EDIT:
Videos: http://qik.com/video/757137 and http://qik.com/video/757140
Pictures: http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/50461/1/plugs?h=d1b6d3
So my car has been miss-firing on cylinder 3 for a little over a week now and yesterday I finally had time to change the plugs. So I started on the driver side, and I unplugged all wires on that side (5 thru 8). I know, big mistake. I replaced all of the plugs: one well had rat poop/urine (rats ate my wires while it was being stored, car ran fine for 9 months), one well had oil in it, and the others seemed ok. All 4 plugs had gray deposits on them. From there, I put all of the wires back on in the only order that made sense based on wire length. Then I did cylinder 1 plug, then I did cylinder 3. Cylinder 3 had about 2 inches of fluid (seemed to be oil/coolant mixture) in the well!! So I drained it using paper towels as best I could before I unscrewed the plug. Then I replaced cylinder 2 plug, then cylinder 4 plug. I replaced the intake and tried to start the car up, and it would not start. It struggles to start, and sometimes it'll run ROUGH for a couple of seconds and then die.
3 people have recommended that I might have messed up the firing order. I looked in my Chilton and was looking over the plug to coil pack diagram and I noticed that my plugs have NEVER been in proper order (based on Chilton) since I've bought the car! Here's how Chilton says they are supposed to be:
Reference: Chilton Ford Mustang 1994-98 Repair Manual (26608), Page 2-23
Here's how my wires are currently setup:
Before I try to correct the wires, is there anything else that you guys recommend?
I will post pictures and a video soon so that you can see how it sounds and what the plugs look like from each cylinder.
Thanks again everyone!
EDIT: I just took a look at the Haynes manual and it says a completely different wire order. Here's what the Haynes says:
Essentially compared to Haynes, my 6-5 are swapped as well as my 7-8.
Videos: http://qik.com/video/757137 and http://qik.com/video/757140
Pictures: http://www.getdropbox.com/gallery/50461/1/plugs?h=d1b6d3
So my car has been miss-firing on cylinder 3 for a little over a week now and yesterday I finally had time to change the plugs. So I started on the driver side, and I unplugged all wires on that side (5 thru 8). I know, big mistake. I replaced all of the plugs: one well had rat poop/urine (rats ate my wires while it was being stored, car ran fine for 9 months), one well had oil in it, and the others seemed ok. All 4 plugs had gray deposits on them. From there, I put all of the wires back on in the only order that made sense based on wire length. Then I did cylinder 1 plug, then I did cylinder 3. Cylinder 3 had about 2 inches of fluid (seemed to be oil/coolant mixture) in the well!! So I drained it using paper towels as best I could before I unscrewed the plug. Then I replaced cylinder 2 plug, then cylinder 4 plug. I replaced the intake and tried to start the car up, and it would not start. It struggles to start, and sometimes it'll run ROUGH for a couple of seconds and then die.
3 people have recommended that I might have messed up the firing order. I looked in my Chilton and was looking over the plug to coil pack diagram and I noticed that my plugs have NEVER been in proper order (based on Chilton) since I've bought the car! Here's how Chilton says they are supposed to be:
Reference: Chilton Ford Mustang 1994-98 Repair Manual (26608), Page 2-23
Code:
4 8
3 7
2 6
1 5
Front of car
|5 6| |2 4|
|3 1| |8 7|Here's how my wires are currently setup:
Code:
4 8
3 7
2 6
1 5
Front of car
|5 3| |8 2|
|1 6| |4 7|Before I try to correct the wires, is there anything else that you guys recommend?
I will post pictures and a video soon so that you can see how it sounds and what the plugs look like from each cylinder.
Thanks again everyone!
EDIT: I just took a look at the Haynes manual and it says a completely different wire order. Here's what the Haynes says:
Code:
4 8
3 7
2 6
1 5
Front of car
|6 3| |7 2|
|1 5| |4 8|Essentially compared to Haynes, my 6-5 are swapped as well as my 7-8.