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| 1986 Ford Aerostar 3.0L Cuts out VIN: 1FTDA14U4G Hello Techs. This is an odd one. I think this van has a wiring problem. I think it is a ground fault, but I can't find it. If you turn on the blinkers it stumbles when the lights are on, then runs ok again when they are off(runs good – bad – good – bad – an... |
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| 1988 Ford Taurus L 2.5L Stall VIN: IFABP50D2J car dies when hot. has to run for 60 min or more before it will not control .idle dies comming to a stop or putting in gear. it controls idle when cold. have replaced ecm coolant temp senor,map,tps,distibator,relay module. 02 sensor,isc motor,ign module. r/r i... |
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| 1990 Ford Lincoln 3.8L Alternator VIN: 1LNCM984XL Hello to all! I am in need of some help! I have a 1990 Lincoln, and it's overcharging! When the vehicle is idling I get 13.56 V, when I raise rpm's I get upto 18.21 V. I replaced the alternator and I still get the same problem. I was wondering if anyone knows... |
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| 1991 Ford F-250 Custom 4.9L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTEF25YOM Help Ford techs, I have this Ford pickup truck that just wont idle smooth, especially when cold start. Initial scanner results were showing a EGR problem, so I replaced with a new EGR from Ford. Still dosnt run good. The vacuum idle is about 13 in.with the nee... |
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| 1992 Ford Crown Victoria LX 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FACP74W7N Hello, fellow techs- this one has us stumped Mr Miller came in with low to nil idle, alternator and mil lights on- He had battery inspected and it was ok, so he brought the vehicle to us to find out what the problem is. First off, we pulled codes (hard to ke... Trouble codes: 157 (KOEO - MAF signal to low), 332 (KOER - EGR valve not opening) |
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| 1993 Ford Taurus SHO 3.2L cruise control VIN: 1FALP544XP hello out there about a mouth ago we installed a transmission now cutomer comes back says his cruise control does not work ive check for codes with my scanner i get no data ive check all the wireing conections all good ive replaced the clock spring at one poin... |
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| 1994 Ford F530MOTORHOM 7.5L Excessive Emissions VIN: 3FCMF53G3R WE INSTALLED A NEW CRATE FORD ENGINE ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO RAN GREAT HAD ABLOWN HEAD GASKET AND A GROVE IN CYLINDER TESTED CLEAN THAN. LAST WEEK IT WENT FOR A SMOG AND FAILED AT 9.+ % CO CAME BACK TO ME (FRIENDS DAD)CAME IN ABOUT AWEEK AGO AND WE WENT OVER IT REP... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5140T This van runs rough when first started for about 15 seconds. The mil light is on with a code P0301. We have replaced plugs, wires, #1 injector, and the temp sensor. We can find no vacuum leaks. The EGR system has been cleaned and the ports in the intake look c... Trouble codes: 0301 (Cylinder 1 misfire detected) |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar 3.8L 1-2 shift and take off VIN: 7NUD479SL2 Hello fellow wrench heads, This Windstar is showing a code "po731 incorrect 1st gear ratio" and overdrive light on dash flashes. Customer complained of vehicle slipping during in-town driving while engine is at operating tempeture. During my road test all was ... |
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| 1997 Ford Escort LX 2.0L 1-2 shift VIN: 3FALP15P5V After transmission service, when shifter is in "OD", vehicle is sluggish when accelerating from a stop. When shifter is in Drive - accelerates/shifts noramlly. Using a MSD 2500 Scan Tool, in OD, vehicle not moving - the #1 Shift Solenold is ON, #2 SS is OFF,... |
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| 1997 Ford F Super Duty 7.3L transmission VIN: 1FDLF47F4V vehicle came in with severe vibration and cracked trans case.case is one piece, bell housing is were it's cracked right behjnd were starter bolts up.got to replace trans but looking for reason.any suggestions? |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 5.0L p/p pump/rack VIN: 1FMDU32P6V Vehicle came in for a front brake job. Mechanic noticed that when you turn the wheel with or without the weight of the vehicle on the tires the steering wheel vibrated and the tires. Test drove noticed the steering wheel vibrated the same as it did on the lift... |
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| 1999 Ford Econoline Super Duty Custom 7.3L not raising line preshure on take off VIN: 15848R53MJ It came in smoked. slipping at a take off, making noise, and stoped pulling when it got hot. We rebuilt it the first time we had no second gear. That was contributed to a cut lip seal and by the way torqueconverter that was not installed propper so we renewed ... |
