I got my bronco maybe 9 months ago, it ran fine for the most part. I took the motor out (302) to do some work on it, and ended up replacing all the pistons, rod bearings, and oil pump. After I got it back in and got it running, I took it out for like 1 1/2 mile drive. Seemed fine for about a mile, then started running really rough and kept losing more power as I was trying to get it home. Had to shut it off as soon as I got back. When I tried to start it again it wouldnt idle, was running really rough, and had absolutely no power. For no real reason it started idling again, so i checked to see if it was running on all cylinders, when i was pulled spark plug wires from the distributor only four of the eight actually made a difference on the way that they motor was running. So it must have been running on only 4.
Ive been working on it and doing research for a few days now and cant figure it out. some of the time it will idle, sometimes it wont. It started loosing power, and now has so little it will hardly move. and its running really rough (like not on all cylinders).
I rebuilt the carburetor about 3 months ago, replaced all spark plugs and wires, and the rotor and cap from the malory breaker-less electronic distributor, and ive adjusted the timing. it doesnt have the original coil. the only thing i can think it would be at this point is that the distributor went bad. when i rebuilt the motor i didnt take it off since was only redoing the pistons, and it leaked oil into the distributor... would that be enough to short it out?
any ideas? i just wanted to see if anyone thought it could be something other than the distributor before i spend the money to replace it.
Ive been working on it and doing research for a few days now and cant figure it out. some of the time it will idle, sometimes it wont. It started loosing power, and now has so little it will hardly move. and its running really rough (like not on all cylinders).
I rebuilt the carburetor about 3 months ago, replaced all spark plugs and wires, and the rotor and cap from the malory breaker-less electronic distributor, and ive adjusted the timing. it doesnt have the original coil. the only thing i can think it would be at this point is that the distributor went bad. when i rebuilt the motor i didnt take it off since was only redoing the pistons, and it leaked oil into the distributor... would that be enough to short it out?
any ideas? i just wanted to see if anyone thought it could be something other than the distributor before i spend the money to replace it.