95 windstar 3.8 p0302 code

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Many thanks to those who contributed to this thread, especially wiswind and CoachKarl! Thanks to Rrey199 for posting his solution also. Thanks for the recommendations on replacement plugs and wires to use.

The information was invaluable to me in working through a serious runnability problem with my 2002 Ford Windstar 3.8 p0302 code. Sure enough - the coil pack was bad. Visible cracks in the bottom.

For me one symptom that the coil pack was bad was the the car abruptly went from running well to running awful. I'm not much of a mechanic, but I suspect if it was a spark plug or spark plug wire issue the car would gradually start to run worse - like maybe intermittently, or runs poorly when cold, or some such thing.

I'll post some other comments on the work I did in another thread.