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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1993 Ford Aerostar 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: IFMCAIIU6N Hi guys and girls.I have another problem with this Aerostar ,every time the ign is turned to run or start and run the check engine light comes on about 5 seconds later with code 566-ts 3-4 shift solenoid failure.Can someone please explain this problem to me an... Trouble codes: 566 (3-4 trans solenoid failure) |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Radiator VIN: 1FALP52U1T Radiator removal procedure help! Is ALLDATA right? Guess I've been lucky that I've never had to replace a radiator on a later Taurus. I searched archives and found mention of dropping radiator out bottom. Thanks for any help or tips. |
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| 1996 Ford Escort 1.8L heater VIN: 1FALT13P77 after performing all base tests and mechanical inspections changed thermostat AND REVERSE FLUSHED HEATER CORE. while driving discharge temp falls to, cool at best |
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| 1983 Lincoln Mark VI 5.0L fuel gauge VIN: 1MRBP98F4D hi techs.. got a fuel gauge reading problem here, coustmer first came in with fuel gauge reading empty all the time and flashing. i pulled the sending unit and found a sunken float.with a new float all was good till coustmer came back saying its full all the ... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 5LMRU27A2X Hey there Lincoln/Ford techs I have this navigator 5.4DOHC that came in on a tow truck due to a stall at stop and would not restart. I got it to start but shook violently and would not accelerate. Some time it will crank just fine but will load up accelerating... Trouble codes: P0300 (Random misfire) |
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| 2001 Lincoln LS 3.0L Extended Crank VIN: 1JNHM86S81 Thanks for everyones time. I have this Lincoln that will intermittenly have an extended cranking time. When this occurs I have plenty of fuel pressure it pulses from 30-50 PSI (electronically regulated returnless system). And trigger to ignition coils monitore... |
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| 1985 Mercury Cougar 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1MEBP9238F violent shake at idle, off idle ok, cruise ok, changed plugs wires cap and rotor, fuel pressure ok, removed egr and covered up holes no change, compression check ok 125 psi all around. Trouble codes: 41 (ego not switching lean exhaust bank one), 31 (egr ckt out of range), 33 (insuffient egr flow), 43 (ego lean at wot), 91 (o2 sensor not switching ss1 ct. fault), 93 (ccc sol ss3 sol ckt fault) |
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| 1992 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L Power Steering VIN: 1MECM55U7N I'm writing for another shop owner. His Brother/Inlaws' Sable had a P/S pressure hose leaking, but did not complain or experience loss of P/S. The shop owner (to save his B/inlaw money) cut off the leaking pressure hose off the steel line and replaced the flex... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1993 Ford Aerostar 3.0L fuel pump VIN: IFMCA11U6N Hi guys and girls.Very big thanks going out to all who answered the call for help,Dale,Mike,Nick,Tony,Chris,Fred,Kent,Randall and Stewart.The cure was the EEC relay staying on and draining the battery and operating others when he wasen't suposed to.Have a good... |
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| 1995 Ford Contour GL 2.5L No Start VIN: 1FALP6631S Happy New Year and thank`s to everybody who replied, Everybody had the same thoughts( clean throttle body), That didn`t cure all of it, I unpluged IAC. and bumped throttle stop up a little at a time till it would just idle, hooked IAC. back up and tested cold ... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L tcc VIN: 1FALP52U6T So far the customer hasn't returned. The replies I got mentioned problems with worn valves in the valve body, a couple specifically mentioned leakage past the 'bypass clutch control plunger sleeve'. Another mentioned problems with the torque converter itself, ... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, RUNS ROUGH VIN: 2FTDX176CA sorry to so long to close . replaced the pcm ran better than still had a miss fire only on two cyl. replaced both new coils problem fixed Trouble codes: P0353, P0354. |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L No Start VIN: 2FMDA5147W Lots of good info and suggestions received; Mike from Ohio and Randall from Colorado (who helped tremendously with wiring diagrams) hit the nail on the head as the problem was a melted feed wire going to the rear upstream O2S heater. The transmission had been ... |
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| 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L No Start, MIL FLASHES hello sorry it took so long to post fix tried everything that was suggested. but it alweays led back to bad ecu tried to send customer to dealer but they did not want to let dealer work on it ordered new ecu & it cured the original problem but created new one ... |
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