Hello all 66 Mustang, 5.0 EFI/AOD. I recently installed a 100 amp one wire alternator in the car since the stock 90s alt I had on it would not be enough to run the electric fan I put on the car. Car starts fine, blip the throttle to get the alt 'turned on,' battery voltage climbing; all is well. Electric fan turns on about 190 degrees, fine. Battery voltage took a hit, but still continued to climb. Great. So I hit the lights, car dies. What do you think? Could I possibly have the timing off? Or the distributor one tooth off?
I'm thinking it may be the dist gear one tooth off, because for a long time the car would not run; the dist was one tooth off. I moved it one tooth over and the car now runs. I set the timing to 10 degrees BTDC, though I really had to turn the distributor module kind of close (relatively, I suppose) to the thermostat housing.
Frustrating....the car is so close to being driven.
Thanks in advance,
Gary in GA
I'm thinking it may be the dist gear one tooth off, because for a long time the car would not run; the dist was one tooth off. I moved it one tooth over and the car now runs. I set the timing to 10 degrees BTDC, though I really had to turn the distributor module kind of close (relatively, I suppose) to the thermostat housing.
Frustrating....the car is so close to being driven.
Thanks in advance,
Gary in GA