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    fuel question

    When I got home we found the problem. Old fuel pump had caused the fuse to blow as it failed. We tested the old pump with a 12 v source and it would _slowly_ turn but would blow a 30a test-harness fuse, so it was bad. When we replaced the fuse the thing fired right up... This varying the...
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    fuel question

    I am trying to help diagnose a problem remotely. My son has a 2000 GT, with a fuel pressure guage always connected. Car's been running fine for a long time, but this past weekend, it started to run really ragged as he was leaving to go somewhere and he noticed the fuel pressure was at zero...
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    Heater Core Help

    obvious question Thought I would ask, just to be sure... any chance the hoses were reversed? That could put the restriction on the down-stream side of the core, which raises pressure in the core rather than reducing it. You should be able to feel the restriction in one of the hoses...
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    Fuel Pump Fuse Blows

    Here's the main thing. 99 out of 100 such problems are a bad pump motor, not a short. You can not tell whether the wire from the fuse is shorted to the body, or whether the continuity you are reading is through the pump motor. So to find a short, you are going to have to remove the tank...
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    Fuel Pump Fuse Blows

    Read my comment again. If you take an ohmmeter from the fuse to ground, unless the motor is burned up, there _must_ be a zero-resistance path thru there, otherwise the motor won't run when it is energized. My point was that zero ohms from the fuse to ground just shows continuity, which we know...
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    a/c clutch removal help

    You have to remove the snap-ring first. Otherwise you can't get things off. Once it is out, you should be able to get the entire thing, coil and all off. You can generally do this with a flat-blade screwdriver if you are careful. You can use the bolt installer tool, or just tap the new coil...
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    T-Lok shot already?

    the ford T/L is weak. It uses two sets of clutches/disks, with pressure applied with an S-spring between the two packs. weak, weak, weak. To see how weak, jack up one rear wheel, put the transmission in neutral, and spin the raised wheel by hand. That is the effort needed to cause the clutch...
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    Fuel Pump Fuse Blows

    This is in the passenger-side fenderwell. Easiest access is to remove the right front wheel, then the wheelwell liner. You will see it mounted up high near the front. has the fuel pump relay, A/C compressor relay, fan relay, etc. All built into one module. Why it was done that way is...
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    Fuel Pump Fuse Blows

    It isn't necessarily a short. The motor is copper wire windings, which connect +12v to ground to make power. An ohmmeter may well measure 0.00 ohms because it doesn't have anywhere near the amperage in the built-in battery to turn that motor over. You need to drop the tank, and disconnect the...
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    Faltering Saleen

    you might check fuel pressure. A failing fuel pump can produce exactly that kind of running problem.
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    Lug nuts backing out?

    Sorry, but the spacers are a bad idea mechanically. Here's why. The stud goes thru the hub. The "tension" is between the _back_ of the stud, and the lug-nut that holds the wheel on. The distance between those two points is "X" on a stock wheel. If you add a spacer of thickness "Y", then the...
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    Is this an IAC leak ?

    It does. But it does produce an internal whistling as a lot of air flows through it and the opening is closed down to something pretty small. Using a stethoscope, you might well be hearing internal whistling rather than an external leak... Try some tape to see if the leak "stops". I'll bet...
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    adjustable clutch cable

    We bought one from Advanced about 18 months ago. Adjustable at the clutch-fork end, came with an aluminum quadrant replacement. It has survived just fine for 18 months, with a trip to the strip every couple of weeks, sometimes more often than that, plus daily driving on the street...
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    A/C Problem

    Most likely you just pulled a connector or vacuum hose off of the A/C control panel, which will kill the A/C and/or heater and defroster.
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    Secret Incantations for GT front brakes ?

    It is possible that you have a caliper issue. As the pads wear, the pistons extend outward to keep slight tension on the pads. If you get some water under the rubber boots on the caliper piston, you can get rust. When you press the piston back in, this rust can cause sticking. Cheap way out...
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    Brake bleed question... again

    I don't see how that can work. The air has to go somewhere. And there's nowhere for it to go if it is trapped down in the brake line and pump, unless you are lucky and the pump activating along with the pressure relief valve is letting the air recirculate. But it still has to get somewhere...
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    Battery cables - please help

    I would crimp, but not solder. Solder "wicks" into the wire and makes it brittle. The battery mounts on the body. The cables go to the block. The movement will cause the wire to start to break at the end of the solder joint. A good welding shop can crimp on a big connector using the proper...
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    ABS light problem - had code read -still no resolution

    You have the data already, now do some math. Measure the diameter of your tire, then compute the circumference as 3.1415 * diameter. Do this for a front wheel and a rear wheel. Now divide the larger by the smaller circumference to see the difference in rotating speed. It might well be that...
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    did a compresion check what should it be at?

    What motor and what year? Our 2000 runs around 190 cylinder to cylinder with maybe a 10psi range around that.
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    Brake bleed question... again

    There is an issue with ABS brakes. If the line out of the ABS pump is bled dry by a leak, you can get air in the pump, and like all pumps there are high spots inside that hold air. And you can bleed all day long and still have an air pocket in there that will compress when you hit the brake...
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