[Shotimes] Unstable Sable

[James F. Ryan III]

TFI = "T"hick "F"ilm "I"ntegrated ignition module


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Unstable Sable


> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 19:09:17 -0600, Kevin & Cheryl Airth wrote:
>
> >Have they changed the TFI (Thick Film Integrated) module on the
distributor?
>
> I agree.  My TBird Turbo was trouble free for its entire life of 200K
miles, except
> for the instance at 125K where it lost its TFI module.  I always thought
that meant
> 'Thin Film Ignition' module, but your definition has as much chance of
being right
> as mine does.
>
> Anyway, it quit cold one day, on the way to the auto-shop class at a high
school
> that I was a teaching assistant at, and so we went down to a parts store
and got
> another one.  The school had a tester that definitely confirmed the module
was
> bad.....that was nice to know.  It ran fine for a few days, then quit
again.  My
> local dealer (one I trusted) said that when the TFI module dies, it often
takes the
> Hall Effect sensor with it.  This device is in the distributor, and takes
the place
> of points.  (You all remember points, right?)  I took it to the dealer,
since the
> distributor on the 2.3L 4 cyl engine is rather hard to get to on a turbo
car.  One
> day later, it was fixed, and never gave me any trouble again.
>
> Those TFI modules were the subject of a recall for '80s and '90s
Fords....that event
> is probably over by now.
>
> George
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