Ford Duraspark II Ignition Module

[Spider-Kenneth]

I am another noob, along with the rest of these guys who ask the same questions and etc.


I am looking to buy Duraspark pieces; If you have some leftover pieces for sale, please contact me. I need the Ford Duraspark II Ignition Module, and the pigtails. Maybe some other things?

I have the page from the ranger station saved, but I really don't understand what it is talking about.

If you have an idiot guide to the duraspark, please help me. I have literally no clue at what I am doing, but a friend I met not too long ago encouraged me to duraspark my truck.

I own an 84 Bronco II 2.8.

Thanks!

 

[dangerranger83]

I got my moduel from autozone, has a lifetime warenty on it too (and is nice to have, had one short itself out on me). I told them I needed it for a 1978 Mustang with the 2.8.

The duraspark instructions are as simple as they look, its plug and play, just take it one wire at a time. I used my factory ingition coil. Just make sure you have the engine set on the compression stroke at TDC before pulling the TFI dizzy out.

 

[Spider-Kenneth]

Just make sure you have the engine set on the compression stroke at TDC before pulling the TFI dizzy out.

How do I do that?

 

[dangerranger83]

Take the spark plug out of cylinder number 1 and turn the engine over slowly by hand (ratchet and socket on the cranckshaft pully bolt) while your thumb or fingger is over the hole. You should sooner or later feel pressure or air trying to escape and push your thumb or fingger and that means that you are on the correct strock. Then use the timing marks on the pulley and finding 10 degrees after TDC, you should be close.

Its a process easier done then said.

 

[Psychopete]

Get a good book on how to tune your specific carburetor, it is usually not a bolt-on and go affair. If you don't know how it works, then it's going to be real hard to get it tuned in.

 

[dangerranger83]

I got lucky and mine works great for bolting it on. Im not worried about MPG's right now.

 

[Spider-Kenneth]

Thanks for all the inputs. Keep them coming. Anything that would make it easier for me is greatly appreciated. Where do I find a book for my carb?

I think its a 2150? Maybe a 2100... I donno.

 

[dangerranger83]

There should have been a metal tag attached to one of the screws on top of it that has numbers and letters on it. Tells the info on the carb. Another great thing to know is what vehicle the donor carb came off of and all the specs of it such as the year, engine size, etc....

 

[kimcrwbr1]

I got my dizzy harness off a 84 4 cyl ranger if you can find one the module is the same also I believe it is in the cab. The 84 is super easy to wire just plug it in and run the green wire from the module to the neg on the coil. One thing to check on the carb is the venturi size it needs to be 1.08 it is stamped on the drivers side of the float bowl and the carb spacer felpro # 60529 for around $20 will make life alot easier. The spacer comes with gaskets on both sides but you will need to put another one between the spacer and the carb. What I did was glue a piece of 180 grit sandpaper to a flat piece of plywood and slowly surfaced the base of the carb, the ears get bent down over time just take off enough to scratch the entire base evenly keeping it good and flat, and get the nuts snug dont reef on it when you pull it down. after a few complete warm up cycles snug it down again when the engine is cold.

 

[joshdohm]

follow the diagrams on the dura spark tech page .it is so easy any one with some mechanical ability can do it. most of the tech pages info was correct except for the wire colors but its easy to i.d. the wires with a good factory schematic of the electrical and a multi meter. I did all the tech pages swaps on the dura spark and carb. I got the carb new from napa and all the harness and ignition parts from napa as well . I found no improvement in performance or mpg. It made the truck run a little smoother but if it increased the horsepower its not likely. When you only have 100 to start with whats another 5 hp? Total waste of money trying to hop up these v6's. Buy a fuel injected v8 if you want power and decent mpg. a 5.0l v8 beats the hell out of any little v6 effortlessly and wont cost any more than all the parts to convert.