Recent content by franklin2

I personally would not spend any time and money on a gauge system with no real numbers. Ford is bad about that. I always use more accurate gauges in my Ford vehicles that I care about. As long as your fuel gauge works. And even that can be overlooked if you have a working trip odometer.

Do it. With 240,000 miles it's time.

I guess this answers my question. Electronic Shift Control System Four-wheel drive mode is selected using a rotary switch located on the instrument panel. With the vehicle ignition on, the on-board controller verifies and matches the shift motor position to the switch. To shift in and out of...

Looking at this diagram, besides being in neutral do you have to hold the brake pedal down also?

Because it's about 30 years old? The one on my 86 ranger didn't work. Until I looked a little closer and found the needle had broken off, the tach still worked. So I superglued a wire tie I cut off onto the center hub and that worked for years. Was It accurate? Not sure, I guessed where to...

The sure way to verify what you have is to pull the codes. Ford must have known this would be a problem, because one of the first things the ECU does when in diagnostic mode is to spit out how many cylinders the ECU is made for. It will give you half the flashes of the cylinder count, 2 for a...

If you want to lift the suspension, buy a lift kit with all the brackets and stuff in it. Don't buy just spring spacers.

What have you tried? I have seen front axle u-joints that I thought would not come apart, but never had a balljoint I could not bust loose. Have you tried a pickle fork? The key is to put a lot of force on the joint, and while that force is on the joint (pickle fork or some other tool) start...

Can't find a picture. It will have a single wire connector on it, not a two wire connector. They are usually up around the top front of most engines but I do not know about a 3.0.

When it is running pull the relay. If it stops, the next thing to do is turn the key off, plug the relay back in, and then unplug the computer. Then turn the key to run. If the pump starts and keeps running like it did before, there is a short in the wire from the relay to the computer. If...

First I have heard of any codes. He had fuse 26 blowing.

They will throw your alignment off and give you very bad tire wear. If you do go ahead and use them, you will have to take it to a alignment shop. They may say they can't get it back in, in which case you will have to take the spacers back out.

If you have ever replaced the wheel bearings in a trailer, you can replace the wheel bearings in your truck, same theme and operation. You will have to punch out the races and pack the bearings with grease. The axle shaft is more involved and more work. The u-joints can be difficult to get...

Did you click on the attachment in my previous post? Seeing fuse 26 is only 10 amp, and is hot all the time, I am thinking it is for smaller chores like memory maintaining or some other small control function in these modules. I am thinking it is not doing any heavy weight chores like opening...

Are you changing the mounts or pulling the engine?