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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1987 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTEX15N5H I have an '87 F-150 302 i'm checking. The owner had someone put a used engine in a couple months ago. He brought it to me for a no start usually after a hot soak but now it does it most of the time. He had trouble starting it before the eng. swap but i don't k... Trouble codes: 14 (erratic ign.), 41 (Ox. sensor), 53 (tp), 34 (evp), 29 (vss) |
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| 1990 Ford Ranger Custom 2.3L MIL Lamp on We have this truck 1990 ford ranger 2.3 hard start cond. sometime no start. we have inj. pulse, good fuel pression and spark in the exhaust side. this is a dual coil. we note some time the spark is not strong about 30 kv. if we spray starter fluid the car sta... |
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| 1991 Ford Bronco Custom 5.0L harsh shifts-harsh4-3 downshift After the other shop put the transmission in they noticed harsh shifts. I had them bring me the truck and i noticed the tach reads 2100 rpm at idle, clearly way off, idle is around 850. I thought that the computer read the voltage off the TPS to raise the line... |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Door locks VIN: 2FMDA5140S All Door locks do not work.First checked for power and grounds at driver switch.Have grounds but no power on both lock/unlock wires. I put juice to one and press lock---Presto it locks. Put juice to unlock and press---Presto it unlocks. I now know that the swi... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP52U0T Customers complaint of mil light on. Scan ecm code 430 cataylst ineffeincy. Car runs fine has no other codes or driveability concerns. This seems low mileage for convertyer problems? I am wondering if there is a newer "program" that can be flashed into the com... Trouble codes: P0430 |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L fuse #24 VIN: 1MELM50U7V This car came in needing to jump start every morning. I traced the draw down to fuse # 24. The fuse box cover states radio. This fuse is for the Intergrated contol panel, remote climate control module, and speedometer. With a test light by disconnting the radi... |
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| 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Cool Coupe 2.0L No Start VIN: 3FAFP1137W car came in as a no start, the engine cranks but will not start. so i checked for spark and there is none. checked for codes and none were found. the next step i took was to check for an rpm signal and according to scan tool data there is 0 rpm while cranking,... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L power windows VIN: 1FMZU32E1W i have this explorer that keeps blowing fuse 26 10 amp fuse ive checked the wiring for the vanity mirrors all 4 doors the wiring at both fuse boxes and ched the wiring behind the instrument cluster and i cant find any chafed wires or any shorted wires any help... |
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| 2000 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMRU1661Y hi,we have a 2000 ford expedition 4.6l check engine light po172,po175,running rich, checked so far replace maf sensor replace all 8 inj,fuel pressure 30 at idle no leak down. blocked evap system,change oil and filter,replace pcv valve still running rich long t... Trouble codes: P0172, P0175 |
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| 2001 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L Servo Cover VIN: 1FTYR1OU91 Hey Techs I have this ranger that just started with the overdrive servo cover leaking trans fluid. I found a TSB in Alldata that states there is an updated servo cover to repair this problem. The concern I have is I got the updated cover and the inside diamete... |
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| 2001 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.6L Hesitation VIN: 1FDRE14W51 Ok Ford Techs, need your help on this one. I have this '01 Conversion Van with a 4.6l coil-overs (not wires)in and I want some help. Van initially comes in on my day off for check engine light on. Tech #1 does diagnostic and pulls code PO304, cylinder #4 misfi... Trouble codes: P0304 |
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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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| 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 5.0L no blower to floor VIN: 2MECM75F2M i have a 1990 gran marquis 5.0 with auto climate control. vehicle came in with no heat , and no fan at floor position.a new heater core took care of the no heat problem , however we still have no fan at floor position(we have floor and defrost when that button... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline 4.9L Surge, Cuts out, Stall, VIN: 1FTJS34YOS Thanks again I-ATN, you guys are the best. I received a couple replies concerning the TBI base gasket, which I had already replaced as it was bad, also the IAC motor was mentioned as a possible culprit. Dean [...] nailed it on the head, he advised me to unplu... Trouble codes: 213 (PIP ckt open key on engine running). |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Radiator VIN: 1FALP52U1T Thanks to all who sent replies. Vehicle is fixed. I replaced radiator and hoses. The radiator will drop out the bottom with a fraction of the steps listed on Alldata. The procedures on Alldata would allow removal from top side but, involve removing bumper cove... |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP52U9T Sorry for the delay. 10 of the replies said to get rid of the reman catalytic convertor. The customer agreed. Between the customers and dealers holiday schedule, it took forever the get this car fixed. I install a new oe convertor. The 02 readings with the new... Trouble codes: P0430 (Catalytic convertor effiency). |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger STX 3.0L no power VIN: 1FTCR15U8T WELL, MY SUSPICION WAS CORRECT ON IGNITION TIMING AS WAS IT WITH OTHER REPLIES. WE REMOVED HARMONIC BALANCER TO FIND THAT FORD HAS, IN ALL THEIR WISDOM, DECIDED TO MAKE THE CENTER SECTION OF THE BALANCER OUT OF ALUMINUM WHICH WORE OUT THE KEY WAY AND LET THE B... Trouble codes: P1000 (obdii system check incomplete), P1443 (evap. valve fault). |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L Drive Engagement VIN: 1FTJW36F8T Thanks to the four that replied all were correct & I appreciate the help. The no drive condition was my mistake of installing the low sprag in upside down when rebuilding it. I wont do that again. THANK YOU! |
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| 1997 Ford Escort LX 2.0L no start VIN: 1FALP13P8V Thanks to all that replied. Problem is very intermittent but one reply got me to thinking that I may have an injector shorting because it only happens when your cranking it over. I separated the fuel injector power wires and installed a inline 20 amp fuse, thi... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1FMYU24EXW Frist, I would like to thank everyone who took time out to HELP!!! Almost everyone said something about intake gasket leak. Guess what? Intake gasket is leaking!! But for such a short window it was hard to detect... After rechecking the truck, I again went to ... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5142X finally done. The fix did include changing the intake manifold, but it only dropped the lt down some not enough for it to make the code not set. What I finally found was that I started to disconnect the airflow meter at the round connector by the battery where... Trouble codes: 171 (lean bank 1), 174 (lean bank 2). |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Instrument cluster VIN: 2FTZF1724Y Thanks to every one who responded to my post. I got some good responses that pointed out that there are two diferent powers for the instrument cluster. One powers up the guages and the other powers up the lights, the one for the guages shorts out inside the cl... |
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| 1996 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L rear ride control VIN: 1LNLM81W8T This car was a brain fart from the get go. It only leaned on the right rear so we assumed that our problem was in the rear. We switched air bags ... did the same thing, we switched solenoids... did the same thing. We adjusted the leveler and it did the same th... |
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| 1997 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L no forward gears sometimes VIN: 1MELM5OU5V Just wanted to update you on this vehicle. We are going to rebuild the transmission. The customer has been driving it some more and it is starting to act up more regularly. Thanks for all you help. |
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| 1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Surge VIN: 1MEFM6536X Thanks to Brent [...], I had already checked the purge solenoid but overlooked the 'vapor management valve'. The purge solenoid is at the rear of the car with the canister, vapor management valve is on the firewall behind the intake manifold. It appears tha... Trouble codes: P1132. |
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