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1986 Ford Bronco XLT 5.8L drive belts VIN: 1FMEU15H7G
Cust..towed vehicle in for engine replacement.Vehicle has been in their gararge since 2000,engine half apart. Remove bad engine ,install boneyard engine,been on and off job since 11-09. Not all brackets came with either engine,and we removed airpump. looking f...
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2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty XLT 7.3L Door locks VIN: 1FTNX21F7Y
Not really so much a help request here, but more due to lack of knowledge on the subject. This is my personal truck, and it does have electric door locks, but I did not get a key fob with the truck. I was wondering how can I tell for sure if I have remote keyl...
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2000 Ford Excursion Limited 5.4L starter/radio/ect VIN: 1FMNU43SXY
Truck was brought to us with some strange issues. First I went out to start it and starter turned over but didint enguage the flywheel cycle the key and then it did in guage the fly wheel but would not start as engine turned over normally! Then cycly the key a...
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2002 Ford E-250 Econoline 4.2L NO start VIN: 1FTNE24222
the vehicle will not start gets no poweer to solenoid at starter has batt power but none to activate solenoid.solenoid on rt fender well tests ok.ignition switch operates good.i am a front end shop and do not have a good wiring diagram source.so i lose where t...
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2003 Ford E-350 7.3L No Start, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDSS34F33
Hey all! This 7.3 diesel is nuts. Runs and starts fine cold, after reaching warm up, the van stalls. New IPR, new transfer pump, new injectors on #1 and #3. Oil system is ok, reservoir at top as it should be, IPR ok until begins to stall,then it goes to 65% as...
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2004 Ford Explorer XLT 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMZU73K04
Thank you all in advance. We have a 2004 ford explorer 4.0 that came in needing a new alternator and battery. After disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it the car would start then stall. Eventually it would start but idle very low and fluctuate badly. T... Trouble codes: P0506
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2006 Ford Five Hundred SE 3.0L Kickdown VIN: 1FAHP24176
Got this five hundred in this afternoon. Shifts fine till it warms up. All gears present and smooth shifts till you hit passing gear and then Bang. Everything is fine till you hit the gas to pass someone then it makes a very harsh downshift to fourth. Reprogra...
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1995 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L No Start VIN: 1LNLM82WOS
Vechile was towed in no start customer tried a used ignition module still wouldn't start. I pushed it in the shop and it sat overnight the next day I started working on it checked for spark , didn't have any and cranked over slow put charger on and hooked up n...
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2002 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L blower VIN: 1LNHM81W02
Checked all fuses to blower checked ok, wiring checkes ok but when you turn on blower both wires are hot, and using a power probe the blower housing is hot. Touch power probe to housing and hit ground button and blower works. Is it the control head or module. ...
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2001 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 2MEFM75W91
To all; I am posting for a shop down the street. He has this Merc that turns over no start with sudden loss of compression on at least 6 cyls, down to about 30 psi. Vlaves seem to be hanging open even with rockers off. Timing marks look correct,timing chain lo...
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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1993 Ford F-350 XLT 7.3L glow plugs VIN: 1FTJW35F0S
we tried lubrication and carbon cleaners of all sorts. with a set of vise grips holding what remained of the glow plug center we ran the truck for many hours listening to more and more compression leaking past, but it never blew out. i then welded the threade...
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1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FALP52U1V
AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS COLD STARTING VEHICLE, WE COULD NOT GET THE NO START PROBLEM TO OCCUR. RELEASED VEHICLE BACK TO THE CUSTOMER WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND AT THIS TIME. HE AGREED TO THIS AND SAID HE WOULD KEEP ME POSTED OF ANY SUCH OCCURANCE IF IT HAPPENED AGAI...
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