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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1994 Ford Mustang 3.8L No Start VIN: 1FALP4449R Hello, this mustang is proving to be a hair puller. Intermittantly, it will crank/no start-with no spark. While engine would not start I performrd these tests: 1: Checked inputs to ICM-power, ground, ckp signal good. 2: Checked ICM outputs-no PIP signal, no ID... |
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| 1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L radiator fan VIN: 2FMDA5149V Hello fellow techs, This is my first post so bare with me. This van turns the fan on after it has been running for 10-15 seconds and never turns off until you turn the key off. Engine hot or cold fan still turn on. Temp reads low/normal with infrared or scanne... |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L Gas tank filler VIN: 1FMDU72E52 This thing came in with customer complaining it takes 20 minutes to put gas in (and he only put 1/2 tank in. The problem exists no matter how much gas (if any)is in the tank. Checked all hoses no obstruction. Gas tank flap where the hose leads the gas into is ... |
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| 1999 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L air bag VIN: F17TR45TRE HELP FORD TECHS! I am repairing this car from a collision customer suppied used module and air bags (drivers and passenger) comes up with code for passenger air bag. I used a otc shunt to by pass air bag and this is enogh to fix the code problem. Thinking that... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1992 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L whistle VIN: 2FTDF15Y0N I want to thank everyone for their time and knowledge. Most replies were split between the iac and pcv system The owner of the truck lives pretty far away and it might be awhile before he can it back in.Im leaning toward the the intake gasket.I will take close... |
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| 1992 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L trans VIN: 1FTEX14N9N I would like to thank all who replied. As it turns out this Truck was just repaired by another shop, with the very same problem. So when I carefully explained to the customer he would have to pay for repairs made to his truck in OUR shop he took it back to the... |
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| 1992 Ford F-350 Custom 7.3L Master Cylinder VIN: 2FDKF37M6N First let me say thankk you to all who replied,27 in all. A special thnks goes out to Jay [...] from Bendix Brakes. The fix for this one was an updated master from Bendix brakes. Caliper flex seems to be the problem. The larger bore seems to be able to handl... |
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| 1994 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.8L No Start VIN: 1FTF524H1R Many thanks to all who responded. Suggestions I got included 2 heater core failures, 2 alternator failures, 1 ignition switch failure, 1 SPOUT TSB, and Don from FLA agreed with me that a control solenoid must have shorted to cause such a violent looking hole i... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: 1FMZU34E4W Sorry for the delay,but I wanted to make sure it was fixed. I got 16 replies and all good ones.Some were the bottom intake gasket,fuel pressure reg.and temp sensor,O2 connector. I checked all those before and all checked OK. Six guys,Brian [...]... |
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| 1998 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Misfire VIN: 1FMY422X9W good morning all. first, thank you to all who took time to offer suggestions for a fix of our problem. customer finally brought truck back to the shop. after rechecking for vacuum leaks and double checking the injectors, just for grins we installed another set... Trouble codes: P0304. |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L low washer light, and door ajar light VIN: 2FMZA5146W The problem was the ignition switch, The gem has a imput when the vehicle is started, and does a bulb check. The faulty ignition switch in this van would send 12 volts to the gem intermitantly on the start input circuit, and then the gem would do a bulb check,... |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L oil pressure gauge VIN: 1FMYU22E2X Thanks to the many people here on IATN, I was able to fix the propblem to my 1999 Ford Explorer. Like every1 said, the O-ring seals on the upper intake was the problem with the rough idle, and once I changed the Oil switch, the problem of no oil pressure was f... |
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| 2000 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L starting system VIN: 2FAFP71W0Y OOOH your good. I had seven replies. Two suggested the starter and solenoid, one was alot of information on several different areas to check, and four were on wiring problems in the front of these crown vics. This is were the problem was found. With the batter... |
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