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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for January 23, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1983 Ford F-250 6.9L glow plugs VIN: 1FXTHX2511 We are having trouble with the glow plug control circuit. At first we had no voltage at the glow plug relay so we replaced the glow plug control swicth got voltage at the relay but it would not kick in so we replaced it also,it would still not kick in.Checked ... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FTC14XORT Hi Guys, Just looking for a quick heads up. Got Father-in-Law gravely ill that makes it hard to spend proper time. Got this 94 Ranger that the cust says drive approx 3-5 miles and shut off then won't start for awhile. Of course it hasn't acted up for me but it... |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34XXR first time here so dont beat me up too bad. this is a cold- only no start--below about 30 degrees or so. customer complained of a very intermittent extended crank time when cold or wet. replaced plugs wires filter etc.. no problems for two months until it got ... Trouble codes: 542 (fuel pump cicuit open eca to ground), 211 (pip profile ignition pick up erratic) |
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| 1995 Ford Aerostar XLT 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDA31X4S This van came in on a wrecker. Customer stated that the van stopped running while driving. Our first check was fuel delivery. Pressure test was good. Van has a strong fuel smell. Then checked ignition fire. Good hot spark. Injectors are pulsing. We replaced th... |
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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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| 1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L body VIN: 2FTRF17W1X We got a f150 in the shop.The customer requested u-jionts.We checked and found them to have play,so we replaced them.after which the customer complianed of a vibration.We have replaced the ujionts a second time,changed tires and replaced loose front end parts,... |
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| 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 7.3L loss power, no turbo VIN: 1FTNX21FOX Hello and Thanks for Reading My request. This vehicle will intermit. not accel up hill max speed on a steep hill would be about 30mph and 2500 rpms. Customer states that it acts like it should down shift, and also Turbo will not spool up. The Customer did try ... |
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| 2000 Ford Excursion XLT 6.8L elec door locks VIN: 1FMNU41S8Y When using the door lock sw or rke, door will niether lock nor unlock, slight movement in the lock is noted. the rear hatch on the other hand does lock and unlock. Scanning the gem shows driver and all lock relays working. Wiring shows that rear hatch should a... |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L Mechanical I am hoping someone can help us with this truck. It has a vibration at idle, worse with A/C on. The vibration travels thru the truck and down the exhaust. If we apply light pressure in between the cats the vibration is completly gone. When the serp belt is rem... |
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| 2000 Ford Mustang 3.8L No Start, Pats system VIN: 1FAFP4046Y This 2000 Mustang is a no start. THEFT indicator will flash rapidly for one minute and then flash a code 16. Code 16 translates to U1147 SPC network problem between PATS and PCM. When it was first towed in the theft lamp would flash a code 11-(B1681)Pats trans... Trouble codes: B1681 (Pats transciever module signal not received), U1262 (com bus fault), B2141 (NVM config fail) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1990 Ford Ranger Custom 2.3L MIL Lamp on we cant fixed the trck. becouse the customer dicide to fixed later. we think the problem was the proccesor ( computer) |
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| 1995 Ford Contour GL 2.0L No Start VIN: 1FALP6531S Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I checked the ones I didn't think of trying and double checked the rest. With the new ecm installed the crank wasn't throwing the right signature. So I installed a new one and lo and behold it started. So I reinstalled the ... |
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| 1997 Ford F-350 XL 7.5L Mechanical VIN: 1FTHF36G7V Summery repair; (Different Brand Pads and Bleeding) Well I have received many replies, Thank you to all that took time to read and concider my post. I beleive I have this vehicle stopping as good as can be expected. Most of the replies I received told me to ch... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L wipers VIN: 1FAFP5858X It appears a few people are having problems with Ford wiper motors getting moisture in the motor and fixing them with new board and resealing,this however was not the draw.And a weak dead battery can also cause the GEM to go screwy and cause theft codes while ... |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L front end VIN: 2FMZA5141X Thanks for all your input. It ended up being a bad inner CV. |
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| 2000 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMRU1661Y well i let the car go its been two weeks so far o.k Trouble codes: P0172, P0175. |
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| 2001 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.6L Hesitation VIN: 1FDRE14W51 Customer ultimately took Van to Ford, word has gotten back to me through the grape vine that it was another coil pack. I'm in the process of contacting customer to get him to come back in and let me test drive to see. But hopefully it is fixed! thanks for all ... Trouble codes: P0304. |
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| 2001 Ford Focus LX 2.0L vibratoin in steering wheel thanks for all your help guys, the axles are alright and the moter mounts seemed ok , the pinched were tightened as per the tsb but vibration still there. The has been sold so techs beware of red focus station wagon with weird vibration. |
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| 2000 Lincoln Town Car Signature 4.6L Interior lights VIN: 1LNHM82W6Y I didn't get a lot of replies on this one. The only consensus was that you had to have the NGS tester to communicate with this system. Beyond that, a couple of guys mentioned that the door module did fail occasionally. Not enough of a pattern to enable us to m... |
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