Alero99

1- this morning i get up decided to inspect my plugs becuase the car has a miss, plugs are pretty shoddy lookin so i throw em back in figure lemme go to auto store get new ones...

start car it starts but idles rough then dies..

starts again rough idle DIES

Starts again rouge idle, im giving it gas but its making popping noises so i stop

so im like oo wtf, somone suggests new cap rotor wires plugs

so i take my fathers car,

get all of hte above...

First off, what is hte proper Gap on the plugs?

I put everything in, and like a moron i reverse the wires, have the plug side on teh dist. ect.

so i take em off, and now the plugs are covered in oil where hte wires were, i have no idea how

so i wipe em down

take the old wires put em on...

and at this point the car is just Cranking endlessly till the battery dies...

Now, i check for top dead center of piston 1

find out my whole distrubter is pretty much backwards, so i put everything how it should be...

go to start and still just cranking

so now im thinking

1- No Spark, how do i test for this

2- cyl flooded, what do i do? already did the switch in the hatch area

been working on this car since 12pm and its now 9pm... can't get the mother ****en piece of **** to start!

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPP! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mjr46

you didn't remove or move the distributor did you to do a tune up???..now you have me confused on what you did and what your line of thinking was ??..if you moved distributor.. set it back where it was and install wires in correct order on the cap and hold accelerator to the floor to enable the clear flood mode and hopefully it'll start if you set all settings back to spec

LX 90

I would pick up some plugs and put them in. Make sure all of your wires are seated tightly and go from there.

notchbackmatt87

jesus you sound like a mess. just go let a local mechanic do it.

Maxwelhse

How many threads do you need for the same problem in one day?

https://mustangforums.com/m_4585759/tm.htm
https://mustangforums.com/m_4584781/tm.htm

I already told you how to check for spark! Are you even reading anyone's replies?

LX 90

If your trying to check for spark, go to ur auto store and pick up a spark tester.

Alero99

Everything is new...

PLugs Cap Rotor

i never touched the Dist. but the way hte previous owner had it, was pretty much *** backwards from stock, where Cyl #1 should go is on the complete opposite side of the dist. figured this out by testing Cyl #1 for TOP DEAD CENTER

i know its somthing so simple!!! can't seem to figure it out though

there is a switch in the back of the hatch my cousin said, its a button you press it and it cuts out the fuel being sent to the engine, and he said if its flooded this should help clear it out

car has been sitting for an hour or so now with the battery unplugged so im gonna go out once more to check it, if not i guess im calling my mech tomorrow

mjr46

Or you could just follow directions and hold your foot to the floor on the accelerator while cranking...this puts the ecm into a clear flood mode

Alero99

okay will do, also somone said to remove the wire from teh coil see if it does "lightening" so yea ill be back in a few

Maxwelhse

I just thought of something....

Someone could have put your distributor in 180 degrees out, and just moved the wires to "fix" it.

Try putting #1 where #6 is supposed to go, then continue around the cap in the correct order, according the the new #1 location.

1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8

So move the wires on the distributor like this:

Distributor Position=Cylinder
1=6
3=5
7=4
2=8
6=1
5=3
4=7
8=1

It will either be really pissed off that way (shouldn't hurt anything) and won't run at all, or it will run perfect and problem discovered.