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| 1977 Ford F-250 7.5L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: X25JK00288 This old turkey was brought for us to "dial in" the carb/choke settings and set the timing. The timing and choke are now set properly, and it starts right up and idles good on the high idle step. After it warms up and the choke opens fully, it misses at idle. ... |
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| 1988 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FABP58U4J Car came in as a quit running, no restart. Oil was full of fuel & plugs were gas fouled. Plug wires OEM, cap & rotor had minor corrosion. Changed parts & checked for spark, noid light & fuel pressure. Fuel pressure good, noid light flashes multiple cylnders. H... |
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| 1992 Ford E-150 Econoline 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FDEE14N5N Hi all This van is driving me crazy. It first graced my door on 10/28/03 as no start. This problem always occurs when outside temp is below freezing. No codes present I replaced the fouled plugs and replaced the fuel regulator due to fuel dripping from the v... Trouble codes: 114 (ect out of range), 116 (cts out of range) |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L mil is not on VIN: 1FMDU34X2T i have a explorer with a code po1000. i have tryed two differant scaners but i can;t seem to get past system check. it always comes back as communication incomplete. does any one have any suggestions? steve Trouble codes: P1000 |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 5.4L Misfire VIN: 2FTEXO8LOV Ha guys.need some help on this truck,it has a shudder at 45-60 mph with 1400-1600 rpms under a slight load. it came in with a check engine lite on & a misfire code we replaced # 5 coil,plug, it fixed the missfire code but we still had a shudder did a fuel pres... Trouble codes: P0305 |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU34E6W this vehicle runs rough at idle.it otherwise runs fine at speed. it does not die out.there is a problem with cyls 4 5 6 at idle they are showing no rpm drop with cyl. balance test. off idle they do.i know about problems with intake o-rings they have been repla... Trouble codes: P0153 (ho2s21 slow response), P0304 (cyl 4 missfire), P0305 (cyl 5 missfire), P0306 (cyl 6 missfire), P0175 (system too rich bnk 2), P1000 (system check incomplete) |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA514XX Last week we scanned and found 02 sensors stuck in lean position - replaced w/four oem 02 sensors - Two days later light comes back on with codes 171 and 174 lean condition. The 02 sensors (4) test ok. Had this problem with 98 windstar never resolved. Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 sensor 2 Lean), P0174 (Bank 2 sensor 2 Lean) |
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| 2000 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L 4x4 VIN: 1FMYU70E41 Hi techs! This explorer will not engage in 4x4. There is power on the fuse. Switch doesn't come out of dash. Any suggestions before I take the whole dash apart?? Thanks, Ralph |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1991 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FTEF15NXM Thanks to all who replied. Replaced pcm. Customer called back and says truck runs fine. The key was that it ran ok with spout connector off. |
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| 1991 Ford Ranger Custom 4.0L Rear Main Seal I will like to thank everyone for the replies, special thanks to Jim from Washington who ofered me to borrow his installation tool. After inspecting the crank and seal installation surface everything seemed within specs. The fix to the problem was to use the p... |
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| 1991 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L foward gears VIN: 1FMDU34X6M thanks to all who replied, especially ron from transdoc.net who gave a good list of what to check for. Unfortunately though since i couldnt pinpoint the cause, i had to install a rebuilt unit. |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L wipers and dr window VIN: 2FMDA5144S Well I am going to call this a fix. The coustomer did take the vehical after we cleaned groud connections and ck connectons at wiper switch and generic module. worked ok for a few days. It did come back with same problem. We replaced the generic module about 1... |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L glow plugs VIN: 1FTJW36F3T Thanks to all that took time to reply. Received several suggestions and tried all of them. First, cover glow plug with fender covers and cranked engine. Then started engine. Plug would not blow out. Tried to drive plug down into cylinder and see if it could be... |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Lighting VIN: 1FTZX18W5W Rec,d 8 replies on this. Thank-you.The majority said door switch, a few mentioned a TSB on water leakage in around the fuse block/ GEM area . Checked that and it looked good.One had said the multi-function switch. Pulled cover off column and did not see any fr... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Power Steering Pump VIN: 1FAFP53U3X Well, it's fixed! I received numerous responses to this one, most of which pointed to having air in the system. Apparently these are extremely tough to bleed. Some suggested using a vacuum pump to pull the air out. Others said disable the ignition, raise the f... |
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| 1994 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L blower VIN: 2MECM75U5R Thanks to all who responded, there is a cold lock out switch in the heater hose that prevents blower operation on a cold engine (I thought only the germans did that).By jumping the electrical connection we verified a bad switch at operating temperature. A spec... |
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| 1999 Mercury Cougar 2.5L Instrument Panel VIN: 1ZWFT61L8X Three replies,1/ suggested trans. range switch as in the Taurus problems - the Cougar is a manual trans, plus the starting circuitry is different than the Taurus, (poss. clutch switch feed back?) 2/Moisture in IP, 3/ Faulty ignition switch. I do not see a patt... |
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