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Originally Posted by tempfixit
In another thread of yours it was stated that no. 5 spark plug wire was reconnected and the poppong started again. This points to problem with #5 clyinder, either valve train related or a bad connecting rod bearing.
If you remove number 5 spark plug does the poppng stop??
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I remember this now. The #5 was actually the number two spark plug. It was broken, and the plug wire was standing up against the engine hood, back when all of this started. We came out one morning, and the passenger door was unlocked ,the hood had been popped, and when I opened the engine compartment, the #2 wire was standing straight up, and the dust was off of it.
That nite I think, the popping started, and the car acted funny. It lost power going up hill, returning home, and then started to stall. Hence our having for two weeks now, to sit at the relative's house, to repair it. It might run enough now to drive, but the popping sound is non-stop, and I can hear a tick sound for each and every plug firing. Or, that is what I think it is.
On youtube, there are 4 Ford videos with people's cars the same, and I posted a link to another video where the guy claimed the engine was dead. I do not knwo at all, but I think that is untrue. But #2 spark plug had a horseshoe crack, and burn brown marks coming out of the crack, as if someone had put lighter fluid in it and started the car.
No one seems o have posted the answer, except about the coil pack. I had improvement, it no longer stalls, but it no longer runs, either. I have to disconnect the battery, because if the car is not running ,it runs out. That would be an electrical problem, right?
Order of spark plugs, from my book and posts from very helpful people here, is
Standing at the front
rear 1-2-3
front 4-5-6.