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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for February 24, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1989 Ford Bronco II XL 2.9L fuel gauge VIN: 1FNCU14T9K First we replaced the fuel sending unit. It was reading empty because the float was full of gas. Now, the gauge reads full at all times, even though we know for a fact that the tank is not full. When the key is off for a little while the gauge will read a tad ... |
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| 1989 Ford Pickup F350 7.3L engine I am posting this for a friend,I know nothing about diesel. He knows a little more. When cold the engine has a long crank time before starting(10-15 seconds).It does not make any difference if you cylce the glow plugs more than once. When it does start it smok... |
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| 1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34X6N This thing came in with the engine in pieces due to having overheated and cracked the head and block. Was givin a used engine to install. Installed engine, reinstalled origial wiring harness, crank sensor and coil pack. The vehicle will not start and sounds li... |
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| 1995 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L clutches VIN: 1FMDU34XXS Hi everyone, This one has me stumped and concerned as some of the iATN emails I have been reading in the Fix database indicate the transfer case may have to be replaced?? We are now running Ford OE Mercon in the transfer case and no improvement. Also the Fo... |
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| 1995 Ford Contour LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP66LXS Hi all,I hope maybe some ford tech has seen this before and can Help. Customer was on a trip in july and SES light came on,as he was out of town he stopped at a ford dealer to have it checked,they told him it had code 172 stored and they would need to replace ... Trouble codes: 176 (Heated O2 Not Switching bank 2) |
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| 1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Fluctuating Temp Gauge Hello everyone, Please help me. This is a relatives car and I have tried everything I can think of. The problem is the dash temp gauge fluctuates from warm to very cool to warm on every drive. I hooked up a scan tool and watched the coolant sensor to match ag... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L transfercase VIN: 1FMDU24XOT Customer complaint 4x4 not working, and 4x4 light flashing on dash,Test drove Found light Flashing only in two wheel drive 8-10 times. 4x4 is functional but is only dissengaging front differential when 2wd is selected, Front driveshaft still turning. I can fin... |
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| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L MIL Lamp on Hi Friends This crown vic failed Emmission test due to code P0430 (cat effiencency bank 2) What I would like to be sure of Is, If i am correct bank 2 is on drivers side of car? I am sure it is as Clyinder number one is on passengerside. But Since it is a for... |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L transfer case VIN: 1FMCU24E0V this explorer belongs to the bosses sister in law, it binds up when backing up, more when its driven awhile, but can do it anytime. it almosts kills the engine when it acts up, but it only does it in reverse, not forward. my diagnostic capabilites on this syst... |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Unknown VIN: 1FMDU34E8V I hope some Ford guys can help me. Customer symptom is a noise similar to grinding gears when decellerating from approx. 40-45MPH, as engine RPM drops toward idle the noise occurs for about 2 seconds. After test driving for 50 miles, I was able to duplicate on... |
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| 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 7.3L Accessories VIN: 1FTNF20F5Y Hi--This is the second F-250 we have seen with water damage in the fuse block?? There dosen't seem to be any leaks that we can see--but there must be some type of problem that we are not seeing--anybody else having this problem?? If so--what do we do to stop t... |
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| 1995 Lincoln Continental Diamond Anniversary 4.6L air suspension VIN: 1LNLM97V5S i am trying to find out how the airlines are retained in the receiver dryer. there are no o ring or retainer parts shown in the lincoln parts catalog and the local techs have not been able to help. this car came in after the customer tried to repair it himself... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 1LNFM82WOX I need some help on this one guys. This thing has a noise that sounds like a lifter tick to me, but I removed the rocker covers and everything looks OK. I ran the engine while pushing on each rocker and nothing changed. I also tried a cylinder cancel by unplug... |
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| 1996 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 4M2DV11W4T Hello fellow techs. I have one here that is causing me to bang my head against the wall. Its a Mercury Villager, which is the same as a Nissan Quest. This thing has a misfire, which is there all the time and is there especially under decel or just barely off i... Trouble codes: P0325 (Knock Sensor Bank 1), P0300 (Random misfire) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L No Start VIN: 1FTEF15Y3K the problem was a bad map sensor and bad fuel pressure regulator. i would like to thank everyone that gave me a hand thanks again and by the way a customer of mine ask why are mechanics so high , my reply was we are not,'WE ARE PRICELESS' THANKS AGAIN. |
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| 1994 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L mastercyl VIN: 1FDKE30GXR once again thanks forall replies- bendix has a updated master that fits without egging out the holes- although the f 450 master will work is a tight fit do to re position of speed control switch. i had customer come and drive vehichle- with out putting master ... |
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| 1994 Ford Ranger STX 2.3L clutch peddle VIN: 1FTCR10A6R thank you all for the help, everybody said it sounds like it needed to be blead more, i had one reply that hit the nail on the head,, we put a new master cylinder on a 94 ford ranger and i couldn't get anything out of the peddle, that one reply to me to take t... |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L timing belt VIN: 3FALP6537T This car is finally fixed. Speacial thanks to Phillip from Michigan and Steven from Ontario. You both got this one right. The flywheel was cracked all the way around. I don't understand how it never made any noise. Spark advance now functions properly, and car... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L heater core VIN: 2FTDX17WXV Believe cause of electrolysis failure is caused by rust particles attached to hoses and moving inside of block. Recommended replacement of all hoses and an intesive cleaning/flushing of block. Customer has not returned for the service and is my belief he will ... |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L transfer case VIN: 1FTEX08L4V Well, I got this one back in finally and got it to fail for me. There was apparently some problems with the front axle engagement on these and a TSB to fix. I wanted to see if the front driveshaft out of the transfer case was spinning when 4x4 was switched on.... |
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| 1998 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Heater VIN: 1FTRE1424W Well gang, as soon as I can get the egg off my face I [...] begin to live this one down. I know this could have happened to almost any of us, but this time it happened to me. Our local Ford dealership is probably too lazy to look up by application and they usual... |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L heater temp control VIN: 2FTZX18W5W Well this one is fixed. It turned out to be a dead blend door actuator motor. We checked for power and ground at the connector and found it to be in spec. After digging the motor out from between the carpet and the ductwork (not an easy job), we plugged the mo... |
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| 1998 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 4.6L Door ajar VIN: 1FMRU18W9W I used pb blaster to free up door switches the light stayed on and chimed twice it was the driver door switch |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar SEL 3.8L reverse sensors VIN: 2FMDA5349X sent it to ford dealer. Our scanner only goes to 2000. |
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| 1999 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L Unknown VIN: 1FMPU18LXX thanks to all who replyed we tryed the fluid route first but it took new clutches to fix right they were just too tight all is well after replacing and right fluid |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L engine VIN: 1FTRX17W0Y Thanks to all for your suggestions. We were hoping to fix this problem easily, rather than replace the engine or do bearings, etc. We did try to isolate cylinders to determine if it was bearing related as you suggested, but there was no change. Also, we determ... |
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| 2001 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FTZF17221 Well I finally found an answer to this problem, on this vehicle ford uses the cht (cylinder head temperature sensor) as the cts. The thing that doesn't make sense to me is that I actually purchased a cts for this vehicle by application and alldata shows one, b... |
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