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- 1989
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- Ford
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- 2.9L
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I am working through this 89 BII I bought and fixing things up and have run into some interesting effects that I wonder if anyone could shed some light upon. A/C didn't work so jumpered the switch and the compressor comes on--works fine, needs coolant, fine. After shutting off the engine we find gas leaking from a vacuum hose and determine bad FPR--changed that.
Now without gas in the vacuum lines the engine has stopped loping (side effect #1) and the cruise control now is only either full throttle or nothing when it's on (effect #2) so going down the road on cruise makes for an interesting ride.
Also, the front wheels were wobbly. Found that the washer with the pin was installed backwards on both sides and nothing was torqued down (at least everything in there was new and hadn't been driven that way enough to damage the bearings). Got that straight and in the process removed the driver's side brake and reinstalled (didn't on the passenger since we'd diagnosed the issue) and now when braking it pulls hard to the left (side effect #3). It didn't hardly brake at all prior to this. Figured we'd remove and re-install the passenger side and bleed them all and see what that does.
Any suggestions on where to go with these next would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to working on cars so each of these is an adventure... I'm sure I'll have more questions, as there is many more things to do.
Now without gas in the vacuum lines the engine has stopped loping (side effect #1) and the cruise control now is only either full throttle or nothing when it's on (effect #2) so going down the road on cruise makes for an interesting ride.
Also, the front wheels were wobbly. Found that the washer with the pin was installed backwards on both sides and nothing was torqued down (at least everything in there was new and hadn't been driven that way enough to damage the bearings). Got that straight and in the process removed the driver's side brake and reinstalled (didn't on the passenger since we'd diagnosed the issue) and now when braking it pulls hard to the left (side effect #3). It didn't hardly brake at all prior to this. Figured we'd remove and re-install the passenger side and bleed them all and see what that does.
Any suggestions on where to go with these next would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to working on cars so each of these is an adventure... I'm sure I'll have more questions, as there is many more things to do.
