Ignition system wiring diagram?

1996 MITSUBISHI CHALLENGER
1,234,568 MILES • 3.4L • 6 CYL • AUTOMATIC
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EMMANUELNGANDU
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I have a V6 6G74 challenger, I came to find out that the wiring for the coils and injectors were tempered, the engine misfires and the engine goes off after running for a while.

The power + for coils on the right bank is tapped from a bla/ whi wire on the injector drive.
Signal wire for cylinder #6 is connected with a Red/Gre wire going to the Map sensor and it had no spark, therefore he tapped the signal from cyl #1 to supply cyl #6 and it has spark.

In addition to that when one of the pickup sensor is disconnected the air con fan and the fuel pump runs and go off in seconds.

My questions are
1 Can one signal wire control two coils at different times
2 what controls the firing of the coils
3 why does the air con fan and the fuel pump runs when the pickup sensor is disconnected.

Kindly help me with a wiring diagram to get things back to normal.
Thank you
Jun 5, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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It may be able to control two coils at a time, but it might overheat the PCM but should be able to have the coils be connected correctly. Here are the engine wiring diagrams so you can see how the system works and which wires that go where they belong. Check out the images (below). Let us know if you need anything else.

Jun 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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EMMANUELNGANDU
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Thank you for your quick reply and the wiring diagrams.
My challenger uses coil on plug (cop) type of ignition coil not a distributor.
Thank you
Jun 6, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Gotcha, there must have been a mid-year change, here are the wiring diagrams for the coil over style of ignition system. Check out the images (below). Let us know if you need anything else.
Jun 6, 2024 at 5:18 PM