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Are your GP`s Manual or still wired in factory through the Controller?

My 86 are wired manually, last week when it was 8 deg when I got up. Neighbor up the road said earlier it down to Zero.
I gave her 12 sec, had the Starter do it`s thing.
Then gave her another 10 sec while cranking not letting up in the key. Finally she starting on one or 2 cyl and so on, gave her another 6 sec gp. and finally she was able to hold her own. Still needed to play with the peddle some.

First time I started this cold, and the 15w/40 oil didn`t help at all.

Next morning it was warmer maybe 16deg, put the HF Heat gun down the intake and 10sec on the plugs and she started like a warm engine.
and idles smooth, but that 8 deg was something.

I have 332K on the engine, and maybe some of the 4yr old MC plugs are not getting hot enough.

The BH Cord has a cut and green corosion so it doesn`t work, just ordered 2 off E-bay last night, be here in a couple days.



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I have the factory controller in manual mode, I have CDDs controller but I haven’t set it up yet. If I cycle 3 times for 10 seconds she usually lights right off between 0-32 no problem. That’s 8 new motorcraft ZD29s
 

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ZD-29`s, that must be the new Blow Torch Plugs?

Haven`t heard of those.


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According to my local Ford dealer it’s a ZD9 but they sell them in pairs hence the ZD”2”9 and they look like the exact same product.
 

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I got a new radio for Christmas! And so I cleaned out and reworked absolutely everything. I think I took out a pound of random wires from previous owners.
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Nice upgrades, I need to do that myself. Still rocking the OE radio and speakers. 16+ years later...


Are your GP`s Manual or still wired in factory through the Controller?

My 86 are wired manually, last week when it was 8 deg when I got up. Neighbor up the road said earlier it down to Zero.
I gave her 12 sec, had the Starter do it`s thing.
Then gave her another 10 sec while cranking not letting up in the key. Finally she starting on one or 2 cyl and so on, gave her another 6 sec gp. and finally she was able to hold her own. Still needed to play with the peddle some.

First time I started this cold, and the 15w/40 oil didn`t help at all.

Next morning it was warmer maybe 16deg, put the HF Heat gun down the intake and 10sec on the plugs and she started like a warm engine.
and idles smooth, but that 8 deg was something.

I have 332K on the engine, and maybe some of the 4yr old MC plugs are not getting hot enough.

The BH Cord has a cut and green corosion so it doesn`t work, just ordered 2 off E-bay last night, be here in a couple days.



Goat
I've been toying with the idea of a 5 second burst followed by a (10-20 second) wait to heat up the chamber then a full 12-15 second burn on cold days. Just getting a little extra heat into the cylinders before starting, it might catch right away.
Assuming you have a stock relay 15 seconds is fine in those temps, BTW. I am doing 15 seconds below freezing with the White Rogers relay and it's working well. 10-12 above freezing.
 

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I got a new radio for Christmas! And so I cleaned out and reworked absolutely everything. I think I took out a pound of random wires from previous owners.
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I knew this is and 87. 87 was the only year (I pretty sure only year) that had the A/C button.
 

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It sure seems like I saw that set up in a 1988, but that was in the early 90's so I won't swear to it these days.
 

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I knew this is and 87. 87 was the only year (I pretty sure only year) that had the A/C button.
My 1988 had the ac button, and when I built my crew cab (which is a 1990) I moved the ac button style hvac controls over.
 

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Dang nice to see a clean system being put in! - funny my 88 has almost an identical JVC head unit but from like at least a decade ago (without fancy colors and bluetooth), having an aux jack is way better than the tape deck/aux converters.
You thinking a sub or anything as well? :rock:
 

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Dang nice to see a clean system being put in! - funny my 88 has almost an identical JVC head unit but from like at least a decade ago (without fancy colors and bluetooth), having an aux jack is way better than the tape deck/aux converters.
You thinking a sub or anything as well? :rock:
Thanks!

Yes I would like a sub but currently the DI is eating the parts budget for lunch breakfast and dinner. :rolleyes:
 

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