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Professional Automotive Repair Technical Discussions for March 30, 2006 International Automotive Technicians' Network (iATN) - Members Only |
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1997 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L No Start, Misfire VIN: 2FMDA5146V This van has a no start condition after a 5 minute to 20 minute hot soak. Engine must be totally warm for problem to occur. It will start after several attempts but runs extremley rough for about a minute, then smooths out and runs PERFECT untill next heat soa... |
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2000 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Clutch VIN: 1FTSW31F8Y Hello fellow tech’s, I have this 2000 Ford F350 Diesel 7.3l with a clutch slippage problem pulling heavy loads. Truck does have edge power chip and exhaust upgrades. February 2003. We replaced the clutch with upgraded Ford dealer parts and still slipped. Since... |
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2001 Ford Escort ZX2 2.0L timing VIN: 3FAFP11381 posting this for another shop car towed in w/broken t belt ther tech replaced related bent valves and somehow broke exhaust cam now he cannot get timing correct i have visually seen what happens and it seems that he may have damaged the sprocket for the exhaus... |
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2001 Ford Focus ZTS 2.0L Overheats under load VIN: 1FAFP38361 Hello everyone and thanks for the help on this one. I have this Focus in with the z tech engine the came in for overheating after drivin awhile. I drove it initially and found the temp guage a bit unstable but not boiling over. The next morning, i put the sca... |
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2002 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L P Codes VIN: 1FMZU73F82 Hello Folks, I used to work on euros but accept other brands from loyal customers. This one got me out. I hooked the scanner and got P1867 1849 1857 1861 Transfer contact gen circ fail, plate A, plate C, Plate D short to ground. Cheked with my just arrived ... |
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2004 Ford F-250 Super Duty Harley-Davidson Edition 6.0L Guage installation VIN: 1FTNW21P64 This help request goes out to all my Ford Diesel guys. I have a very good customer that has requested that we install a Boost Guage on his '04 F-250 w/ 6.0l. This is typically something I shy from, but a good customer like this is hard to come by, I'm sure you... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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1994 Ford F-150 XL 4.9L No Start VIN: 1FTEF14Y1R Thank you for everyones help. What I ended up finding out was a bad ground wire from the ECM to the pickup and modual. Repair the wire and the truck is starting fine. |
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1994 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FDKE30G9R sorry the cutomer took the vehicle and has not yet returned with it hopefully he will bring it back and i can try some of your suggestions thanks to all that replied. |
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1994 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L converter VIN: 1FDKE37G2R On this truck we ended up finding that the brake lamp contol modual was faulty. Causing a intermitent false boo switch signal. Making the tcc go in and out of lock up. |
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1994 Ford Mustang 3.8L Surge, Stall VIN: 1FALP4048R This vehicle is finally fixed and gone! A few things were causing these problems. Many suggested vacuum leaks, which I never found any. Others suggested IAC problems and various tests for that. I did clean t/body, and MAF for the second time. Unplugged (the ne... |
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1999 Ford F-450 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L No Start, Stall, Fuel in oil VIN: 1FDXW46F9X First of all THANK YOU for all your help. It was the injector O-Rings. KOEO fuel would leak in to the oil rail. I removed the oil supply line from the high psi oil pump to the head and could see fuel coming out of the oil rail KOEO. Installed new O-Rings and p... |
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2001 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Stall VIN: 1FAFP55U22 Sorry for taking so long to reply,i replaced the fuel rail pressure sensor and all is well. Trouble codes: P0191 (Fuel rail pressure range performance). |
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1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1MEFM6530X well gents this one is not fixed i talked to the owner the other night at a basketball game and he said it is back to square 1. with all we have done it did run better but the thing still had a intermitant die. the car is to return next week and i hope to have... |
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2001 Mercury Sable LS Premium 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MEHM55SX1 I apologize for taking so long to respond to you guys. This has been an on-going investigation. We have looked in all of the places that were suggested and no module is present. I think it was Nick who first came up with the idea that it may not have one. Well... |
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