Need help with coil
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Cargo Master
Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Taylorsville, NC
Need help with coil
I'am working on my grandaughters boy friend's 88 Ranger with 2.9 V6. It has the square coil. Can someone tell me what size socket/wrench I need to get the four bolts out that hold it to the bracket?
I've tried everything , even all my ingnition wrenches, and can't find one that fits.
Thanks, Tony
I've tried everything , even all my ingnition wrenches, and can't find one that fits.Thanks, Tony
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: suburban atlanta
I thought they were metric, but neither 5mm nor 6mm worked. A 7/32 6-point will work, but it too is a little bit sloppy, though a 3/16 did not fit at all. I've had to replace both on my 87 and 85. One new coil was defective, and I chased a miss for days. Put the old, mildly burned, one back in, and the miss went away.
tom
tom
. Mystery solved, it's a 5.5mm. I guess only the good sets of sockets have it because mine didn't. Had to get it from my son's set.
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From: suburban atlanta
I have never heard of a 5.5mm socket. Europeans use odd sizes - 7 9 11 and, it seemed to me, that American manufacturers used even sizes. Guess they split the difference on this one. Maybe I have observed something which is not really the case...
tom
tom
Cargo Master
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From: Frequently frozen MN
5.5 mm = 0.216535433
7/32 = 0.21875
A little over 2 thousandths. I think that FoMoCo 'metircized ' the 7/32 -- or somebody did. I don't think that 5.5 mm are all that common in tool sets.
Just chiming in because I fought the same issue when I had a Ranger
7/32 = 0.21875
A little over 2 thousandths. I think that FoMoCo 'metircized ' the 7/32 -- or somebody did. I don't think that 5.5 mm are all that common in tool sets.
Just chiming in because I fought the same issue when I had a Ranger
