How do you replace the ignition coil on a Sable or Taurus?

Answer 1

For the 3.0 "Vulcan" engine, it can't be much easier since the coil is sitting on the very front of the engine.

It get's much tighter on the DOHC "Duratec" engine with the coilpack mounted on the backside. Some very good ideas can be used from the suggestions / information for changing sparkplugs on these engines - See "Related Questions" below for more about that.

Changing the coil:

• Move one wire connection at a time!

  Alternatively, label the wires, take a picture, or draw it out BEFORE disconnecting the wires.

• Use a bit of silicone / di-electric grease on the wire 'boots'
• Coilpacks mount with just 4 small bolts (7 or 8mm?) - and 1 wire connection harness. Nothing fancy - just remove, swap, replace

Coil on a 3.0 Vulcan Engine

My grand parents have a Ford Taurus 1997 3.0L gl edition. It has a coil pack on the front head tranny end. If you have the same then mark your plug wires and pull them out of the coil pack. Usually you squeeze the plug wire (they have clips holding them to the coil pack) then they're 4 small bolts that hold the coil pack down. I think there 8mm bolts. You have to pull out the wire and clip going to the coil pack also. don't forget to unhook you ground from the battery before starting all this. So go in this order:

1. unhook ground

2. number wires

3. unplug coil pack wires

4. unplug spark plug wires

5. remove 4 bolts

coil pack should come off.

ps Usually cylinder 1 2 3 is on the back and 4 5 6 is on front, but as long as you know which wire go where it doesn't matter. if you're just removing the wires from the coil pack then you could call them a b c, just as long as the wire and the place on the coil pack are marked the same.