COPS giving me grief!

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This should get NGE fired up!

For the longest time, my 2003 V10 Excursion had a sort of shift "bump." Not a slip, it was almost as if the shift points were off. The problem started in about 2007.

I've been wrenching on the old gasser, trying to get her back to 100%. This includes troubleshooting a stall condition the dealer couldn't figure out (bad fuel pump relay that is soldered onto the CJB), tires, shocks, sway bar links, slotted rotors/calipers/brake pads, air filter, new IAC, and a new MAF. Still pending are the PCV valves and a front end wheel bearing or 4X4 locking hub, I still have to troubleshoot a ticking noise and this project is next on my list.

Fast forward to this past weekend, and I installed the new COPS and plugs. And, just like that, no more shift "bump." As suspected, it was a bad COP all along.

So for anybody with a gasser that uses COPS - when things start going all wonky...take a good luck at them!

Sorry NGE

 

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Do those heads have the 3 spark plug threads in them too? When the spark plug ejects it takes out the COP!

 

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Do those heads have the 3 spark plug threads in them too? When the spark plug ejects it takes out the COP!

No. Years ago when that problem surfaced I researched the build date on my engine. Ford fixed the heads beginning in Nov 2002, and of course, my motor was built in Nov 2002. :grumble:

I always wondered about it, but at 130K --no plugs were ever spit out, and the plugs also came out without breaking. In fact, they looked good except for the fact they were worn down to about .65+ gap (oem is .52-56).

I've also read it was the 3-valve motors, two-piece plugs, mine is the 2-valve, one-piece plugs.

 

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Have you tried a different COP?

 

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COPS suck.

 

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COPS suck.

Tell me about it.

 

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Tell me about it.

Lol :thumbsup