car not starting, plug wires marked before removal HELP!!!!

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90mustang4cyl

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I have a 90' 4 cylinder, single plug motor. I checked the plugs today and now my car will not start. It sounds like, when it does start, that the plug wires have been crossed, but I marked the wires before I started. Even the diagram in my Hayne's manual proved I marked them right. It felt like, just as it started to run, it would start turning the other way. It felt as though maybe a piston was traveling up and fired prematurely, forcing it back down against the direction the crankshaft was pushing it. Anyone have any ideas of what it could be??? Thanks guys.

 

Red_LX

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Hm. Did you crack the ceramic on any of the plugs? Are the plugs all tightened down enough?

 

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jgt58

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sounds like your timing is off. Did you put or move your distributor?

 

88stangmangt

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did you take the coil wire back off???

 

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big_tiger15

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See if you ripped one of the wires, and keep them away from each other. Might be crossing wires and firing another cylinder.

 

TurboFlush

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you must of smacked the timming off or something. if the wires are how they were before and the manual confirms it then you should be good. spark gap?

I would normally say you got the timing 180, but you would of had to mess with the timing belt if that were case.


lets try this. from the vacume device that comes out of the distro (should be a spot to plug a spark wire into) go clockwise and put the wires in this order 4-3-2-1 make sure that first one goes to #4 the next one to cylinder #3 and so on.

you will find it, and then laugh. ;-)



TF

 

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JB66

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Pull 1 plug wire at a time (using insulated pliers) and see which one doesn't affect your idle. Pull that plug and replace it.

 

TurboFlush

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ahh, hell with the insulated pliers. hell with the pliers. ! LOL I just pull them off by hand! The jolt is garunteed to wake you up!!!!! :-O

its up to you.

always pull on the boot not on the wire. pull on the wire and you will end up buying new ones. if it wont budge, try twisting the boot, sometimes they bond to the spark plug. after twisting, it should pop right off.

TF