OKay help. - this would be great if you had photos or went out and checked your car or have a haynes manual handy.
Car is a 1998 Camry XLE V6 (1mz-fe)


First and foremost i would like to say that I am a dumb ***.
I had some time after classes today to fiddle with this lil project.

Second -
I had labeled the wires (even though they were already labeled), but thinking i was hot stuff i went ahead and just took pictures and pull everything out at once.
Heres my issue, i don't know which plug corresponds to which coil.
Here's what i mean:


i hope that the numbers i put on the wires are the right numbers, because it doesnt make sense to me...i thought they would be in order.

If someone could trace the wires back to the rear and tell me which plug hole they correspond to that would be great.

ie. wire 5 corresponds with hole 1 in rear (hole 1 being the one closest to the passenger side)
wire 1 corresponds with the hole 2 in the rear (hole 2 being the middle hole)
wire 3 corresponds with the hole 3 in the rear (hole 3 being the one closest to drivers ide/battery)

I did try to start up the car based on what i thought was right. It started strong then idled roughly. Of course i immediately shut off the car, but i'm sure i didnt do any damage...at least i hope.

 

I'm not sure if this will help but the firing order is 1-2-3-4-5-6
from left to right as you face the engine from the front of the car,
1-3-5
2-4-6
I would think the coils would be numbered but their position should be a clue as to where the wires go.

 

well that's what doesnt make sense to me is that if that's the order then why don't the wires go in order? As noted in the photo the wires were numbered 5, 1, 3.

I can definately just plug them into the corresponding plugs in the rear but it just seems wierd.

 

The firing order I gave was for each piston. Since I have a 4 cyl'd I can't advise how the coils are positioned andfired. Maybe someone with a V6 can send you a pic on how their setup looks. If you have a timing light you can at least check piston of #1.

 

thank you, problem was resolved today.