1999 Ford E-Series Van engine misfires

STEVEANGEL

MEMBER
1999 FORD E-SERIES VAN
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
159,000 MILES

Have a 1999 e350 superduty 5.4 liter, recently engine started to misfire, on cylinder 7. I changed the coil and this seem to work, now im again getting misfire on cylinder 7 and also cylinder 1, what should I look for? What else could be failing to cause these random misfires?
thank you
steve

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DAVE H

MECHANIC
13,384 POSTS

Is the MIL showing. Have the vehicle read for fault codes. You could also check/clean/replace CKP

Crankshaft Position (CKP) Sensor (5.4L). On lower center front of engine.

Models Equipped With Coil Pack(s)
The EI system consists of a Crankshaft Position (CKP) sensor, coil pack(s), related wiring and PCM. The CKP sensor is used by the PCM to indicate crankshaft position and speed by sensing a missing tooth on a pulse wheel mounted on front of crankshaft. The coil pack(s) receives its signal from the PCM to fire at a calculated spark target. Each coil within the pack fires 2 spark plugs at the same time. The plugs are paired so one plug is fired on the compression stroke, and the other plug fires the mating cylinder, which is on the exhaust stroke. On the next cycle, firing strategy is reversed.
The PCM acts as an electronic switch to ground in the coil primary circuit. When the switch is closed, positive battery voltage applied to the coil primary circuit builds a magnetic field around the primary coil. When the switch opens, power is interrupted and the primary field collapses inducing high voltage in the secondary coil winding and the spark plug is fired.