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1986 Ford Ranger STX 2.9L Stall VIN: 1FTCR11T3G
I HAVE THIS 86 PICKUP THAT WOULD SLOWLY STALL OUT AFTER ABOUT 20 MINS, OR IDLING, DRIVING! CHECKED FOUND CODE 67, CLUTCH SWITCH. DURING KOEO TEST. KOER TEST WILL NOT RUN USED, THE MODIS, & A MAC MENTOR! CHECKED FOUND FUEL PRESSURE SLOWING DROPPING WHEN ENGINE ... Trouble codes: 67 (clutch saftey switch)
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1990 Ford F-250 Custom 7.3L no tach ,, no shifting VIN: 2FTHF26MLC
have a 90 F- 250 when the tach stops working the trans stops shifting . the customer tells me it's been going on for a while . every wiring diagram I finds seems to be differint then the last . I put a new engine speed sensor in , that did nothing . checked th...
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1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.8L code stored in pcm VIN: 1FTEX15H5S
Vehicle came in for maintainance and an intermittent crank no start. No start was caused by code 211 for profile ignition pickup "distributor issue" but I also had a code 542 for the fuel pump circuit. Both fuel pumps work at all times and switch from front to... Trouble codes: 542 (fuel pump circuit open - ECA to ground)
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1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Stall VIN: 1FALP653XT
hi techs, i have a contour that is giving me problems. customer complains of stalling at intersections. it has a poor idle quality and no check engine light on. i first cleaned the throttle body with no luck. i then put my scanner on it. when the vehicle is fi...
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2000 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 7.3L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FDWF37F5Y
Hello all you Ford Diesel techs out there. I am just about to throw a grenade at this truck. The customer came in with a complaint stating the truck lost power alost at the same spot when ever he drives. It will run great and then just fall on itself about 1/4... Trouble codes: P0472 (p1280-), P1280 (p0263-), P0263 (p0266-), P0266 (p0269-), P0269 (p0284-), P0284 (testing and results)
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2001 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP45X11
This vehicle came into our shop after the customer was deployed for a year in Iraq. Check engine light on with a cylinder #1 misfire detected. We tested coil by moving to another cylinder and found the misfire to follow with the bad coil. We replaced coil with... Trouble codes: P0351 (cylinder 31 misfire)
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2002 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L trans temp guage VIN: 1FTSW31FX2
The problem with this is that when the vehicle has sat overnight and engine & trans temp cool the trans temp on the cluster goes up to half way key on engine off.All other guages are in normal position PCM reads 85Deg.As you drive PCM trans temp will slowly cl...
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2006 Ford Escape XLT 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMYU93126
Hi everybody, This vehicle came in for alternator problem, customer complained of battery light comming on and then all the lights in dash came on. Had code for alternator F terminal control problem and a p0456 fuel tank pressure voltage too low. Replaced alte... Trouble codes: P0456
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2000 Lincoln Town Car Executive 4.6L alternator VIN: 1L1FM81W7Y
vehicle was towed in with dead battery, alt. not charging.replaced alternator with a rebuilt unit, checked all fuses. vehicle is not equipted with a charge light on dash. I traced the "I" circuit up to the dash, checked v at the "A" circuit as well as at B+ al...
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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1995 Ford F-150 Eddie Bauer 5.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FTEX14N1S
Well finally got this one fixed. As stated in original post - no codes in system. We checked fuel, ignition and all tested OK, Concern was so intermittent, acting up after truck has sat in sun all day and then driven. Would act up within 1/2 mile and act up fo...
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2002 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L running VIN: 1FMZU73E42
well customer took off,waiting for them to come back.but i belive its going to be a broken valve spring or i talked to another friend works extended warrr company,and said see valve seat problems with this engine about 2 to 3 times a week.thanks for all the in...
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2004 Ford F-150 XL 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Stall, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRW1274K
got it back from ford yesterday. the pcm was the problem. i had no vacuum leaks and no problems with the o2 sensors thanks for all the help Trouble codes: P2196 (lack of o2 switching rich), P2198 (lack of o2 switching rich).
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