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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L No Start, Cuts out VIN: 3FAKP1131X hello ford techs. car came as a cranks wont start found had no fuel pressure and no comunication to scan tool diagnosed bad pcm. installed new pcm from ford car started and ran fine. customer picked up car ran fine for a month then it died while driving. towed... |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLT 4.6L Differential axle seals VIN: 1FMZU73W12 Good day fellow Ford lovers!! Thanks for any info. in advance!! We have a 2002 Explorer A4WD (automatic 4 wheel drive) with a "traction loc" here that has had "both" rear differential/axle seals replaced a 31,000 miles.. Now,, at 48,000 (beyond Ford "Dealer" ... |
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| 1989 Lincoln Mark VII LSC 5.0L dash lights VIN: 1LNBM93E2K Dash and cluster lights work only with door jam switch, once key is turned on, they become inop. Replaced h/lamp and dimmer, same problem. I understand there are wires in the trunk related to our issue. Ford techs help with this one,Thanks Jim |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1965 Ford Mustang 289CID 2-3 shift VIN: 5F08C6E853 Several good replies. One was to replace the modulator valve, which helped 1-2 shift, but not 2-3 shift. Problem has been getting worse as I drive, even to the point of slipping between 2nd & 3rd. I don't do tranny work myself, so I contacted the tranny shop w... |
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| 1985 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy VIN: 1FABP463XG Thank you all for the advice. I went through what new info I recieved. According to my meter readings on just about every sensor, they were all fine. I put in a new ECM and the car was fixed. Thank you all for your help. It is good to stick together... John |
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 230217F14K I shall post this a second time. Don't you hate it when you type a nice piece and it doesn't take the submission? On to the fix: After listening to directions from fuel injectors to a magnetized distributor shaft(which did get replaced but didn't change anythi... |
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| 1995 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Mechanical VIN: 2FMDA5141S Hi Everyone. The owner decided to get rid of the van and not have me repair it. Thanks to all of you who sent me information. I learned that there is an OASIS on this engine. OASIS #00m09, There are updated gaskets, bolts, head castings and new torque procedur... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 2FMDA5148T after trying many helpful hints-we came to the conclusion that the ecm was next thing to try-owner declined repair-will post repair if owner changes his mind |
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| 1997 Ford Aspire 1.3L Excessive Emissions VIN: KNJLT05HXV Thanks for the replys guys. What we found was that the car had to be driven. Really didn't find why but after driving the car the egr system became active. We also changed the catalytic converter which seem to be a big help. Thanks again for all the replys. |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L abs VIN: 2FMDA5147W many suggested a bad speed sensor, took lab scope reading on each sensor and compared. right rear wasnt as active as rest on scope .while i had assistant spin wheel at steady rate and watching the scope pattern i lightly tapped on the mounting screw of the spe... |
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| 1999 Ford F53 chasis 6.8L Misfire VIN: 3FCNF53S8X I recieved 4 replys on this vehicle. Some suggested change all coils etc. One tiped me off that there was a tool that could be used to isolate the ignition coils that were failing. I found a Calterm automotive products 66331 ignition firing indicator for $40.0... Trouble codes: P0300. |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA5142X Thanks again for all the replies.Threw the bosch plugs in the brown bag file and replaced with autolights.This fixed the problem.On may way to the store for two for sale signs.Thanks again. Trouble codes: P0171 (Lean bank 1), P0174 (Lean bank 2). |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lightning 5.4L head VIN: 2FTZF0731Y thanks for all the replies. Half said replace the head and half said their repair attempts were successfull. we informed our customer of his options and now the ball is in his court. Doug |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L No Start VIN: 2FMZA5143Y Thank you to all who replied. We did receive a bad ECU (PCM) the first time so we ordered another one and finally got communication with our scan tool. We then sent it to another local Ford Dealership who had to program the PCM so it could finally turn over. S... |
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| 2000 Ford Focus ZX3 2.0L Excessive Emissions, Hesitation, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 3FAFP3137Y installed reman maf from ford pids started looking better right away test drove than check engine light came on with misfire cly 3 checked wire,plug,coil all good. found #2 plug wire bad, replaced car is ready to rally now. cannot understand why a bad maf sens... |
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| 1994 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L all shifts late VIN: 4N111EF2G1 this should have been an obvious fix bi\ut it took awhile to confirm, the problem was the at control unit. the owner got one from a junkyard. problem solved |
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| 2001 Mercury Sable LS Premium 3.0L Alarm VIN: 1MEHM55S51 Thanks to all who replied. We have fixed this one!!! The FORD dealer was out of the question for this customer. We were able to take it to another shop in town who is a former Ford tech he had the abilty to scan the last 8 alarm sets, we found it to be the dri... |
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