95 gt spark problem need advice

Hey guys

I am new to the forum just bought a ford.....
I just purchased a 95 gt with a 5.0 in it. 1st day i purchased it the dist went out and would not start... changed dist problem gone, now i have a new problem, 2 spark plug terminals next to each other at dist cap do not fire 100% of the time... has new cap,rotor,wires and dist... any advice would be appreciated... is this a common problem with these cars?

thanks
intercooledc6

Labora said:

If the distributor you got is a rebuild or reman one from a local parts store I would start by throwing it in the trash and getting a Ford one.

But maybe that is just me, I've had horrible luck with rebuilt ones...

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The Dizzy is Rebuilt or re manufactured, but it just seems funny or in my case not so funny how 6 of the cyln hit and the other 2 dont, spark only flows out every so often. from these Two. You can put a timing light on them and it will not even light it????? . i have read on this forum a lot of story's of people having the same type of problems with these 5.0... Sounds like there is a Dizzy issues, Some of these Cars have intermittent problems, or just go out with no warning.. I have had plenty of cars in my 40+ years of life and never seen or heard of a particular brand of auto having this kind of problems with a Dizzy. Sounds flawed to me, i would hate for my wife to be driving home one evening and this just happen to her and the car just dies..... HUH...


Larry