Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Did intake, cam cover swap, engine won't run! HELP

So I finally take the time out to swap my freshly powder coated cam covers and upper intake (blue) onto my car. Everything goes smoothly as it seemed. Change my plugs while I'm at it, as well as install the correct SVT (orange) fuel injectors (don't ask, was like that when I bought it!). Put the whole thang back together and it won't run, and no spark.

Now I didn't really mess around with anything electrical, other than the sparkplugs and senor connectors I had take off the upper intake for removal. And I went back a rechecked to make sure all the connectors were on the right sensor and were on tight, also disconnected the battery several times. What's the deal? Anyway to narrow the problem down, I just bought the car so I'm still trying to familiarize myself with it. Ideas?

While trying to move the small colored vacuum lines away from the very back of the intake (toward the firewall) while trying to install they cracked off in my hand (pos!). Does anyone have a good vacuum line diagram which could tell me how to put them back right? There are several tiny red lines, as well as one yellow, and a grey? Help?

Did a search and couldn't find a anything.

Year???

Did you verify no spark or is that a guess?
Check wiring to the coil pack and crank sensor.

Do you have fuel pressure?
Are the injectors operating?
Is the TPS plugged in?

1998 CSVT, 73K. Verified no spark, and I didn't touch the crank trigger but I'll check it. I think the ground to the coil pack is faulty, gonna try that.

Any leads on vacuum line diagrams?

This posting duratec has a picture of the engine, may help, there are red,black, green plastic lines visible. You might be able to use hose to patch the lines, or replace the whole assembly. I used silicone rubber hose from model planes, fits snug, never fails again. There is an underhood diagram for vacuum lines, doesn't include much though. I looked on my service CD, no diagram.

Tore the upper intake off again the recheck everything I've done, checked the coil ground strap. All looks to be o.k. Still wont start, no spark!

Now the vacuum lines that I broke shouldn't have any thing to do with being able to start the car. They might alter idle conditions, like cold start. But, shouldn't keep it from running. Right?

What about the small harness plug to the coil pack, I left that off once, and there is a rectangular capacitor too. I would expect spark even with broken vacuum lines. There is a fuse F4 20Amps in the fusebox next to battery, powers the coils.

Checked all the fuses none where blown, also got my code reader to see if I could pull some codes off the ECU. It told me that there was a problem but, not what it was!

Maybe a blown ecu?

Is there anyone out there that can help me before I take it to the "stealership"?

This is contour.org , right?.....

What code number?