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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for April 18, 2004 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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1987 Ford F-250 Custom 6.9L Engine VIN: 1FT1234567 Just looking to see if anyone out there might know were I could find a good used Diesle motor for this truck, this is my truck which was stolen, police found it with a blown motor, hole in block broken crank. I am looking a good used 7.3 or 6.9 or a good rebui... |
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1995 Ford Probe 2.0L rpm VIN: 1ZLT20AXS5 my friend has this car I took it for a test drive. when you're at forty or doing fifty ever once in awhile the rpm's go up. the throttle is at the same postion. I looked on the iatn data base and there is not much for probes there. I think it is the tcc but no... |
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1997 Mercury Villager GS 3.0L Stall VIN: 4M2DV115VD Towed in no-start.Completely flooded,5 plugs were newer and correct.Replaced one unreplaced plug,cap,rotor,plugged fuel filter,checked wires,set ignition timing and road test.Ran excellent.Retry later(2 hours),would run erratic for second or two immediatly aft... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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1993 Ford Taurus GL 3.8L 2-3 shift VIN: 1FACP5241P Thanks to all the responses. I was hoping it would be something simple, but in the end I had to replace the whole transmission. |
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1993 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FACP4OEXP well boys, thanks very much for all of your helpfull responses, i rechecked tps sensor and reset it to .98 volts koeo was steady at 1.03 volts running, istalled a new fuel pump 190lph and turned the mass air meter a little to the left car has ran great with no... |
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1997 Ford E-350 Econoline 6.8L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDLE40S8V I assume I fixed the vehicle ,even though I'm not sure what did it. It may sound stupid, but that's the way it was. The customer has picked up his vehicle and is happy. I had to leave the replacement computer in the vehicle, because I could not return it. I re... |
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1998 Ford Ranger XL 3.0L Unknown VIN: 1FTYR1408W Howdy! Several of you recommended I remove the ABS sensor from the rear differential, clean off the metal filings, reinstall and drive. That did the trick! Thanks! The tone ring inside the rear diff looked OK. We drained and installed new fluid to try to minim... |
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2001 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire VIN: 2FAFP73W71 Turned out to be an intake vacuum leak after all. At the back of the plastic intake plenum we found a 1' round hole with what looks like a 'missing' frost plug. We guess that when our tech tested for intake leaks he used the wrong vacuum port to inject the smo... |
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1991 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L 3-4 shift VIN: 1LNCM81W6M Thanks to all that replied. This one ended up being a hung valve in the valve body,had cleaned it over and again but didn't get it clean enough, replaced the valve body and all is repaired. Pressures were rechecked as advised and TV cable set again as advised,... |
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