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Ford F-150 Ignition Wires

Trouble starting, rough idling, and backfiring: these can all be symptoms of faulty wires in your Ford F-150 pickup truck. Quickly finding and repairing problems along with regular maintenance can keep your F-150 running like new. To do that, you need to know the parts and components of your trucks ignition and how they work.

To understand how your F-150 system works, you need to be familiar with the basic components. For simplicity, the primary parts to be concerned with are the ignition coil, the wires, spark plugs, spark plug wires, and the starter.

• The coil is an electrical transformer. it sends a strong magnetic current through the plug wires and distributor to make your truck start.
• The spark plugs do the actual firing or igniting of air and fuel. Any gaps in the system can cause the engine to misfire, have problems during idling, or not start at all.
• There is one wire that goes from the coil to the starter switch and another that connects the switch to a fuse and then leads to the battery.
• When you turn the key or push the start button on newer trucks, the wires send electrical signals to the components that fire up your engine.

It depends more on the vehicles starting system configuration than the specific engine type. If your diesel engine F-150 has a coil on plug style, where each cylinder had an individual coil, you will not need them.

You should inspect your cars wires every 60,000 miles, whenever you do an engine tune-up, and any time your F-150 exhibits engine problems or poor performance. The most common signs that you need to replace your wires are:

• Your F-150 is hard to start or won’t turn over at all.
• The check-engine light is illuminated or flashing.
• Your truck is idling hard or vibrating.

• Make sure you have the right parts and tools including wires or wire set, an adjustable wrench, and a crimping tool.
• Disconnect the negative battery cable and locate the pins and terminals on the back of the starter switch. The standard labels you should see are BATT (battery), ST (start), IGN (ignition), and ADD (accessory).
• The ignition wire connects to the IGN terminal.
• You’ll also connect a starter relay wire to the ST terminal and an accessory lead wire to the ACC terminal.
• Reconnect the battery cable to the negative terminal and your F-150 should start and run.