I have 2 of my good Ford friends working on figuring this out also, but thought Id ask you guys too. My Lightning here lately will just die like you shut the ign. off. It doesnt run rough, just dies. It only does it once in a while and only at idle. You can turn the switch back off and restart it and it will run fine. I thought my fuel pump was going at first but it isnt consistent.

 

Just real quick, sounds like crank position sensor failing.

 

I didn't think it had a crank sensor since it has a distributor. Ive had the pickup in the dizzy go bad before on my Bronco and it just died and never restarted.

 

well thank you for clarifiying you had a Gen1 Lightning...



now please fill us in on the rest of the details IE: mod lists, last tune up, mileage, etc

 

It has a cold air intake, no polution, magnaflow exhaust with x pipe, rims, blue top optima, ford racing plug wires, ngk plugs, stock ignition, stock fuel system. It was just dying randomly but only at idle. At the moment it seems to have fixed itself. In the process of repairing itself it also gained some HP. So I dont know what the deal was.

 

sounds like some faulty fuel or a plugged up fuel filter...

 

it died knowing it wasnt the fastest truck in the world anymore jp