tpginmaine
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- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- Automatic
Hi all,
I replaced my DPFE sensor a couple weeks ago. WOW! What a difference. Truck would not rev above 3200 or so. Now it will go up to 5k or so. Feels like a whole new vehicle. Friday I stumbled onto the throttle cable mod. Sure enough, even better! Can't believe how well it was running.
So I was driving home with a huge s-eating grin when I heard a weird whine or - something. Not really sure what. Still driving fine, but I was near a rest stop, so I stopped to check. As soon as I stopped I saw steam coming from the hood. There was coolant pouring out! I had to get a tow home.
So here I am, assuming it's the water pump. I've got a lot of parts stripped from the front & 10 of 12 bolts out of the water pump. The other two are loose, and I can wiggle the water pump, but now I'm stuck. The first is the one behind the tensioner (approx 2 o'clock). I can't figure out how to loosen the bracket. Even if I do, what happens with the metal AC line - not much slack there. The second is about 11 o'clock has a thin metal clamp connected to the AC line. When I try to loosen the bolt, it spins the clamp! Is that supposed to happen? I have it a little loose, but I can't spin it any more. I'm tempted to cut the clamp, but not sure what consequence it will have down the road.
Any help appreciated. Had to take today off to work on it!
Todd
I replaced my DPFE sensor a couple weeks ago. WOW! What a difference. Truck would not rev above 3200 or so. Now it will go up to 5k or so. Feels like a whole new vehicle. Friday I stumbled onto the throttle cable mod. Sure enough, even better! Can't believe how well it was running.
So I was driving home with a huge s-eating grin when I heard a weird whine or - something. Not really sure what. Still driving fine, but I was near a rest stop, so I stopped to check. As soon as I stopped I saw steam coming from the hood. There was coolant pouring out! I had to get a tow home.
So here I am, assuming it's the water pump. I've got a lot of parts stripped from the front & 10 of 12 bolts out of the water pump. The other two are loose, and I can wiggle the water pump, but now I'm stuck. The first is the one behind the tensioner (approx 2 o'clock). I can't figure out how to loosen the bracket. Even if I do, what happens with the metal AC line - not much slack there. The second is about 11 o'clock has a thin metal clamp connected to the AC line. When I try to loosen the bolt, it spins the clamp! Is that supposed to happen? I have it a little loose, but I can't spin it any more. I'm tempted to cut the clamp, but not sure what consequence it will have down the road.
Any help appreciated. Had to take today off to work on it!
Todd