No there is not a single spark plug coil wire like on the earlier vehicles. Instead, if you have the 5.4L you will find eight coil packs one on each spark plug. In addition, if you have the 4.6L you will find two coil pack blocks.
you need a new distributor That can be one cause for this, could also be bad ignition coil, coil wire, or even spark plug wires. Test for spark at the coil, then coil wire, then the plug wire.
The distributor takes the electrical output from the coil and sends it to the spark plug. The rotor is the device that transfers the electricity from the coil wire to the spark plug wire.
Both, each spark plug has it's own coil pack that creates the spark, and a wire to connect it to the plug.
That is usually electrical. Depending in the vehicle, a spark plug wire, a spark plug, or a coil, if individual coil.
If a 1998 mountaineer crank will not start, check for faulty spark. This can be done by removing a spark plug wire or coil pack from one of the spark plugs. Then insert an extra spark plug into the wire or coil.
Probably the coil for one of the cylinders, or the wire going from the coil to the spark plug if your coil isn't directly above the spark plug. Also a spark plug with cracked porcelin can cause what you are describing.
The computer uses the pick up plate in the distributor to know when to activated the coil to cause a spark to go down the coil wire to the distributor cap and through the cap and rotor to an individual plug wire to the spark plug.The computer uses the pick up plate in the distributor to know when to activated the coil to cause a spark to go down the coil wire to the distributor cap and through the cap and rotor to an individual plug wire to the spark plug.
follow the spark plug wire starting at the spark plug end, when you get to the other end its connected to the coil
No. On "conventional" ignition systems, i.e., those with typically a single ignition coil and a distributor with distributor cap, the spark plug boot is that portion of the individual ignition wire, running to each spark plug, that terminated the ignition wire at the spark plug and provides the wire's electrical connection to the spark plug. In newer, "plug on coil" systems that do not utilize a distributor and wires, and that are characterized by having an individual ignition coil mounted atop each spark plug, the boot is that portion of the ignition coil that pushes down over and on to the spark plug. Some few designs use a replaceable boot. Most incorporate the boot into the coil assembly.
poor spark plug gap bad wires or weak coil or bad spark plugs
opposite end of the spark plug wire from the spark plugs
I have listed the coils in order from the front of the car to back in the stock coil location. Coil input colors can confirm this. 1) Green coil input wire is Leading plug front rotor (bottom-front spark plug) 2) White coil input wire is trailing plug front rotor (top-front spark plug) 3) Yellow coil input wire is Leading plug rear rotor (bottom-rear spark plug) 4) Blue coil input wire is trailing plug rear rotor (top-rear spark plug) Hope this helps.