My son bought a 95 Mustang, drove it for 2 weeks then it started running like crap. Found out that the spark wires were cris crossed, when he put them the right way the car wont run now. What happen?

Asked by Karrie41 Jun 20, 2015 at 08:07 PM about the 1995 Ford Mustang GT Coupe RWD

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

If they were crossed for that period of time I am quite sure the plugs are bad and needs new spark plugs.

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Karrie41 answered 8 years ago

He changed them already. Is it possible it could have jumped time due to the plugs being wrong and when he put them in the right order it jumped time?

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

I would do a compression test on the cylinders. As far as jumping time I really do not think so.

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Karrie41 answered 8 years ago

OK thank you..

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

You are getting spark to the spark plugs right ?

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

How did the plugs look that you changed from the cylinders that were crossed ?

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Karrie41 answered 8 years ago

I will have to ask him these questions when I talk to him again. He lives in Tennessee and I'm in Florida.

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

Oh ok.

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Badger answered 8 years ago

it wouldnt have ran well for two weeks with wires crossed,check #1 piston at top dead center and recheck wires.

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