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Remote TFI

From 1986 Ford Bronco — documented by Rodolfo Mario Novo.

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1986 Ford Bronco - My rig has suffered HWB (Hot Weather Bug) since I got her. My TFI-PIP assembly just doesn't like hot weather. During winter everything is O… 1986 Ford Bronco - This image shows a detailed view of an electronic circuit board with multiple components and visible wear. 1986 Ford Bronco - All the electronic is covered by a sticky stuff, very difficult to remove. After trying to remove the sticky sh&@#t with screw driver, plie… 1986 Ford Bronco - After removing the back plate, I carefully removed the electronic circuit and the sticky stuff in order to preserve the connections to the… 1986 Ford Bronco - Drilled a hole for the wires 1986 Ford Bronco - Detail of a gray plastic car interior component, showing metal and red markings. 1986 Ford Bronco - After soldering cables, some hot glue 1986 Ford Bronco - For the other end of the harness I wanted a real plug to fit the module. Couldn't find one so I built it. I used one of these computer conn… 1986 Ford Bronco - I removed the small step in the front 1986 Ford Bronco - I used braided cable for the harness and welded female spade connectors 1986 Ford Bronco - After that, placed the plug and used my glue gun to bond/protect/isolate the connectors 1986 Ford Bronco - Filled all the plug wit hot glue and closed it 1986 Ford Bronco - A hand holds a white plastic electrical connector with four gold terminals, showing internal wiring connections. 1986 Ford Bronco - Final fit 1986 Ford Bronco - Some non-adhesive tape and the harness was almost ready. Later I soldered ground connections. 1986 Ford Bronco - I got a heat sink from a '94. After sand blasting I removed 7 fins and partially another 2 1986 Ford Bronco - I did it that way so the fins will keep the connector in place avoiding disconnection 1986 Ford Bronco - I was going to locate the module in the driver side fender, but decided to make the harness shorter and locate it in the way of the air flo… 1986 Ford Bronco - I have some concerns about this location because in case my A/C belt goes the module is very close, so I made the bracket strong enough to… 1986 Ford Bronco - Heat sink in place 1986 Ford Bronco - Removed the module from the distributor and connected the dummy module harness. Picture is not good but will do. 1986 Ford Bronco - At this point I discovered that my harness has a problem. Cables come from the dummy module connector straight back, and this makes difficu… 1986 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an electrical connector with wires, one of which is labeled. 1986 Ford Bronco - Some grease in the heat sink 1986 Ford Bronco - Plug the module to the connector before placing the module in the heat sink (otherwise you will not be able to plug it) and connect the gro… 1986 Ford Bronco - Connect the module (don't need to extend the cables !!!), check timing and be sure everything is in placeand you're ready to go.