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1995 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L No Start, 8 qts low on oil VIN: 1FTHF26F4S
This is a neighbors truck it has had a intermintant stalling/no start problem for about 10 months. I could never get it to act up. Sometimes it would die before he got out of his drive way sometimes it would last a week or two then leave him stranded. It would... Trouble codes: P1219 (cylinder ID), P0261 (1 injector circut low), P0279 (7 injector circut low), P0267 (3 injector circut low), P0273 (5 injector circut low), P1271 (1271-1278 high to low side open)
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1996 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L Brake feel VIN: 1FTCR15X0T
Hi fellow techs, This unit is wasting much of my time. The brakes feel spongy (pedal goes halfway to the floor before any resistance in felt). I bled the brakes with air continually coming through. I replaced master cyl and rebled. Found pedal hard and at the ...
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1997 Ford Taurus SHO 3.4L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP54N9V
I posted this car for a cam problem and it all worked out well, now car is back with air code. customer said wasn't there before, oh well, I get a code p0411 air problem, I checked all hoses to pump and all vaccum lines and all elec connections all are connrec... Trouble codes: P0411
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2000 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L transmission
delayed engagement in drive 30 seconds to 1.5 minutes trans recently serviced filter and seal in place delays in drive reverse ok.5r55e trans new to us . looking for direction. will post vin tomorrow. thanks joe
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1991 Ford Bronco Custom 5.0L harsh shifts-harsh4-3 downshift
Customer has yet to return for repair. I feel very confident that the problem will be with the RPM sensor. When he returns I will give a final report.
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1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5144T
I ended up removing intake and manually cleaning it. I would have to assume that the carbon buildup was not letting the runners open quickly enough. Trouble codes: P1516, P1517.
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1999 Ford Windstar 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA514OX
Thanks for everyone help. Customer took car was going to return with and has not as of yet.I know I will fix the car when it shows up.Thanks all for your help. ED Trouble codes: P0171, P0174.
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2000 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L reverse VIN: 1FTZR15X2Y
Thanx to all that took the time to read the post and give some input.I think the problem was in the valve body because of the really low pressure and the fact that once I installed the valve body there was no more drive either.I have learned more about auto tr...
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2000 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L brake pedal
I want to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to help me, there was 20 replies total. What the final fix was to let the vehicle sit over night and bleed it again in the morning. Some of you suggested this and I thought it would be the ...
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2001 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.6L #3 spark plug hole VIN: 1FTRE14WX1
Thanks so much to everyone. I received 26 replies by the next morning and 33 total. I used a kit that Napa had (they just didn't know it) from KD tools part #2125. Had to use a diferent spark plug. O.E. uses 1/2 threads. Just find one with threads all the way ...
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