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ECU Capacitors

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 After replacing the fuel pump relay with one that has a clip. The car stalled and the fuel pump doesn't prime. I decided it's time to dig into the ecu. The problem exists between the ECU and the relay and since it would run for 5-7 minutes, I figured it wasn't in the wire harness especially since I went over it carefully while rewrapping the harness.  There are tons of pictures and videos of the 3 capacitors that eventually fail in the ford eec iv ECU.  I pulled my A9P and removed the 6 torx screws. Guess what, 2 of the 3 capacitors show signs of failure. You can see the wad of black goop below the blue capacitors and the green corrosion on the leg. So I ordered the capacitors off ebay for $9. I could get a hundred of each for $12 but I don't have storage for small components. 

new radiator and distributor installed

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After rotating the motor to point the rotor to the distributor cap alignment keyway. I oiled the new distributor seal and gear and the new one dropped right in. I made sure I had available adjustment in both directions. The new radiator is shorter and wider so I had to add an old set of rubber bushings under the mounts. Now I am fabbing up and painting new fan mounts for the contour fans. Need to add some foam seal to where I trimmed the plastic of the fan shroud.

distributor and radiator

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Car ran great for an hour and then the distributor went belly up and the side tank on the rad started leaking. Have new ones on the way. Radiator arrived. It's a cheap amazon deal so I didn't expect much and prayed it wasn't mangled in shipping.  I'd say it was knocked around a bit but the inlet took the damage and not the fins. i think i can bring it back to round with out too much trouble. Distributor should be here tomorrow.