Ignition Coil Wiring

[charles]

When inspecting the sparkplug area I discovered seriously cracked isolation of the wiring to the ignition coil, see picture.

 

 

I repaired it by cutting it and soldered a new piece of wire, but the connector should be replaced too. Only a small air gap seperates each wire into the connector.

 

I phoned my ford dealer, but the connector can not be ordered ! Instead a complete wire loom must be ordered costing hundreds of EUR.

 

It is a standard connector the engine has many of them, f.e. the temp. sensors

how can I get one?

[seatkid]

:( .....Fix it.......

bit of sleeving, bit of heatshrink.........

[Topbloke]

scrap yard would seem best bet they normally just cut the loom any where and leave it on the donor engine, only to be thrown away, what you need is a good quality scrappie, where the engine has been removed carefully soldering is okay short term but needs to be avoided because the heat makes the wire brittle eventually breaking again good luck

[Biggles]

When inspecting the sparkplug area I discovered seriously cracked isolation of the wiring to the ignition coil, see picture.

 

 

I repaired it by cutting it and soldered a new piece of wire, but the connector should be replaced too. Only a small air gap seperates each wire into the connector.

 

I phoned my ford dealer, but the connector can not be ordered ! Instead a complete wire loom must be ordered costing hundreds of EUR.

 

It is a standard connector the engine has many of them, f.e. the temp. sensors

how can I get one?

Hidy,

Our galaxy is showing similar symptoms, but the 'decay' is much worse. I was wondering, one year later, how your fix was holding up or if you came up with some other longer term solution.

[charles]

Hi

 

At the end I ordered a complete new wire loom. It costed EUR 144 (GBP 101), and replacing it took about 2 hours. The connectors behind the engine are difficult to access.

You can find a full description of the replacement on the internet.

Just look for the Ford Scorpio site. It has the same engine!.

After replacing the engine was running OK.

Succes

[Masked Marauder]

I am with SK on this one. Cut the wires further up, slide on some heat shrink tubing concertinaed up, solder the wires back together and spread the tubing out and heat it up.

[Biggles]

Thanks for the tip.

Ford here in Sweden say the loom isn't available and the complete ignition packet would need to be replaced at a cost of approx EU2000 !!!! Do you have a part number that I can quote ?

[charles]

the part number depends from the model. You can find the partnumber on the sticker on the wire that is going to the the left ignition coil.

 

Please also check the HT leads carefully. (listen if you can hear a spark leaking to the cylinder head) A defect lead can also cause the same behavioir.