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| 1993 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L master cyl. VIN: 2FTJW35M3P Customer now claims pedal is soft. Block off front, good pedal. Wagner tech says common problem is front caliper brackets wear-flex problem. Noticed similar probs fixed with larger bore master cyl. Can anyone share a part #? thank you |
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon Custom 5.8L ABS light VIN: 1FTEE12Y35 The problem here is I cannot find the connector to flash out ABS system codes. My information states there is a single wire (orange/black)that breaks out of the main harness to flash out codes for ABS. States the wire is behind the right dash panel frame. Cann... |
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| 1995 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L shift VIN: 1FALP52U0S This car has been at one other general repair and at a trans shop. The customer complains of a buck/surge in the morning. The first shop ate all the gravy off of it and shoved it to the trans shop. The trans shop insisted it's not a trans problem and refused t... |
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| 1995 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L Poor Idle Quality, Misfire VIN: 1FTJX35F2S I'm looking for somebody that knows a part number and manufactor of the pig tail for engine wire harness side to valve cover gasket, the ones on this truck are all melted, have new valve cover gaskets and injector connectors coming from ford, but they can't fi... Trouble codes: 267 (3 short to ground) |
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| 1996 Ford Bronco XL 5.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FMEU15HOT Help ford techs.This bronco is driving us crazy,customer brought it to us last week with a bad vibration,feels like somethings out of balance instead of a miss.Ran scanner and no codes showed up checked fire to each cylinder and was fine.listened to injectors ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5145T Engine appears to run fine at cold start. When the engine is hot and you shut it off for a short period of time and then restart, it misfires for up to a minute. This appears to be a random misfire. And after it stops missing it runs fine. Trouble codes: 302 (misfire 2 cyl), 303 (misfire 3 cyl), 305 (misfire 5 cyl), U2500 |
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| 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Cool Coupe 2.0L hydraulic clutch VIN: 3FALP1131W Customer brought car back complaining of clutch pedal fades to floor on extended drive of 20 miles or more & has to pump pedal to get it up to proper level again. |
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| 1999 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTPE24L1X you drive the car it will cut out and it will restart no power check engine,absand air bag light comes on with no code,with engine idling when give gas it runs very rich.i have heard that there is a problem with a ground somewhere in engine that will couse thi... |
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| 2001 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRE14201 Hello all This van has a shudder(misfire) under very light acceleration. Idles smooth and can be accelerated harder and the shudder disappears. What we have noticed is the EGR valve is jumping open under a light acceleration load. We see this on our scanner. W... Trouble codes: P0303 (Misfire 3 cyl detected) |
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| 2002 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Starting VIN: 1FAFP55212 Customer complained of intermittent no start. There are no codes. All PIDS are in specs. While vehicle was runnig it just stopped. It would not restart. Checked everything and finally found injectors were not pulsing. Had good fuel pressure and spark at all pl... |
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| 1998 Lincoln Navigator 5.4L brake system VIN: 5LMRV27L1W not too much info on this guys. we did a brake job on this car and replaced rotors and calipers because the left front was metal to metal to find out that 5000 miles later he goes to the dealer because he hears noise. they took it apart and found the same thin... |
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| 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L Unknown VIN: 2MELM75W2V Customer complaint of brakes staying applied when braking on ice road and stay in place, a rear wheel slipping on ice. Road tested vehicle and noticed that the vehicle is equipped by a traction assist. Complaint is good. When I apply brakes, the abs system is ... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Special 5.0L fuel tank swiching Thanks or all the replies they all were at a consensus that it was in the pump. Customer gave ok to fix and replace rear tank pump as well. Rear pump had exsessive pressure drop and the pressure was alot lower than the new front pump.The front pump was reading... |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L coolant pressure VIN: 1FTYR10V9X the fix was a simple problem i over look a blown head gasket the help i recrived lead me to re check the head for leak. i remove all the spark plugs and pressure test i left the pressure tester oevrnight and when i came in the next morning there was coolant in... |
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| 2000 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L radio VIN: 1FMRU1663Y found that power to still be on the fuse to radio once the fuse was removed it was before the fuse replaced the fuse box the windshield at already been resealed ther was signs of water in fuse box. |
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| 2000 Ford Contour LX 2.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out VIN: 1FAF6637YK Thanks to all who responded, the fix for this contour was a fuel pump. the driver maintains variable voltage to the fuel pump to keep the pressure at 35 psi. we were able to get a pressure guage to hook up to the rail, between the pressure line and the rail. a... |
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| 2002 Ford Expedition XLT 5.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP2WC23 Thanks everyone for your help on this one I received alot of real good advice. This one so far is fixed I found that the EGR was partially sticking open intermittently. It finally stuck open at idle and caused a bad misfire. Replaced EGR valve operating normal... Trouble codes: P0303, P0305, P0306. |
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| 1999 Mercury Cougar 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1ZVHX61L4X thanks for all the responces, wish ZI could mention all the names but there where to many, I testet tho convertor by removing o2 sensor found convertor restricted loke almost everyone suggested. Extended warranty does not cover due to being under warrantysent ... Trouble codes: P0420. |
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