starting my 4.6 swap

[lalessi1]

Second that, few things are more exciting to me! 

[canadian_ranchero]

will not fire up, working on finding the problem

[RICH MUISE]

Is it cranking? The computer will shut the fuel pump down if the engine doesn't start within a few seconds. If the fuel lines were not bleed that could be the problem. I'm sure you know all that though.

[canadian_ranchero]

update;i took the engine harness,coil packs and plug wires off a donor mark 8 installed it temporarily on the the 57 [put over top,layed coil packs on engine ect] and .....IT RUNS!!!!!!!    now i will have to see what is wrong with the engine harness i had on there that i had changed to coil on plug as i would like to keep the coil on plug system

[RICH MUISE]

Congrats!!! That's a huge milestone with the way to did all of the modified oem wiring. I'm really impressed, though had no doubts you'd pull it off. That had to be a great feeling after all that effort.

[canadian_ranchero]

i think i may have found the problem.the sources i checked say you need to wire the coils in series,i wired mine in parallel.will hook some temporary jumper wires up and test this.will keep you posted.....   

[RICH MUISE]

I'm curious if you did your cop conversion wiring the same as what I bought as a conversion harness. What I got was basically a harness that plugged into the connectors that would have plugged into the coil packs. The little harness add-on was of course prewired for the individual coils, basically just a plug in. Can't remember if I took pics of the conversion harness, but I'll look if it would be helpful.

[canadian_ranchero]

i picked up a coil harness out of a 99 continental and tied it in to the mark 8 harness

[RICH MUISE]

This is a pic of the cop conversion harness I bought.....I know it doesn't help without knowing which wires went where. This harness just plugged into the coil pack connectors, so the 8 cop's are just running on the 4 signals sent to the coil packs

[canadian_ranchero]

update;finishing up the coil harness changes,then the big test to see if it works.will keep you posted

[canadian_ranchero]

had to post one more time...............800 posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[canadian_ranchero]

update;....IT RUNS!!!!!!!  changing the coil on plug wiring from parallel to series is what needed to be done.that took about a week to figure that out and fix the problem

[RICH MUISE]

lights....camera...action.!! Now, where did those dancing girls run off to?

[canadian_ranchero]

update;finishing up my exhaust,needed to move my return fuel line to clear the 2 1/2 inch tail pipes.not alot of room for the 2 1/2 pipes,so it is being a challenge to get them to fit

[RICH MUISE]

watch the e brake cable clearance also.