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The problem with it being a vacuum hose is that the car was running fine after we installed the head gaskets - well enough for me to drive it into town a few times. Each time the engine started without hesitation, and was running strong - no smoke, no smell of burnt oil. It had an idle problem at th...

OK, using one of Becca's bobby pin, we accessed the OBD-I system, and read the codes.... 08 = Mass Air Flow sensor 25 = Fuel Pressure Regulator control solenoid or circuit 26 = Solenoid valve (Purge control or circuit) 28, 29 = EGR valve fault (we knew this one be a code, because the KF is JDM, and ...

Timing is OK.

I'm running out of ideas here. ICM or Coil are the only other possibilities I can think of

ok, Becca and I got out in the hot car today and swapped the fuel pump. Still no crank though. When the starter spins the engine, the engine will occasionally increase speed as if some of the cylinders are firing, and some aren't. Seems like it WANTS to run, but it just can't keep enough consistent ...

Glad you told me that! lol I would have been out there dropping the tank! (Ford Mustang has no access from inside to the pump)

OK, gotta get the MX back into my garage so can check the timing marks, but before we huff and puff pushing it, I wanted to see if maybe it was a faulty fuel pump. Becca turned the key on while I listened at the rear of the car near the tank, and I couldn't hear anything. Tried again, but with my ea...

Hey guys, Becca's bf back with another question... So Becca ordered a Crank Position Sensor, and after fighting off a wasp nest in the wheel well, we replaced the sensor. Got the battery recharged, and engine is turning over strongly, but isn't starting. Seems like the engine is trying to fire, beca...

I honestly think the disty cap is correct (which would make the Haynes manual correct), because that's how we've had it wired up, and the car ran fine - well enough for me to drive it into town, pump gas, get pizza, and drive home. Like I said, at the time, the only issue was the erratic idle.

Yes, the cap is numbered, but I read where a guy replaced his disty with an aftermarket one, and the numbers on the cap were INCORRECT. Also, my original question wasn't quite understood I guess... Look at the DISTY, which of these patterns is CORRECT for a KF? CHILTON: 546 123 HAYNES (for Ford Prob...

The layouts I posted are as if you were looking at the disty cap. Both manuals show that the BLOCK is:

135
246

if you're standing in front of the car facing it.

but the disty orders are different.

Hey, can anyone direct me to the CORRECT firing order for a 92 K8????

My Chilton says:

546
123

My Haynes for a Ford Probe says:

453
612

Waaaa.

If the coil is bad, the whole disty will have to replaced, yes?

Did a visual inspection and it seems fine. Gonna borrow a multimeter from work tomorrow and test the ohms.

If it isn't that, it can only be an disty prob. I've read where the K8s were notorious for disty igniters going bad. Although Becca's is a KF, it still uses a K8 disty.

What about a bad Crank Position Sensor? Could that cause zero spark?

Hey guys, Beccabob's illustrious fellow wrench hand and boyfriend here. Ok, so the MX was doing fine aside from an erractic idle issue. I had pondered if maybe the idle issue was attributed to improper ignition timing, so Becca started it up, and it ran fine. With the engine OFF, I loosened the dist...