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...Is Your truck possesed???...Do you hear a whir noise after you shut your truck off and pull the keys???...Do you come out to your truck after it sits for 2-3 days and it is completely dead???...:scratch:
...You may be in need of this fix....there are several other items that may cause these symptoms, but this seems to be a common one in which my X was also inflicted with...this is a simple fix but after researching it and reading diagrahm's, i had trouble locating the hidden relay...I had changed one of these on one of my old F250's and luckily remembered where the relay location was...
WARNING as usual, this is what i did to fix my problem...attempt do do this at your own risk...
First and foremost, disconnect your positive and negative cables before attempting to work on anything electrical on your vehicle...
NOTE....if your first gen has the relays inside the power distribution box, don't look underneath for a relay...
...This is also similar to do on Second gen X's except the power distribution box sits in the engine bay in front of the driver and the relay itself is easily located inside with the fuses...
...This is your power distribution box, located on your passenger fender...
...If you open it up you will find large relay fuses...
...If you look under the cover, you will see where it says "Fuel Relay", this is only the fuse for the fuel relay...mine is the one in the rear of the box...(left side of this cover)
...If you look under the box you will see a set of 3 plug-ins...these are actually plugged into your realays
...on mine, I had to remove the plug in the back, directly under my fuel pump relay fuse...
..If you look close you will see a sliver of metal in which this relay is attached...you will need a flathead screwdriver to pry it to the outside with one hand, as you use your other hand to pull it loose...(i actually had to unscrew my power distribution box from the fender so i could have access to work)
...after it was removed i noticed it was a ford part and this is what it looks like...i found the replacement relay ranging in prices from 12-45 dollars
HINTS
motorcraft replacement relay seems to be the choice for replacement as they last
If you take your relay in, they will read the number off of it to cross reference it with the new one...below are the prices that matched up with my originally numbered Ford relay of -F19B9345A2A, autozone did not even try to cross reference...
Autozone-11.99 = 3 mo. warranty (most people have these go out in a couple months)
Kragen/shuck's/checker - 21.99 = 1yr. warranty (niehoff PN# RY71)
Pepboy's-24.99 = 1 yr. warranty (borg/warner PN-R647 = the one I bought)
...I hope this will be useful to those who have the same problem...Good Luck on your project...
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...For info on other "No Start" conditions...
...This thread may help diagnose your no start problem if it's electrical..
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146784
...If it's fuel related, there are several test to be found in this thread...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=221335
...You may be in need of this fix....there are several other items that may cause these symptoms, but this seems to be a common one in which my X was also inflicted with...this is a simple fix but after researching it and reading diagrahm's, i had trouble locating the hidden relay...I had changed one of these on one of my old F250's and luckily remembered where the relay location was...
WARNING as usual, this is what i did to fix my problem...attempt do do this at your own risk...
First and foremost, disconnect your positive and negative cables before attempting to work on anything electrical on your vehicle...
NOTE....if your first gen has the relays inside the power distribution box, don't look underneath for a relay...
...This is also similar to do on Second gen X's except the power distribution box sits in the engine bay in front of the driver and the relay itself is easily located inside with the fuses...
...This is your power distribution box, located on your passenger fender...
...If you open it up you will find large relay fuses...
...If you look under the cover, you will see where it says "Fuel Relay", this is only the fuse for the fuel relay...mine is the one in the rear of the box...(left side of this cover)
...If you look under the box you will see a set of 3 plug-ins...these are actually plugged into your realays
...on mine, I had to remove the plug in the back, directly under my fuel pump relay fuse...
..If you look close you will see a sliver of metal in which this relay is attached...you will need a flathead screwdriver to pry it to the outside with one hand, as you use your other hand to pull it loose...(i actually had to unscrew my power distribution box from the fender so i could have access to work)
...after it was removed i noticed it was a ford part and this is what it looks like...i found the replacement relay ranging in prices from 12-45 dollars
HINTS
motorcraft replacement relay seems to be the choice for replacement as they last
If you take your relay in, they will read the number off of it to cross reference it with the new one...below are the prices that matched up with my originally numbered Ford relay of -F19B9345A2A, autozone did not even try to cross reference...
Autozone-11.99 = 3 mo. warranty (most people have these go out in a couple months)
Kragen/shuck's/checker - 21.99 = 1yr. warranty (niehoff PN# RY71)
Pepboy's-24.99 = 1 yr. warranty (borg/warner PN-R647 = the one I bought)
...I hope this will be useful to those who have the same problem...Good Luck on your project...
_________________________________________________________________________________
...For info on other "No Start" conditions...
...This thread may help diagnose your no start problem if it's electrical..
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146784
...If it's fuel related, there are several test to be found in this thread...
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=221335