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Wont start, cranks strong. - 1998 Ford Mustang

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Several items possibly at play; several things you need to have the engine fire: Compression, fuel, spark. Remove the coil cable from your distributor and place near a grounded portion of metal, rotate the engine if you see spark plug the cable back in to the distributor and check for spark at the spark plugs. If all good the distributor is good. Now that the engine has been turned over several times remove several spark plug; are they wet with gasoline? If not rent a set of NOID lites from a parts stores; remove a plug from a fuel injector and plug in the proper NOID light; as the engine is rotated the NOID light should flash... if not you have other items at play possible crank or cam sensor. If the NOID light did flash the injector is opening but not getting fuel; check for fuel pressure (you may even be able to hear the pump run) Lastly check your compression (I put this last on the list as least likely)
This will be a process of elimination, take your time and be patient with the process.
I hope this may have helped,
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