95 Ford E250 5.8L distributor install - Ford Cars & Trucks

Hi Tony, 1995 Ford 5.0L should have 1 crank sensor, Is it car or truck? If your vehicle has distributor it does not have crank sensor. Some 95"s came with TIFF that's Distributor mounted....If you don't have Dist. Sensor will be down on Timing cover, Bottom R. hand side of engine, Hope this helps, Good Luck.

Possibly a plug wire or cracked distributor cap. I'd take a spray bottle and while it's running (be careful not to get your body parts in danger of the fan) spray some water on the cap area. If everything seems fine, you could spray down each plug wire at a time. See if you find the culprit that way. For a vehicle so old, if you haven't done a tune up lately. It's probably a good time. Replace the distributor cap and rotor. Plugs and wires.

1. Slip the distributor into position.
2. Install the mounting bolts and tighten them temporarily.
3. Connect the 2-P and 8-P connectors to the distributor.

Should be between the intake manifold and the firewall near the distributor.

could be plug wire, distributor cap, pickup on coil

Drive the roll pin out

look near the coil ??

Hello.
The most common no spark problem on these trucks is the ignition module.
These are mounted on the distributor with 2 small bolts. You may need to turn the distributor to access the bolts if yours is a V8. So you may need to reset your timing afterwards.If you do not have a timing light very carefully mark the position of the distributor first.
You only need to loosen the bolt at the base of the distributor to allow it to turn.
If the module doesn't cure the problem you may need to replace the pickup coil inside the distributor itself. This will entail distributor disassembly to replace.

This also happened to my '95 mustang 5.0L I was actually driving when it lost power. Take the cap off of the distributor and see if the shaft wiggles. The distributor shaft in the mustangs are the weakest point of the engine. If the shaft wobbles the rotor will wobble hitting the points and may break the rotor. All the metal grinding will put little metal shavings in the housing where the magnetic pick-up will attract them, this is the problem. You can replace the magnetic pick-up but if the shaft is moving around you will need a new distributor all around.

I would check the fuel pump by disconnecting the fuel line between fuel filter and fuel pump.Turn the key on and see if fuel comes out with a strong stream.If no fuel check fuse if good replace pump.