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1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L power drain VIN: 1FMDU32X7N
HELP!!! Mother in laws explorer!!! power drain kills battery overnight. appears as though main eec power relay may be staying ennergized. when connecting battery cables, fuel pump and other relays can be heard operating. First, without advantage of having tech...
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1996 Ford E-250 Econoline 4.9L Excessive Emissions, Hesitation, Lack of Power, VIN: 1FTFE24Y3T
Dear Ford Techs and all those in the know, After the PCM was reprogrammed the vehicle will not communicate with a scanner, has a high idle. runs rich, very serious lack of power, hard starting and the fuel pump runs all the time with the koeo. The MIL is not ...
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1997 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTDF176XV
To borrow a line from a Jerry Reed song ( I think it was Jerry Reed) "Lord, Mr. Ford". Came in from another shop with these codes, cust had the truck smog tested with the MIL on. Failed due to the codes (no kidding). The other shop had replaced the 02 sensors,... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174
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1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 7.3L Starting VIN: 1FDWX37F8X
I am having some trouble with this f350 blowing the #30 fuse in the under dash fuse box. this fuse powers the pcm relay coil, fuel heater, wastegate solenoid and idm relay coil. I have already checked the under hood wiring to the wastegate solenoid and the mai...
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2001 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 6.8L 1-2 shift VIN: 1FTSX31S01
Hello all, I just wanted to get some input into the problem I am having with the 4R100 Ford trans. This is my personal truck. The other day I was driving to work and as I pulled away from a light it shifted from 1st to 2nd and then it felt like it went into r...
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1992 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L No Start VIN: 2MECM75W2N
greetings all, this vehicle came in for a no start condition. it has no spark, no noid, no fuel pressure. no power to fuel pump and the computer is not communicating with test equipment. fuses are all ok. ideas?
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1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L blower motor VIN: 2MELM75W7T
This Grand Marquis's blower fan runs on high and next to high but won't slow down as the roller fan switch is scrolled down to low. I tested at the Blower Speed Controller (under hood behind the right valve cover) for voltage @ the Yellow/Red and Black with th...
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1989 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FABP55U5J
Several prompt replies to me plea about the f/p reg. But special kudos for making me verify map opperation goes to Clint [...] ( all 3 sent specs!!! ) Carlosgtnby, and David [...]. It turns out that the knowngood map tech #2 tr...
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1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34X6N
Many thanks to those who responded. Come to find out the tab that holds the crank gear in place had broken off so the crank would spin but nothing else. Replaced the timing chain and gears, added some oil to the cylinders and it fired right up. Thanks again fo...
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1996 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L no shifts
ryan was on the right track i also noticed the different wiring this truck had a used trans installed but when i asked the shop who put it in they assured me that no wiring was changed after looking in to this a little deeper i found that you could change this...
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2001 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Steering gear or pump VIN: 1FMYU70E11
Thanks to every one that responded. It was air in the system. It took a vacuum pump and a lot of time to get the air out. I have found that if you turn the tires with the engine off it will pull air into the system. It is best to turn the steering wheel slowly...
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2001 Ford Escort SE 2.0L Mechanical VIN: 3FAFP13P81
I would like to thank the people that responded to this help request. We have sent the vehicle to the Ford dealer to have the cat converter replaced first, to get rid of that noise. If there is still some other noise, I will then see if the Chrysler service co...
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