Spent some quality time with my first marquis, put about 200 miles on it this week driving to work and stuff. As I posted before it had a horrible miss, put new cap, rotor, wires, plugs, air filter, fuel filter and probably something else. I have a spare ignition module now a coil coming. Like an idiot when I did the plugs before I researched anything I thought "its a Ford, I'll get some autolite platinums" and I got the exact plug that everyone says not to use and also happens to be the exact plug that was in the car. Still getting a bit of miss, pretty rarely but still annoying. Can go 30 miles with out any and then it will noticeably miss a bit and go back to running great. Usually happens under light acceleration between 30 and 50 I'd say.
Is it worth pulling and replacing all those autolite plugs and putting in motorcraft coppers, or should I be looking elsewhere?
As a side note I've been slowly replacing my tranny fluid. Dropped the pan and changed the filter, and have been pumping out the fluid though the dipstick tube and refilling it a few times after running it for a while, get about 4 quarts out at a time. So far everything has gone well with that. Fluid looks good now, transmission is shifting well. Thought I'd gamble a bit and it may have paid off.
Is it worth pulling and replacing all those autolite plugs and putting in motorcraft coppers, or should I be looking elsewhere?
As a side note I've been slowly replacing my tranny fluid. Dropped the pan and changed the filter, and have been pumping out the fluid though the dipstick tube and refilling it a few times after running it for a while, get about 4 quarts out at a time. So far everything has gone well with that. Fluid looks good now, transmission is shifting well. Thought I'd gamble a bit and it may have paid off.
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