Last night I changed the plugs in my wife's 05 Explorer 4.6. Everything went well except I broke one of the COP connectors. I zip tied it until I can find a permanent fix. I am calling local dealership today for hopefully a price on a pigtail. Anyone else have any ideas either OEM or aftermarket? All that broke on the connector was the tab you press in to release. Seemed to me it broke way to easy, I guess heat made it brittle. The connector will plug into the COP no problem just won't lock on.

 

that happened to one of mine this past summer and it is still zip tied and working just fine. I figure ill just replace it when it breaks for good.

 

Did yours seem like it broke way to easily?

 

the hot and cold fluctations on the plastic makes it brittle. leave it ziptied. cutting the harness is a pain in the a**.

 

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Dealer can order them for 25.00 a piece. I thought about going to a junkyard trying to find any ford vehicle with cops and just getting one there, then trying to remove the wires from my broken connector and then just replacing the plastic from the junkyard connector with the wires on mine.

 

I think i have 2 broken ones....I wrapped them with electrical tape How do you zip tie them? Just run one around the whole connector piece?

 

I used 2 ties. First goes around back of cop and back of connector, pulling connector tight onto cop. Second goes solely around connector, holding first tie down, I thought it would keep first tie in place due to vibration of the motor.

 

Service engine soon light came on this morning, any thoughts? Changed the plugs, ran fine saturday night ran over 150 miles, this morning service engine soon light turns on. Know anyplace besides dealer to pull codes?