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1986 Ford Grumman Van 5.8L need help with parts
Hello all. I am in the process of installing throttle body fuel injection on a Ford Van. Like a Grumman style. Large Box van. Not van nose cutaway. Kit supplied by affordable fuel injection complete with sensors,ecm harness, dist and fuel pump. I need to figur...
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1997 Ford Taurus 3.0L MIL Lamp on
Came in with p1413 and lite on solid, owner had replaced ssr relay at side of pump, problem still present, upon further diagnosis in shop, discovered lack of b+ voltage at relay plug, found bad b+ wire, repair wire, motor would now run, but made noise, replace... Trouble codes: P1413 (secondary air pump malfunction).
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1997 Ford Econoline 6.8L a/c compressor
ok, long history but im beatin my head against a wall here. vehicle came back today a/c inop. checked pressures again. pressures were low. low side cycling down to twenty and shutting off comp. inspected clutch and its fried on two weak old compressor. rubber ...
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2001 Ford Windstar 3.8L Unknown
hi techs. we have this van with A/C not cooling condition. high side 200-250psi, low side 60psi. the lines coming out of the compressor are hot but only warm near the evaporator inlet. the line after the orifice tube is cold. but my evaporator is room temp. ca...
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2002 Ford Windstar 3.8L MIL Lamp on
Thank you in advace for your time, I have had some problem getting to the bottom of this Windstar and I need help. Codes P0171 and P0174 are present within 15 min of resetting ECU. I have replace the manifild and smoke tested the system for vacuum leaks. Any t... Trouble codes: 0171 (system too lean bank 1), 0174 (system too lean bank 2).
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2003 Ford Windstar 3.8L Misfire
miss under load. sometimes at idle. no codes stored. data stream readings-at 1500 rpms tps.-1.38v, load-50% ect-.56v , [...], ect-210(f) iac-51%, iat-2,15v, iat-102(f), o2s11-101-595(mv), o2s2198-744(mv), lftr.(1)4% lftr.(2)0% sftr.1 -1-+3% sftr.2 -2 -+3%,...
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2003 Ford Windstar 3.8L Misfire
miss under load. sometimes at idle. no codes stored. data stream readings-at 1500 rpms tps.-1.38v, load-50% ect-.56v , [...], ect-210(f) iac-51%, iat-2,15v, iat-102(f), o2s11-101-595(mv), o2s2198-744(mv), lftr.(1)4% lftr.(2)0% sftr.1 -1-+3% sftr.2 -2 -+3%,...
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2006 Ford Pickup 6.0L Transmission
Vehicle arrived with harsh shifts, CEL on, Tow/Haul light flashing. Scanned for codes: P0713 TFT signal high. Cleared code. Fault/reposted within next start in about 30 seconds. Removed pan to inspect TFT sensor. TFT resistance matches specification (20K ohms...
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2006 Ford Pickup 6.0L Misfire, long crank
Ford diesel techs, please help. Let me start with customer concern. Customer states vehicle starts hard and misfires when pulling heavy load. I can get long crank after sitting for long period of time . Icp pressure does not come up on modis until just after i...
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2006 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L airbag removal
any help in removing airbag from steering wheel. has 2 small holes on either side. I need to repair the horn switchs on the back side of airbag.
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1996 Ford Explorer 4.0L location fuel pump
Hi Guys sorry i have taken so long i am still waiting for the pump, yes you have to remove the tank to remove the fuel pump and you need a special tool to remove the fuel line as well. The fuel line has a claw type connection which has a metal tube around it ...
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1999 Ford Econoline 6.8L Misfire
Thanks to all who replied.Wound up scoping remainder of the coils not replaced.Needed 2 more coils.Fixed exhaust leak and replaced o2 sensor to repair lean condition.Drov van around for a few days,running great.Thanks again!! Trouble codes: p0301 (cylinder misfire changes cylinders).
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1999 Ford Escort 2.0L timing belt
This one is fixed.I replaced belt,tensioner and idlers,car started right up.One of the idlers was destroyed. Not much to summarize.Responses were mostly"not a valve bender".some suggested blowing air into cylinders to check for bent valves,others to look at ...
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2000 Ford Windstar 3.8L Accelerator Pedal
Thanks again for the suggestions. What happened was the customer had his intake gaskets replaced out of town at another shop and they just forgot to re-installed one of the return springs onto the linkage. Not removing it myself and with no picture to go by I ...
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2000 Ford Pickup 5.4L Cuts out
I am not sure what fixed this I checked everything over and over. The last thing I did was unplug the MAF at the harness just outside of the air cleaner housing. It acted up with the MAF disconnected when I plugged it back in the truck never acted up again. H... Trouble codes: po340 (cmp sensor).
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2001 Ford Focus 2.0L Anti-theft
i tried the dpfe unplug and it did nothing, the anti theft led above the stereo did not light up at all. when i went through the flow chart for the anti theft code it told me to replace the PATS tranciever and i replaced it and still not start. so i narrowed i...
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2002 Ford Windstar 3.8L Electronic
Well, I'm gonna call this one fixed. We decided not to take this and get it programmed as everything is working fine. The abs works fine as well as the speedo and we are no longer getting the abs light on since we fixed the speed sensor. The only problem is t...
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2003 Ford Mustang 4.6L No Start
First off, thank you very much for the thoughtful replies. It turns out that this car had an unusual wiring problem. In C133 bulk head connector Pin #22 was not seated in the connector, probably from the factory. I found it by scoping the inputs to the PCM ...
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2003 Ford Pickup 6.0L hard start/ no power
This one is down the road! Almost all replies said injectors were bad. I did remove and inspect EGR, looked great.Could not do cylinder contribution test, still would like to know what tools can perform that operation.Several replies said the update needed to ... Trouble codes: P0266 (cyl 2 contribution), P0269 (cyl 3 contribution), P0404 (egr circuit out of range), P0405 (egr sensor a low).
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2005 Ford Econoline 6.0L brakes
Ill like to thanks to all reply that I receive. The 3 times that I replace the vacuum pump I use oem replacement. Ill replaces 1 week ago and the problem is solved. I think that the oem part is not a good replacement. Some of the replies that I receive sai...
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