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| 1980 Ford F-250 Custom 4.9L no charge light VIN: 2FTEF25E3B idk where to start with this one, but I have got a no charge condition,12v at b terminal on alt., 12v on the f terminal, and 0 volts on the S terminal, I am ashamed to admit that I am younger than this vehicle, and I haven't been able to find any diagnostic in... |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FALP52U7V Vehicle came in, no start. Fuel pressure with in spec. Have injector pusle, no spark. Compression ok. Replaced coil pak, still no spark. Scan tool shows cranking rpm, and no camshaft fault. Have pcm codes, dealing with o2 sensor faults, transmission faults. Wh... |
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| 1999 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra 4.6L Cuts out, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP46V3X When the vehicle acts up and the turn signal lights up the fuel pump control module loses power. The power lose is before the inertia switch. I also checked the PCM pins and found no problems there. Trouble codes: P1233 |
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| 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty XL 7.3L Misfire VIN: 1FTNX21F0X There has got too be a better way too diagnose these this is 2 in a row that show 3,8 on contribution test try too do a poor mans power bal when cold but wont miss i tie strapped the in harness uvc pigtail ohmed them out ok i have not replaced the cam sensor o... Trouble codes: 269 (Cyl contribution test 3), 284 (Cyl contribution test 8) |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar 3.8L anti theft VIN: 2FMZA5345Y vehicle will sit for days (have had it now for four days) without a problem, then last night the alarm finally went off without outside influence, shut off with key fob and rearmed, 20 min later alarm went off again without outside influence. once again disarm... |
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| 2002 Ford Windstar Limited 3.8L No Start, Backfires VIN: 2FMZA55462 Hi Ford techs, normally I am a GM guy, but this van belongs to the upstairs tenant. It was towed in, backfires when cranking, almost like a wet distributor cap used to. The only codes it has is the 2 coil codes as listed.Please help, or I will have to send it ... Trouble codes: P0353 (Coil problem), P0354 |
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| 2006 Ford F-550 Super Duty XL 6.0L Stall, Hydra lock VIN: 1FDAF56PX6 Hey guys, we have a 6.0l here that came to our shop from another with fuel in the cooling system. We followed the tsb for this issue and found the passenger side head to have a pin hole in it above one of the injector sleeves. We replaced the head and gaskets ... |
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| 2010 Ford Expidition 5.4L PCM, TPS, Steering Angle Sensor VIN: 1FMJU1G52A We have a 2010 Expedition that was at another shop getting accessories installed. During the install a tech drilled through the main wiring harness. Seven wires were cut and spliced back together. Now the vehicle will start and run but the Service Advanced Tra... |
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| 2001 Lincoln LS 3.9L solenoid 5 error VIN: 1LNHM87A41 intermittent no start, when engine shuts off randomly while driving or after driving. advancetrac shows on off then gear range unknown... if you cycle key three times engine starts fine any ideas? fuel pump? or trans related? |
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| 2004 Lincoln LS 3.9L stabilitrac VIN: 1LNHM87A54 After sensor Cluster replacement, we tried to calibrate and couldn't. Error message on IDS said to check various items which were Ok. During test drive tech was able to get some data on IDS on the yawl rate and accelerometer. Couldn't before. C2778 & C1279 are... |
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| 1995 Mercury Villager LS 3.0L poor power VIN: 4M2DV11W0S thanks in advance for your help, i have a villager with low power on accell. power brake in drive and vehicle will not exceed 2000 rpm. vehicle will not respond to more air or fuel under this condition. only reoccuring code is a detonation code. feels like res... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1995 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMDU34X75 Thanks to all that took the time to reply. I took a day off from the car and regrouped with all of your inputs. I ended up pulling the valve cover and rotated the engine to find the valve timing is off. Here it is, NEVER TAKE SOMEONES WORD and recheck all of o... |
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| 1997 Ford Aerostar XLT 4.0L blows ecm VIN: 1FMDA31X1V Gentlemen, thank you all for the great ideas. I'm very grateful for all of them. I still haven't fixed this vehicle, mainly because I've blown two more computers diagnosing it. I want to thank Pedro for the ignition idea. There was evidence of internal arc... Trouble codes: P0230 (Fuel pump primary circuit malfunction). |
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| 1999 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L No Reverse VIN: 1FTYR14X7X DIDNT REALY WANT TO CLOSE,BUT IATN INSIST CLOSING FIXED OR NOT! BUT THE GENERAL CONCENSUS IS,THE REV BAND DEFECTIVE(I ALSO CONCUR) BUT I DID FIND THE VALVE BODY GASKET BLOWN OUT!(REPLACED TO NO AVAIL) HAVNT PULLED UNIT FROM TRUCK STILL DRIVING(NEED TRANSPORT) ... |
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| 2000 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L AC Compressor I want to thank everybody who took time to reply to this unusual post. The overwelming concensus is "Go for it!" There are a lot of particulars to work out but nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Thanks again, Allen |
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| 2002 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L Power Windows VIN: 2FMZA51421 Hi Guys, Sorry it has taken so long to get back to ya. Kinda crazy around here with the flooding and all. The guys who recommended changing out the "Gem" were right. The relay I saw in the diagrams are within the Gem on this model, and once we replaced i... |
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| 2003 Ford Explorer Sport XLS 4.0L No Start VIN: 1FMZU70E93 thanks for all the ideas. we got lucky and it died for us turned out to be what we suspected fuel pump thanks again. Trouble codes: B1483, P1816, P0500, B1818. |
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| 2002 Mercury Mountaineer 4.6L Misfire VIN: 4M2DU86W92 Thank you for your suggestions. The customer has not been back for the repairs as he is currently away / out of town training with his company. He'll be back in the summer. Thanks. |
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