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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1995 Ford E-250 Econoline XL 5.8L Unknown VIN: 1FTHE24HXS Aprox 3 days latter unit came back grind in left front wheel when brakes are applied & pulls left. Driver said worked fine untill he had some one pull out in front of him and had to slam on brakes.Left front brake doing more work than right front. On jack stan... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 7.3L trans VIN: 1FCXF47F3X I am working on this vehicle 150 miles from the main shop, so I somewhat limited with testing and manuals. This truck has a PO500 vss code that sets when you go over 5mph causing the O.D. light to blink. The speedometer is bouncy and erratic , but the trans se... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTWW32FXX Vehicle towed in cranks wont fire - Started up when it arrived, ran 10 minutes in bay and died. No cranking RPM, IDM FEEDBACK code and CMP sensor code stored. Not really any info on p1670 in archives. Can't see having bad cam sensor & IDM at same time - also, ... Trouble codes: P1670, P0340 (CMP Circuit), P0476 |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FAFP53U5X customers says battery light was coming on & off for 2 days. 3rd day it cranked but would not start. towed to us.- cranks fine for us, but has very weak spark, & injector pulse is erratic. tried new crank sensor, cleaned computer grounds & checked all power & ... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 6.8L Surge VIN: 1FDWW36S4X We have this vehicle,that occassionally when you step on the brakes,the vehicles engine will rev up to between 2500 and 3000 rpms.once you come to a complete stop idle will fall to a normal range.It does not occur very offen,but when it does you really do noti... |
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| 2002 Ford E-150 Econoline 5.4L Door Locks VIN: 1FRTUX7896 Got a tricky one here and am not real familiar with GM products, I have a full size van here that at times the doors will unlock but will not lock with the buttons on the door. At times it will work like a dream and you will think it is fine and then you go ba... |
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| 1993 Mercury Sable GS 3.0L A/c blend door actuator VIN: 1NELM50U0P I cannot find any info in mitchell on how to change the heater-a/c blend door actuator nor how much time to allow because it does not list it in the labor guide either. I have tested the voltage at the wire connetor and it appears the temp selector potentiomet... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1995 Ford Ranger STX 4.0L pulls right VIN: 1FTCR15X1S checked balljoints ok problem was left u joint on the right front axle we also replaced worn raides arm bushing they were put in backwards |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 XL 5.8L rear brakes VIN: 1FTHF26H9V Well was a little nevous about replacing the rabs valve, but in the end it cured the problem, and i couldnt point the finger at any thing else, thank to all for you info on the issue |
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| 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Cool Coupe 2.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 3FALP1133W My customer can't decide if he wants to put the money in this car when it runs fine. I have determined the problem and know whats wrong I'll elaborate at the end. I only received 3 responses but the help was excellent. Kenneth from Arkansas suggested to jump t... Trouble codes: P1380 (Short or open in VCT Sol Circuit), P1381 (Over advanced cam timing detected). |
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L No Start VIN: 3FAKP1133X Thanks to all who helped with great suggestions. The problem was in the cam timing. Andrew had the setup procedure we used. I am near positive we set it up this way once before but it wouldn't start. My only answer is that we built up oil pressure this time. B... |
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| 1999 Ford Expedition XLT 4.6L crankshaft VIN: 1FMRU1866X i just wanna close this post coz were still working on it.U know guys we drop the pan and found out that oil sludge accummulate on the oil pump pickup screen like a thick mud covering the entire sreen that i guess no pressure goes to the system.I clean the scr... |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA514XY Thanks for all your fresh ideas--sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. After reading the posts we went back to square one. we ran a cyl balance with a gas analyser -- all three front cyls only flowed at most 500 ppm hc -- all three rear cyls flowed... Trouble codes: P0174 (system lean bank 2). |
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| 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6L air bags VIN: ILNLM9IV3S thanks guys for all the help. we decided to over extend the air bags by letting the axle hang. we did find very fine cracks on the bottom of one bag . but with it only leaking down with the switch turned on we new we had other problems also. some of you sugges... |
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