[V8] Off topic: Ford 302 V8

[Roger M. Woodbury]

I doubt that anyone is actually reading this today, but I thought I would
post a question.

I have just done a pretty complete tune up on The Runt. The Runt is a 1992
Ford F150 with 302V8.  Last year we replaced the plugs, but never finished
the project.  This time, I have replaced the distributor cap and rotor,
coil, plug wires and fuel filter.  

Symptoms:  basically the truck starts from cold and idles fine.  But when
the truck is driven, there is an uneven feeling...a kind of roughness
especially at low rpm.  Some detonation although not much.  Low speed
acceleration is hard until some rpm are built up.  High rpm is almost
normal.

Sounds like a coil?  Could be I suppose, or I suppose the new spark plug
wires could be sucko.  The plug wires were carefully replaced one at a time.
I have had some problem with plug wires actually popping off the plugs and
have gone over every plug wire carefully to make sure all were on as should
be.  I have pulled a plug and looked to see if there is carbon build up, and
there is none.  

I am tempted to try another new coil, but thought I would post this to see
if any of my Audi brain trust has some thoughts about the care and feeding
of Ford pushrod V8s?

Thoughts?

Roger

The Runt is a Flareside pickup that was bought to be a plow truck. Does very
well at that, but the automatic transmission is a t here speed with
overdrive and overdrive is a much taller gear than third. Drives me crazy
when it shifts up, because it almost instantly needs to shift down for any
sort of hill.  Not one of Ford's better ideas, but the thing does plow like
fury.  Since The Black Maria is off the road, The Runt is all I have until
The Gray Mare arrives.

Here's the fleet as it now stands:

'91 20V Avant (retired)  The Black Mariah
'92 Ford 302 Flareside 4x4  The Runt
'98 Chevrolet ex-cab, 1Ton dually 4X4 (454 gas) Quarry pickup:  The Black
Bitch
'94 Audi 100CS Quattro Avant (my wife's car)  aka The Green Horney

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