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| 2000 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTNS24L9Y Van has misfire under load only, no codes (had mil, battery died night before customer dropped off, lost codes) First pulled coils and plugs to check out, all plugs appear normal, no fouling none too lean, none too rich. Checked resistance of coils, all .7 oh... |
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| 2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L MIL Lamp on, lean codes VIN: 2FMDA514XY TRICKY ONE!!! This vehicle has been back several times...what bothers me is that it sucks air through the rods in the end of the intake...The dealer says that they are a calibrated vacuum leakS...??? Has anyone run in to this before...PLEASE Help!!! This car ... Trouble codes: P |
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| 2001 Ford Taurus SE 2-Valve 3.0L front end VIN: 1FAFP55U31 I have this Taurus with a shimmy in the front end when accelerating.The shimmy only occurs after 25 miles per hour or so.Motor supports don't appear to be broken ,but there is quite a bit of rock from motor when power braking.Thought maybe a halfshaft problem,... |
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| 1995 Lincoln Continental Diamond Anniversary 4.6L No Start VIN: 1LNLM97V2S HELLO FORD /lINCOLN THECS This car came in the shop on the hook, with no start condition.Tested the basics, found no fuel pressure. Then I found that the vehicle has a reset switch for the fuel pump. I have no instruction on how to reset this switch. Ipushed i... |
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| 1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Starting VIN: 1MEFM653XX This car will not turn off. You turn the key off and this thing keeps running. The PCM relay has power all the time. I wasn't able to piece together the wirring diagrams on AllData to get the information I needed. Here is the question what is it that turns thi... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1991 Ford Thunderbird 5.0L poor braking VIN: 1FAPP60TOM Thank you to all of the techs that replied, again as ususal there many good replies In this case, the timng chain had jumped, and was causing the low engine vacum. |
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| 1993 Ford Escort LX 1.9L No Start VIN: 1FAPP15J6P Hello group, Thanks to all who provide valuable data on this problem. I was told to connect negative to the ground terminal in the top of the sending unit and provide power to the power wire. Sure enough the probe shorted indicating the need for a new sendin... |
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| 1994 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FALP52U3R Well guess what I found after 3 days of checking grounds, hooking up break-out box and everything else. I found out my noid light for checking injector pulse was bad.( what a bummer Huh) So I was getting injector pulse after all. The problem was Distribitor of... |
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| 1997 Ford E-350 Econoline 6.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTJS34S8V I was at a loss for information on additional tests to perform. The only thing I could think of was additional coil failures even though the computer picked up a misfire on two cylinders. I felt the vehicle was mifiring on multiple cylinders so I ordered coils... Trouble codes: P0306 (Cylinder 6 misfire), P0310 (Cyl. 10 misfire). |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 4.6L #2 shift solinoid VIN: 2FT2X18W9W The problem was indeed the wiring inside of the trans. Ford calls it a 'molded harness'. I replaced the bulkhead connector also, but it looked fine. Someone wrote me that they had seen bad bulkhead connector pins, these looked ok but I replaced it anyway. |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 Lariat 4.6L Unknown VIN: 1FTZX1764W sorry we are so late with this fix,,, turned out to be wrist pin noise in that cylinder ,,, we also heard noises in other cylinders but not as prominent,,, we replaced engine |
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| 2000 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L No Start VIN: 2FAFP71W2Y Dear Techs: Sorry for the delay but needed to do time consuming diagnostics. First thanks to all for the replies. We wanted to make sure that the factory installed equipment on the car was not the problem so we ran an amp output test on all solenoids and relay... |
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| 2001 Ford Focus SE 2.0L Stall VIN: 1FAFP36351 The stalling condition was not duplicated after extensive road testing. The customer picked up the car and reports that the problem has not occured again. We did inform her that the dealer may be able to fix this under warranty if it happens again. Thanks to t... |
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| 1998 Mercury Mystique LS 2.5L Torque Converter/Valve Body/Line Pressure VIN: 1MELM66L7W Thanks to Ron, Greg, Leo, Mike, Darwin and Jim who all sent replies to help. We removed the transmission and cut open the torque converter. The torque converter apply piston was CRACKED half way around. Hard to believe that it would apply at all! We then split... |
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