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Old 07-27-2009, 10:11 PM
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ok so i was driving home the other night and all of a sudden it just cuts out.. i was like wtf. popping it didnt work. checked it on the side of the highway (2 miles from my house) and i wasnt getting any spark. so i figured it was the tfi. i swapped that out today and it fired right up. i was excited thinking i solved the problem. so i drove it around and all was fine. then again on the way back home it did the same thing only this time i was 1 mile from my house... brought it back home took the tfi off brought it back and made them give me another one. went back home installed it and it just cranked over... wtf so i decided to give up on it for the night put all my tools away and was about to head in the house when i thought, ill give it one more try. it fired up! so i set the timing and shut it down and turned it back on a few times. my question is what else could be causing this? could my coil be going bad? im really not sure. i dont want to break down on the highway again..

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Old 07-27-2009, 10:44 PM
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http://sbftech.com/index.php/topic,588.0.html...if I had to guess I'd say stator in the dizzy but i don't guess that much, I troubleshoot instead = cheaper
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