Alvin in AZ]

Soooooooooooo, what does the poll have to do with anything?

It goes with a thread about electrical problems, of course.
Pure silliness!

No one is going to use a meter to find electrical problems, they will just swap
parts out until they swap out the right one and/or the trouble just clears up
on its own or clears up because the wiring and/or connections were disturbed.

That's the 'merican way of doin' it or somethin'.

Alvin in AZ
ps- Shame on Dennis for mentioning a voltage in an electrical problem thread.
Because he knows better than to do that.

 

[m78]

It goes with a thread about electrical problems, of course.
Pure silliness!

No one is going to use a meter to find electrical problems, they will just swap
parts out until they swap out the right one and/or the trouble just clears up
on its own or clears up because the wiring and/or connections were disturbed.

That's funny. One of the first things I do, is start wiggling connections to see if anything changes.
Usually cheaper this way.

 

[Alvin in AZ]

One of the first things I do, is start wiggling connections to see if anything changes.
Usually cheaper this way.

Yeah, same with using a meter! Cheaper!
Find the "open" before wiggling wires then fix that one connection then use
the meter to find other "not so good" connections even tho it's working now.

Worked for me since '72. ...might work for you too? LOL

Was hoping my "back handed" way of talking about figuring-out electrical
problems would start a debate/discussion. :/

Oh well. :/

I'll just go back to my usual method that doesn't seem to work either...
http://shop.oreillyauto.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=MGI&MfrPartNumber=5898&CategoryCode=3389B
...at least the OP can't say...
"didn't know because Butthead-in-AZ didn't tell me". {whine}

Butthead in AZ