You have an 87 ford ranger that misfires sometimes but not often Any ideas Has new cap wires rotor and a different distr and still has the same problem book says no cam pos sensor?

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My brother's 87 Ford Ranger 2.3L truck had the exact same problem, and little by little, the truck would drive a shorter and shorter distance between breakdowns. He first tried some minor work himself, (basic tune up) - replaced his rotor, cap and plugs, but that didn't fix it. He went to one garage (big mistake), who said the fuel pump pressure was fine but said he found a broken wire on the harness grounding out and it needed new ignition module and replaced it. (Cost was $350.00+), Garage promised to honor any additional work nec if it continued to have the same problem, and would be free of charge. Five more breakdowns later and two more "better quality ignition modules", new battery terminals, and 1new computer later, this joker did more unauthorized work and demanded another $200+ besides the fact of breaking his orig agreement "free of charge" if any further problems! Needless to say, second garage fixed the truck by replacing the magnetic pickup, part # DU 30-C (an electrical part that goes in the distributor and pulsates a current to operate the timing) (it does something like that) and this bill was $358.66, total, and the truck has been driven approximately 40-60 miles as of today, (3 days later), without breaking down. All the other times when picked up from incompetent garage, it wouldn't go more than 1 - 7 miles before breaking down and each time they didn't fix it. Hope this helps! Also, I saw this same part on ebay for $58.00 - $75.00 and this second garage charged $104.93 just for the part!