in article yC9bk.1707$1o6.300@edtnps83, Jim Warman at
mechanic@telusplanet.net wrote on 7/3/08 12:18 PM:

> With no evidence of basic testing being performed, this could even be caused
> by a popped fuse...


battery to ground ... straight line thinking they say don't go in circles.

he just has to trace it hot ... sometimes, and this is rare, the battery
cable shows good character on the outside but the battery acid gutted it on
the inside.

Change the battery hot cable ... and it get up and go ... the first thing to
test on the way up to the ignition and then to the coil and then to the
spark plug.

I have never had any problems showing a spark on a pull any plug ... but
usually the number 1 sparkplug and reconnect into the appropriate sparkplug
cable in this case of the discusion is number 1 ... touch it to the metal
steel ground while cranking over ... voila it its aliveeeeee !!!

Or not.

No spark ... you just got a connection not connecting up ... make sure
everything is plugged in, solid dry connection, clean, shiny, bright,
freshly scraped of corrosion and crud ... from battery posts out. Sometimes
it is just a film of oil that is breaking the electical flow.

Fords are notorous for REQUIRING ... all 6 cells of the battery to be up and
hot ... for it to work properly. 5 cells of the battery, hot spark, not
enough. Swap out your battery if it is off ... and go get something like
Interstate that has real good battery warrenty if you are USA if you push a
Ford around.

sumbuddie on da watchtower