1999 Ford Escort plugs and wires

1999 FORD ESCORT
197,990 MILES • 2.0L • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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BEASTOFBURDEN6978
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I have a 99 escortzx2 that had been driving decent enough, when the timing belt broke I have been working on it to replace the belt, and imagine my surprise when I saw that the plug wires were wrong! Someone had #1 plug wire going to#3 on coil,#2 wire was going to#1 coil and#3 plug wire was going to#2 on the coil #4 was the only one correct, how did it even run and will it be ok if I put the plug wires in correct locations?
Sep 22, 2015 at 7:54 AM
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pic is from a 2001 so put it back the way it originally was.
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Sep 22, 2015 at 9:30 AM
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BEASTOFBURDEN6978
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I am going to put everything back the way it should be. But I still want to know how it even ran like that
Sep 22, 2015 at 10:11 AM
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because it's not a typical system it's a dis system and when two cylinders are aligned like 1 & 3 it will fire anyhow to run it. Also it 's the same coil that fires both cylinders. so it will.
Sep 22, 2015 at 12:06 PM