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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FTDF15Y2K Help I got a ford here that has ghost in it. Problem is this. When you start off and go slow with the acceleration it does ok. When you try to push it it will start breaking up like it is running out of fuel. We have driven it with the fuel gauge attached and ... |
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| 1991 Ford Tempo GL 2.3L Surge VIN: FAPP33S8MK after replacing alt. and battery, idle, when put it into drive, went up to 1200rpm. when you put shifter into neutral, idle would come down to 850rpm. as soon as you put shifter into drive or reverse , idle would again go up to approximately 1200+rpm. replaced... |
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline 5.8L Stall VIN: 1FBHE31H3S hi techs this van came from trans shop.the complaint was;when start the car cold,if shift into gear,the car dies(only in the morning)fuel pressure,spark plugs(new)total kv,wires,dist cap and rotor,all ck good.if apply the brake and accelerate a little,the van ... |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, HARD START VIN: 1FALP6536T rec'd vehicle on wrecker. it did start and drive in but had no power and was noisy and rough running.timing belt was very loose and hitting cover(noise)and wires were arcing badly. compression test was within spec. we noticed that the steel plate between engin... |
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| 1996 Ford Probe 2.5L cams VIN: 1Z5AR224UR I am doing head gaskets on a 96 Ford Probe 2.5 Mazda V-6. This was losing coolant with no apparent external leaks. Has anybody of heard of blowing head gaskets or cracking heads?? I got the heads off and the gaskets look ok. My main problem is this. There is o... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34X9T Greetings fellow techs. About 2 months ago this vehicle came in with a DTC PO304. Finding nothing obvious, I gave the vehicle a tune up. Cleared the code and sent my customer on there way. Today it returned with the same code. The customer claimed when the che... Trouble codes: P0304 |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 4.2L engine VIN: 1FTZX172XX hello, this vehicle came to me after have been in a number of other shops, who have not found problem. the problem is a internal engine noise(squeek or squeel like a bearing) in front of engine. one shop insatalled waterpump to no avail, another replaced tensi... |
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| 1998 Ford E-250 Econoline 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTPE2423W About one week after delivery to customer, the check engine light came on & set the p0402 code. We erased it - it came back. The driver of van states that it will go off for a time & then come back on for a few days - a week, etc. We are looking for a common c... Trouble codes: P0402 |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall VIN: 1FMZU34E1W Hi,guys, This 98 Explorer starts good after sitting overnight, but stalls within seconds. When it is restarted, it will rev up to 2500 rpm, but then slows down to a real rough, slow idle, and stalls again. Each time it is started, it idles a little longer befo... |
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| 2001 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Electronic VIN: 2FMZA51481 hi fellas this car came from trans shop.the complaint was that sometimes the trans will have harsh shift.code p0503 - vss ckt.the vss was replaced (oss)by ford dealer.still same problem.speedometer not accurate and jumps back and force after 40 mph.we didnt ex... |
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| 2002 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2FMZA51412 Occassionally when at idle this vehicle will start to surge up and down. I have replaced the IAC motor and cleaned the throttle body, with no help. I have disconnected the egr system and that didn't help either. When it does it, if the iac is disconnected, the... |
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| 1991 Mercury Cougar XR-7 5.0L accumulator VIN: 1MEPM62T6M what im looking for is a good rebuilder or a way to convert this to a power brake set up. the car is in real good shape but it is worthless with out brakes (the merc. dealer said the unit is obsolete. thank you for taking time to read this, Al Hendry. |
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| 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L Cruise Control VIN: 2NFFM74W31 I replaced the DPFE valve at 61k and the Cruise Control stopped working the same day. I don't know if the two are related, as I can find no vacuum connection to the CC. I don't know the circuit well and can't find any info. I would appreciate any help you can ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1986 Ford F-250 XL 6.9L No Start, Stall VIN: 1FTHX2616G Hi Everyone, Thanks to all those who sent me information. From the information I received it seems that the problem I was having with the fuel system getting air into it is pretty common. Most of those who responded said that it was probably a leaking fuel ret... |
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| 1992 Ford Escort GT 1.8L Steering Wheel VIN: 1FAPP1281N Had Idea A Shear Pin Broke In Column,Will Search Junkyards For Replacement Column, Will Use Puller Next Time,Thanks To All Replies. |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 4.9L Unknown VIN: 1FTEF15Y4S Thanks for the many responses on this truck. The general consensus was that it was a bent driveshaft or u-joints bad. While I had checked for both problems I went back today and double checked both areas. The driveshaft was straight as a string BUT I went ahea... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L charging system VIN: 2FMZA5143X The alternator was the problem on this one. Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to this. |
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| 1997 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L speedometer VIN: 1LNLM81W1V this car to the shop with speedometer problems the problem was . the car on park... at all was reading like 5mph and the 55 mph and 120 mph we replace the vss sensor din't help we try try the cluster complete din't help finely i ask for help...and this real go... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car Executive 4.6L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1LNHM81W6X This one is fixed. The customer has put over a thousand miles on the car over the last two weeks with no problems. Daniel from Florida suggested looking at c113 in the harness, which fed coils 4,5,6 and 8. Couldn't find a problem with the connector, terminals ... Trouble codes: P0354, P0355, P0356, P0358. |
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| 2000 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L all electrical VIN: 1LNHM81W8Y Removed the dash assembly, checked the power/ground at the back of the HEC module. Good ground, no power. Found a wire arced where the son had touched it to the steel in the column. Repaired the short, inserted a new 40 amp Maxifuse and she fired right off. Th... |
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| 2001 Mercury Cougar 2.5L Hesitation, Surge, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1ZWFT61L91 greetings all, and thanks to the few who replied and gave me confidence in my initial suspect(FUEL PUMP was the fix). I was going to replace the 'FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR' because the resistance specs were out of range and the DTC's pointed towards it(or the ... Trouble codes: P0190, P0193, P0300. |
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