(2000 GT - full exhaust CAI and TB)
I thought it was a rare thing...I followed the Bullit archives tips on changing the plugs. Checked them again a week or two later and all seemed well, except that the Coil on the Driver side cylinder, second from the front didn't quite sound or feel like it was snapping or popping onto the plug the way the other seven did.
I didn't think much of it but on Friday the car seemed to almost buck around 2k rpm in fourth and fifth and especially when on an incline. There also was a hiss for everytime that cylinder fired. Well the next morning I got in the car at a Uhaul truck drop off place (just moved) and fired it up. The hissing was obnoxious and then a thumping followed...I ran out and popped the hood and wouldn't ya know it the COP was banging on the fuel rail.
Wouldn't ya know it the plug was just laying in there.
To complicate things more the 7mm bolt holding the COP on is stripped (just spins) so I had to break the COP to get it off to get access to the plug.
Luckily a Uhaul dude had a ratchet and plug socket so I got it back together and drove home in a torrential Florida downpour. On the way it threw a CEL and started blinking, plus was bucking even more (I knew it was misfiring)
Got home found that the Cop wasn't even staying on the plug and the part of the plug that you would gap was not there
ANYWAY, got a new plug and COP, threw it back together and she's good as new.
I thought it was a rare thing...I followed the Bullit archives tips on changing the plugs. Checked them again a week or two later and all seemed well, except that the Coil on the Driver side cylinder, second from the front didn't quite sound or feel like it was snapping or popping onto the plug the way the other seven did.
I didn't think much of it but on Friday the car seemed to almost buck around 2k rpm in fourth and fifth and especially when on an incline. There also was a hiss for everytime that cylinder fired. Well the next morning I got in the car at a Uhaul truck drop off place (just moved) and fired it up. The hissing was obnoxious and then a thumping followed...I ran out and popped the hood and wouldn't ya know it the COP was banging on the fuel rail.
Wouldn't ya know it the plug was just laying in there.
To complicate things more the 7mm bolt holding the COP on is stripped (just spins) so I had to break the COP to get it off to get access to the plug.
Luckily a Uhaul dude had a ratchet and plug socket so I got it back together and drove home in a torrential Florida downpour. On the way it threw a CEL and started blinking, plus was bucking even more (I knew it was misfiring)
Got home found that the Cop wasn't even staying on the plug and the part of the plug that you would gap was not there
ANYWAY, got a new plug and COP, threw it back together and she's good as new.