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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1969 Ford F600 Dump .0L Rod bearing VIN: F6CEE93809 I need a dump truck, on the cheap! What engine is in this? ( it has 5 bolt valve covers). Was run low on oil. Any ideas where to ask for a motor? (Once I know what to ask for!) Thanks! |
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| 1988 Ford Ranger Custom 2.3L Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTBR1OA6J i just want to have the vaccum routing diagram.the egr line it`s missing and i donīt have any information for this truck.here`s my e mail for any picture or diagram. i`ll apreciate a lot. Trouble codes: 31 (egr not operating) |
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| 1993 Ford Aerostar 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDA11U3N vehicle came into shop for a tune up. Noticed that it was running rough.Replaced plugs, plug wires, cap and rotor.After parts were replaced,van would not start.Checked fuel pressure-40PSI, checked for spark-OK, checked injector pluse with a noid light-OK. Vehi... Trouble codes: 212 (no tach signal) |
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| 1996 Ford F-350 Special 7.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy, excessive fuel smoke VIN: 2FDKF37F6T Thanks for reading this post . This ford diesel is driving us crazy, at times the exhaust looks like you have half gallon of raw fuel in it. at other times no smoke at all. Always happens at idle sometimes cold some hot. Replaced #3 injector 1 year ago. 2 days... |
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| 2000 Ford Focus SE 2.0L charge light VIN: 1FAFP34P1Y when car is started light is off,after 30 sec lt comes on dash car is chargeing fine at 14.6 |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Fuel gauge VIN: IFTWW32F53 We have a fuel gauge that shows below empty. Have been on the phone w/identifix 5 times to no avail. unplugged sender and jumpered pigtail w/50ohm resistor and it made no differance. unplugged overhead console as they told us to and made no diff. identifix tol... |
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| 1993 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6L Cam shafts timing VIN: 1LNLM91V4P Hi Fellow Tech's Had this one so long now it's growing roots! Vehicle came in with overheating problems, diagnosed head gasket blown. When we started dismantling,it appeared that the cam timing may have been wrong on the left hand bank. This is the quad cam ve... |
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| 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6L air suspension VIN: 1LFNM92V3W help! we are a chevy store and one of the used car guys keeps bringing his lincoln in here for us to work on. the problem at handis that he's complaining of the air ride pump running too loud and too often. he didn't want a new pump (to get the bushings) so we... |
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| 1999 Mercury Cougar 2.5L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1ZWFT61L7X Hello Ford Technicians: Have this 2.5L Mercury Cougar that will surge when the throttle is lightly touched. It does it whether it's in gear or not. Just touch the gas slightly after putting in Drive or reverse and the rpm's will jump up to 2300 rpm (have to ke... Trouble codes: P0402 (excessive egr) |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1989 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L Hesitation VIN: 1FABP41E2K the slosh shield being moved out of place was the problem.thanks for all replies! Trouble codes: 44 (tad/tab soelnoids). |
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| 1991 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L 3rd gear VIN: 1FMDU34XOM Thanks to all that replied, and it appears that most of you were right on. The problem is the driver, my sister who admits to keeping her hand on the shifter. she now sits on her hand after reaching high gear. I suggested putting it on the steering wheel, but ... |
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| 1996 Ford Aerostar XLT 4.0L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FMDA41X6T Thanks to all who posted. The general concenses was a PSOM failure. I was aware that they had problems but, did not think they would stall the vehicle when you start rolling. Nick [...] explained this very well. When the vehicle starts to mov... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 2FMDA5143T Thanks to all who gave tips on this one. I did discover that the used MAF sensor that I tried was actually worse than the original because the fuel trims on it went high. So I cleaned the original one and put it back on though it wasn't really that dirty. I al... |
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| 1997 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Stall VIN: 3FALP6533V Thanks for all the help. I changed The trans switch and found the throttle stop had been adjusted- after the correction the Car drove to FLA and Back without incident! And my shoes are clean. Thanks. Jim Trouble codes: P1705. |
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| 1998 Ford Contour LX 2.5L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP66L1W Well, I cleaned the MAF and sent the customer on her way. So far the light has not come back on. I told her I thought it might not be fixed. I received replies indicating the MAF could be dirty, plenum gaskets could be misinstalled, or the MAF could need clean... Trouble codes: P0172. |
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L Cylinder Head VIN: 3FAKP113AX Hi guys, thanks for the replies to my post. The valve goes in the head with the check ball down. The car runs ok but was ran so hot that it now has a piston knock and a lot of blow by. looks like its engine time. Thanks again for all your help. Kenny |
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| 2003 Ford F-350 7.3L Unknown VIN: 1FDSF35F12 Most replies said it had to be mechanical hard part failure. They were right. After teardown a broken pump gear was found. We disassembled trans. just to make sure no other failures. Installed new pump gear set & a new torque converter just to make sure. We al... |
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| 1999 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L 1st gear VIN: 1MEFM53U0X Well, after much time roadtesting and watching different sensors, we got it nailed. Special thanks to Lane [...] for suggesting to look at the VSS. We drove the Sable and then graphed the VSS on our NGS, the VSS would go from 8MPH to 27MPH and... |
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