I am putting my 2000 ranger 3.0L back together and have this wire, unsure where it is supposed to go. I believe

it is a grounding wire but not sure where it attaches to

 

where is it attached to now? i'll go look at mine today. i think there's one from the motor block to the cab?

 

The wires disappear between the ac compressor and power steering. I’m pretty sure I found the connection point on the radiator on the driver side but I am still have issue generating a spark when trying to start up my car. Maybe there another ground I am missing, any tips would be great

 

I do have another ground point in my exhaust manifold but don’t think it ever had a grounding cable attached

Empty ground mount point

Current ground that is attached from the exhaust manifold to firewall

 

yes one does go to the firewall. are you sure its spark that youre needing for starting?

 

I’m pretty certain, when I try turning on the car everything everything is spinning just not turning over fully. I reseat my coil pack connectors and no luck

 

Tried looking at the spark plugs while trying to turn on the engine, no arcing so there nothing getting to the spark plugs.

 

most likely you can find a thread here on how to check the coil pack. That has to do with the plug that goes to it. So how’s the motor started at all?

 

Tried looking at the spark plugs while trying to turn on the engine, no arcing so there nothing getting to the spark plugs.

 

Found the issue! Crank shaft position sensor wasn’t fully seated, makes sense since no fuel or spark was getting to the engine.