stop firing when hot

Asked by Dhyde Aug 15, 2010 at 04:43 PM about the 1985 Ford Thunderbird

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

car runs great for about 20 min.then stops fireing cools off then runs great another 20 min.

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papa answered 14 years ago

their is a gray box that is on the distributor,or on top of the ac compressor,cant think of part name,unpluge it take to parts store,get new one,if on dis,socket size is 5/5mm 2 bolts.

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