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I'm working on a 1987 Festiva, and I *believe* that this is located inside the distributor housing.
i know on a wb its in distributor
Ford Festiva is car that is marketed by Ford between 1986 and 2002. The gap should be .040 on all V8 engines and the ignition gap for a 1998 5.2 is .040. There are no points in that vehicle. It has electronic ignition.
I know this seems obvious but you didn' mention checking the ignition switch. Possibly the start contacts are ok but the run contacts are open. This will result in the symptoms you mention.
I found wiring diagrams for the Festiva/Aspire at http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/22/2c/81/0900823d80222c81/repairInfoPages.htm
You can't repair it you can only replace it.
the motors are the same swap out the distributor the intake belt pulleys and altinator
Speedometers are not cable driven anymore, they are electronic. You may have a faulty speed sensor.
According to my Chilton's book : The spark plug firing order for the 1.3 liter / 81 cubic inch four cylinder engine in a 1990 Ford Festiva is : ( 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 ) The distributor rotor turns COUNTERCLOCKWISE
For a 1988 Ford Festiva , 1.3 liter / 81 cubic inch four cylinder engine : ( 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 ) The distributor rotor turns COUNTERCLOCKWISE ( according to my Chilton's book , about.com , autozone.com , and ford forums )
Here is a page from google i visited about the module in question. http://www.ncf.ca/~ag384/IgnitionModule.htm
www . motorcraft . com ( no spaces - one of Ford's websites ) shows the firing order for the 1988 ( and each year ) Ford Festiva - 1.3 L - 4 cylinder as ( 1 - 4 - 3 - 2 ) but , My large Chilton repair manual for a variety of vehicles , about . com , autozone . com , and another website each has ( 1 - 3 - 4 - 2 ) as the firing order They are in agreement that the distributor rotor turns counterclockwise and that the # 1 cylinder faces the right side of the Festiva .