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I found a wiring diagram for my year, make and mod for $9 on ebay. Already on way

Hello Steve, I do not have the OEM wiring diagram but I have an OBDII reader.

Yes there are some people reasonably near me but they are not always home when I am able to work on car. I was hoping this was a one man job but I can coordinate a time to have someone available to help.

Yes I did replace all fuses, and checked all relays, I replaced the fuel pump relay in trunk along with every fuse in that compartment, and you are correct, the fuel pump fuse is 15A. I'm thinking it is a spark issue. I did not know how to check that (other than having someone else crank engine...

I have not checked for 12V on the coils yet. I asked if there was any other way to check for spark without someone else cranking engine while I hold a test light or screwdriver a half inch away from spark plug connected to coil on plug, but now I know there is another way. I assume a multi-meter...

Interesting. I Checked my fuses again and my 5 amp "starter relay coil" fuse is not broken or otherwise giving any indication of being blown yet my test light did not work on it. I replaced the fuse with another new one and still no light. The other fuses in this fuse box all light up fine. This...

Oh, ok. So if it does not fire up after I disconnect MAF and 02 sensors than what does that rule out? I'm trying to do whatever I can to avoid taking off valve covers again, they are a pain to get to on this engine. The bolts are hard to reach. I tried old COP's that I just replaced with new...

it did not fire up with starter fluid. I replaced fuel pump relay, all fuses and diodes are new as well. Ill disconnect the 02 sensors and the MAF and see if that helps

Any useful info would be much appreciated

Good to know. Ok, the spark plug wells is what I was talking about. Valve covers should be called Spark plug well covers, since the valves are already layers below the valve cover. But, tomato, potato, I just need advice on possible diagnosis of car issue.

I think you may be on to something with this. Same symptoms that my car experienced. I've checked every wire, but my vac line (like the one pictured in your message) is wrapped in the same plastic and has become brittle in many places and to top it off, I can't see the entire line because it...

Those are valves, correct? Lincoln LS V8

Spark plug valves, wells, "holes". Maybe I'm not using the correct terminology but hopefully the pictures help you to understand what I am talking about.

Here is an example of the valves without the valve cover. The 4 Holes are what I am talking about. You can see inside them even with the valve cover over it and the spark plugs installed (Just need to remove the coil packs)

The valves I'm referring to are what these coil on plugs are sitting in. Sure, I'll post it in a bit. The spark plug wells, where you screw in the spark plugs, had a build up of oily fluid that was visible after taking coil on plugs out and shining a flashlight into the well/valve. The old...

What does this mean? The car ran fine (even with the oil in the wells) until I cleaned the wells, the valve covers, and replaced all gaskets and seals.

There is no oil in the wells now, but the car has not been running either.

Yes sir, there was some oil in the valves (maybe a bit below an inch or half an inch in valve #4, and #3). I attributed this to the car having been sitting un-used for 2 years. The oil in the valves is why I changed the gaskets. Don't tell me it something more serious.

Could a failed O2 sensor cause this? I was getting a code for Bank 1 Sensor 2 ( I may be wrong about which bank and sensor/wrote it down but can't find paper I wrote it on) before this issue, while I could still drive the car. Now the OBD2 reads .99 (or 99.0) for one of my O2 sensors while car...