Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire

2008-07-07 Thread R A Bennell
PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 2:36 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire #4 is the rear plug on the passenger side, and that is the one that we found? fouled.??And my son reminds s me,?it was?a 2001 F150

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire

2008-07-05 Thread jfreezn
in Phoenix ? -Original Message- From: R A Bennell lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; To: Mercedes Discussion List lt;mercedes@okiebenz.comgt; Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 8:31 am Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire It is the 5.4 with the COP setup. I hear that there is often

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-03 Thread Allan Streib
Had similar issues with our F150, they have the COP (coil-on-plug) ignition where there is a little coil for each plug. One of those coils had failed so we were running on only 7 cylinders. If that's the problem, need to replace the coil, and the plug. Maybe replace all the plugs while you're

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire

2008-07-03 Thread jfreezn
You didn't say which engine, but assuming the mod V8 with coil on plug, we found signs of standing water in one of the plug holes on the passenger side of the engine, almost like the under hood design had funneled water to that cylinder.? Anyway, the crud buildup from evaporating the water was

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire

2008-07-03 Thread R A Bennell
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:59 AM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question/ignition misfire You didn't say which engine, but assuming the mod V8 with coil on plug, we found

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-03 Thread R A Bennell
I also hear that the plug boot can crack and that may lead to arcing to ground. Randy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 6:23 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question Had

[MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-02 Thread R A Bennell
I encountered trouble with my 02 F150 this weekend. It runs fine on flat ground but shudders when I increase the fuel on hills. I initially wondered if it was a transmission issue as I had just changed out the filter and AT fluid but I now think it is just a fuel issue. I got a service engine

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-02 Thread Curt Raymond
, the latter when I'd shifted to splitfire plugs... -Curt Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:18:12 -0500 From: R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] OT Ford Question To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=iso-8859-1 I

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-02 Thread R A Bennell
To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question Does it matter what gear its in? What if you really thump it from a standing start? I'd say one of two things: Fuel pump - in which case it should shudder (badly) when thumped hard from a standing start or Spark plugs - in which case the shudder

Re: [MBZ] OT Ford Question

2008-07-02 Thread Curt Raymond
] Subject: RE: [MBZ] OT Ford Question To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 4:43 PM Have not tried to hit it hard from a stop but did find that it was happier if I pushed the button the end of the shifter to lock out overdrive. Randy