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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1989 Ford Festiva LX 1.3L Excessive Emissions VIN: KNJBTO6KXK I have this little festiva and it runs good, It smokes alittle I did a commpression test and all cylinders are good 155-160 all four. I have a snappy scanner and I cant get it to comunicate with it. I use the adapter b1 and you plug into the 6pin connector and... |
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| 1990 Ford Bronco Custom 5.8L Late upshifs VIN: 1FMEU15H2L This Bronco shifts very late and at high speeds on all upshifts. I have checked for codes (none) and tested the output speed sensor (Tested good). Does anyone have any thoughts and/or diagnostic proceedures for this problem? It's an E4OD so it doesn't have kic... |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.0L thrust bearings on crankshaft VIN: 1FTEX15N5S i had trans shop test cooler flow & tested good. i have about 1/8 inch clearance between flwheel & torque conv when conv is pushed back to rear of truck & unbolted.the belt & pulleys all line up good. trans has no driveability problems.the metal spacer between... |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTCR10AXT the vehicle came in with a problem of running very rough and missing, until it warmed up. We did basic tests, found no codes, performed a fuel injection clean, scoped engine wires and plugs are fine. After replacing the iac, it starts up, then shuts off and th... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 4.6L speed sensor VIN: 1FTDXO767V This truck came in with a mil light on with a code po720 for a speed sensor signal problem.Checked speed sensor for ohm reading and came up with 210 Ohm and according to mitchell it should be between 450-750 so we replaced speed sensor on trans.The speedometer... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L left front VIN: 1FTSW31F3X Hi everyone! I have one that is driving our whole shop crazy!!! This truck pulls severly to the left upon braking. Will practially change lanes if you let co of the wheel. Steerig wheel also goes to the left. Gut instincts upon not seeing anything "wrong" upo... |
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| 2002 Ford Ranger Edge 4.0L 2nd gear VIN: 1FTZR45EX2 I don't do trannys and would like some direction from you pros. I scanned this Ranger and got P0733 - Gear 3 wrong ratio. PID test shows no #2 gear when selector shifted to "2". Stopped and in "D" or "1", it shows #1. When gear selector is moved to "2" selecti... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1938 Ford COUPE 5.0L brake booster as it turns out the brake pedal linkage had somehow gotten twisted which was causing the booster rod to cock and stick. the vacume added to holding the rod in. of course this was a custom build and no reference to any o.e. components to aid in diganostics. tha... |
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| 1993 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L right rear brake lights VIN: 1FDKE30GXP Thanks for the responses. Unfortunately i will have to close without a fix. Thanks go to Glenn [...]. Glenn got my head straight and thinking right. Rick concired with me and offered moral support(he must have been there once or twice as wel... |
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| 1993 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L No Start VIN: 2FTJW36M5P Hi most replys I received suggestted bad glow plugs or controler. I removed a few of the glow plugs and when ignition switch was on controler would activate plugs for approx 10 sec. Customer felt that was normal. I felt engine rpm was low, installed new starte... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FTC14XORT Hi Everybody, Well this is fixed I guess. I let it go awhile to make sure because of the intermittent nature of the problem. Thanks to BKMyers, Joe [...], Scott and Bruce. Most agreed crank sensor and or relays(which I found out had been recently replaced) ... |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Trans/Clutch VIN: 1FMDU34X4R Thanks for all the input. Our fix was to replace the clutch assembly. Now it shifts just like it should. Most other comments stressed having the correct fluid. Thanks again. |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L abs VIN: 2FMDA51405 Thanks for all the great response. Looks like 'tweaking the rear air gap has been the most common response other than replacing the other rear sensor. I am trying to coax the customer back in (since he had to have the vehicle) for further diagnosis (which he d... |
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| 1995 Ford Thunderbird LX 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP62W8S This car is fixed! We removed the EGR valve and tube, (what a job) and found the tube stuffed full of carbon. I soaked it overnight in carb cleaned, and could blow air through the orifice by morning. However, I still could not get a wire through the 2 tubes to... Trouble codes: P0402 (excess egr flow). |
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| 1995 Ford Aerostar XLT 3.0L Excessive Emissions VIN: 1FMDA11UXS Hello everyone. I received excellent replies regarding this vehcle. They included: cam synchronizing, checking thermostat and fan clutch, cleaning MAF wire, checking for slow o2 response, and replacing the cat with a new factory one. After the injector flush a... |
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| 1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L bleeding system VIN: 1FTCR14A3T Thanks to all who replied. After bleeding for 1 1/2 hours yesterday, this morning we tried what some guys suggested. We tilted the front of the truck up some, removed the master cap, and pumped the pedal like crazy/fast. After 10 minutes of fast pumping and 3 ... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 5.0L tcc VIN: 1FMZU35P5W We were able to fix this concern by using the information provided by help request reply,we isolated the concern by grounding the wire to the tcc while observing the rpm's.There was no drop off at all so we concluded it was an internal trans concern after drop... |
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| 1998 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP6536W Hello all, so to recap. this vehicle would stall intermittently on decel at different driving conditions. I had originally replaced the IAC due to the fact that it just would not idle properly. Thought it was fixed but no, the vehicle had come back a month lat... Trouble codes: P1131 (lack of ho2s b1s1 sw indicates lean). |
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| 2000 Ford Taurus SE 2-Valve 3.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FAFP5526Y The vehicle runs much better however still has a problem. This car does have a rev limiter which will cut in at about 4000 if it is in park or neutral. Many of the replies indicated the digital mlp sensor (prnd) is very prone to failure. I never saw any indica... |
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| 2003 Ford Explorer XLT 4.6L abs system VIN: 1FMZU73W93 Hi again,got 8 re: on the abs 'problem', the mass of concensus was this is a normal condition for the '03 exploder,several felt it was normal condition for most abs systems not to actuate on slipperly surfaces below 10mph,{not my experiance}.,but i can buy tha... |
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| 1994 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L ign. timing VIN: 4M2DV11W6R Thanks to everyone who replied with help. The correct procedure for setting timing on this engine still seems to be a 'grey area' as Mitchell says to set it at 10` with the spout connector unplugged (that we never did find) & Alldata states to set it at 15` wi... |
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| 1994 Mercury Tracer 1.9L Cooling Fan VIN: 3MARM15J5R Hey Gang ! I have a fix with some great help from 'Jim [...]'. To summerise prior to all repairs this car had ZERO HEAT, Ice box would be a better name for it. After replacing bad parts (leaking radiator, broken stat , and flushing the cooling system) now had ... |
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