Starting help!!

[Mavrick70004]

so i was driving home from class when out of nowhere i sort of hissing sound came ofrom the engine area i thought maybe i was dragging somthing like a big bag or somthing then i accelerator very slowly and i got a backfire that sounded like a gunshot everytime i gave it gas it backfired i pushed the clutch in and it died i release the clutch and it started back up under compression and then pushed it back in died and rolled off the road. i figured maybe i was out of gas since my gauge is off about half a tank, i pumped and cranked pumped and cranked but nothing i put 5 gallons of gas nothing, gas in the carb and nothing when gas was in the carb when i cranked it over it would give a soft begging of a backfire but no start, so i have air have fuel i am figuring i have compression since in order for the engine not to start more than one piston would have to not have compression and the chance of more than one piston losing compression at the same time seems rare and the startup sound, sounds normal a nice clean starter sound with no unusual engine noise, so that leaves spark, ignition module maybe? any help and suggestions please? i am now transportation less haha

 

[85general]

check what yur spark looks like, i had my ignition module go out a while back an it acted like that somewhat. but pull a plug stick yur wire back on an check yur spark see what color ya got goin on.

 

[Mavrick70004]

did a quick check i have spark coming out of my MSD ignition coil but no spark coming out of the cap could my new coil have burnt somthing out? And the spark is not anything shocking but its blue , i would have expected somthin bigger with "50,000" volts coming out of it though haha

 

[85general]

pull yur cap an check out what it looks like in there? any cracks or anything that shouldnt be

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Do you have the stock distributor?

They have two screws that hold the rotor in, I had one screw completely back out and the other loosen up on mine. The rotor then destroyed itself against the inside of the distributor cap.

When mine let go it died, it tried to come back, died, and stayed dead with a overly dramatic backfire blew out my muffler. I don't remember a hissing noise, but I was driving down the highway when it happened.

Yours might have just came loose, but hasn't destroyed itself yet. Plus side is they are cheap, down side is they had to order mine.

 

[trents]

Tell us more about your rig. Do you have stock ignition or the Duraspark conversion? Are you using the stock Motorcraft feedback carb? If you are using a Motorcraft carb of any kind I would certainly check for blown power valve with all that backfiring. The Motorcraft carbs did not have power valve blowout protection like the Holleys. If you have the stock TFI ignition, I would suspect the ignition module on the side of the distributor might have gone bad. They were famous for that - couldn't take the heat.