i got a 96 ford, contour, and have been having problems with it.. think i got it narrowed down to the igntion coil( i have a distributor-less engine).. the coil is the thing that the spark plug wires are attached to... i checked it today and found that i am not getting any power out of the No. 2 and No. 6 wire.. i got a reply from a web site that the coil works with two wire postions together, thats why the 2 and 6 are not firing and it seems that the coil is fried.. i also have the wire insulation under the hood messing up.. i know about the recall, but would like to know what controls the coil to tell it to fire to what wires( unlike the old distributors where the rotor turns and makes contact to each spark plug wire) what determines what wire will be firing???? is it the crank position sensor or some other sensor?? and how do you test them??? i dont want to put another coil in the car and find out that it did not get to the root cause of the problem... thanks for a reply.....
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19 years ago