My 2000 Ranger developed a severe miss on #5 (4.0L V6), and it turned
out to be a cracked head. The dealer had replaced the coil pack and
plugs and wires the first time it happened, and it went away for 5,000
miles or so. Then the second time they diagnosed it to be the head.
Luckily for me it was covered under the extended warranty I had.
Good luck...
-=Chris
Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
<-----Original Message----->
From: RBHouston@aol.com
Sent: 2/5/2005 5:41:22 PM
To:
morris_motors@yahoogroups.com;spridgets@Autox.Team.Net;midgetsprite@yaho
ogroups.com
Cc: macsclubhouse@yahoogroups.com
Subject: NLBC..F150 Ford Help
My cousin Donald in Irving is having a problem with his 1997 Ford F150
pick
'em up truck. It's a V-6 and after driving about 15 minutes, his #3
cylinder
starts to miss.
He's changed plugs, wires, and now was attempting to change the coil. On
these trucks the coil and dist. cap are made in one unit apparently?
Anyway, he
got a replacement coil and enstalled it and no joy, the truck would not
even
start. Put the old one back on, it runs but misses after 15 minutes. He
went
back to the auto supply and got an OEM style and put it on, same deal.
What is he missing? His manual doesn't say anyting about setting,
turning
on, polarizing, or booting up the coil. Anyone know whats wrong or have
any
suggesions?
Robert B. Houston
Texan in NM
73 Midget and others
John Bernard Books (The Shootist):
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on.
I
don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
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