This 1998 Ford Windstar with the 3.8 liter engine came in with the complaint that the alternator would not charge. The alternator had been replaced twice and still nothing. Imagine that? I confirmed that the alternator was not charging and then moved onto circuit tests. The main battery lead at the alternator must have battery … Continue reading “1998 Ford Windstar, Alternator Does Not Charge”
This 2003 Ford F150 came in with the complaint that the odometer works sometimes and sometimes it does not. The customer stated that it rarely works now. As you can see in the next picture it was not working when it came in. I have done a few of these in the past and have been … Continue reading “2003 Ford F150, Odometer Works Sometimes”
This 1988 Ford F250 Came in with the complaint that the battery would go dead while sitting overnight. As soon as the truck was dropped off I checked the alternator and confirmed that it was not charging properly. It had excessive ac ripple voltage. This would not explain the battery going dead overnight but it … Continue reading “1988 Ford F250 Pickup, Battery Goes Dead While Parked”
This 2002 Ford Explorer came in with the complaint that the engine would run poorly or not at all. The customer stated that he was able to start the engine only after installing a new set of spark plugs. There were multiple codes stored in the PCM; P0113, P0123, P0453, P0708 and P1289. Some of … Continue reading “2002 Ford Explorer, No Run / Poor Run Condition”
This 2006 Ford Expedition came in with the complaint that the transmission would shift through the gears and the torque converter solenoid would lock up below 25 mph. There was a shudder present at low speed due to the condition. The problem would also go away sometimes. A transmission shop and the local Ford dealership could … Continue reading “2006 Ford Expedition Transmission Shifts Too Soon”
This 1997 Ford Explorer came in with the complaint that the dome lights would stay on with all of the doors closed. I tried using one of my scan tools to look at data for the door ajar switches but was only able to see the information for the driver’s door and the passenger front … Continue reading “1997 Ford Explorer, The Interior Lights Stay On”
This is the last part of this repair article. The only aggravating part of this repair is the antenna cable. In order to pull the passenger side of the dash out far enough the cable has to be disconnected from the dash at two locations. It is held to the dash with push pin retainers … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Air Door, Part Three”
This is the second part of this repair to see the first part please click here. Moving to the driver’s side of the vehicle the finish panel that covers the sides and top edge of the steering column opening needs to be removed. It will pull loose by grabbing the lower edges and pulling it … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part Two”
I had already determined that the blend air door was broken in this 1999 Ford F150. There are some hacked up ways of changing this door and if that is what you are looking for this article is not for you. Although there are a lot of steps involved in replacing the broken blend air … Continue reading “1999 Ford F150, Replacing Broken Blend Door, Part One”
This 2002 Ford F150 came in with the complaint that the battery would go dead overnight. After the basics of checking the battery and alternator, I disconnected the negative battery cable and installed my Fluke multimeter in series between the negative battery post and the negative battery cable. I set the meter to read DC … Continue reading “2002 Ford F150, Battery Goes Dead Overnight”