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  1. hazmat456

    fuel tank is now a lawn ornament

    well when it rains it pours. Only put on 200 miles since I installed the headers. My wife woke me up about 330 Sunday mourning saying she could smell gas, and sure enough,there she sat with a wet spot under her, filled up the tank on the way home, so I drained it and dropped it. The only thing...
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    new headers

    so I finally broke down and called in a order to Bob a couple of weeks ago,he said that I should have my new headers by the end of this week, and I sure hope so because the mounty is all torn down and sitting ready for them.I tore off the secondary cats and muffler,finally rusted out after...
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    where is the IAT?

    Anybody know where the IAT is on a 2000 mountaineer with a 5.0, it is not on the intake and the truck has a p0112 code among others. Funny thing is with the scanner hooked up the intake air temp seems to be reading fine. 93 degrees after a five minute warm up with a 75degree ambient temp.
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    is my alternator draining my battery?

    so after having to jump the truck multiple times in the past few days I finally started some testing, here are my results and I'm looking for some help battery is fully charged reading 12.65v parasitic drain test shows 6.3 amps pull #6 mini fuse under hood marked generator/voltage regulator...
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    odd thump noise from under front end

    so I've got this odd noise happening that doesn't really seem to be repeatable.it normally happens when I'm turning, but not always. Had the truck up in the air today and couldn't find anything. The only noise I could make by pushing, pulling, turning the wheels is the popping of the boots on...
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    sway bar links

    OK this is my third set of links in 6 months. The rubber just gets pushed over the washer. Anybody have any ideas why? Drivers side only, passenger side has been fine.
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    steering rack removal

    Help me please I have searched around but haven't figured it out yet. I am replacing the rack in my 97 mounty 5.0 I have everything disconnected except the lines, I can't seem to get a wrench on them. If you have done this before what tool or method is used to remove these lines? I can't find a...
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    sway bar bushings

    Dose anybody have a part number for the rear sway bar bushings? the ones on the axle. I have replaced everything else on both the front and rear sway bars, improved handling dramatically. but I can't find replacements for the rear and they are wearing badly
  9. hazmat456

    electrical gremlins

    the past couple of days I've had to jump my truck in the mourning , battery is six months old and is fine during the 9 hour work day. both times the doors were unlocked when I know they were locked the night before, I noticed today that the flashing theft light on the dash isn't flashing...
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    abs adjustment

    dose anybody know of a way to adjust the abs system to allow for a little more lockup before intervention. It feels like the abs kicks in way too early, it is almost always working and I think that a little more lock up would allow for quicker stopping.
  11. hazmat456

    not a blend door problem?

    so over the weekend the wife and I decided to take a drive. It was upper thirties lower forties,sleet/snow every once and awhile. About fifty miles into the trip the wife said she was getting cold. the thermostat was all the was up and the blower on low. I tried to turn up the blower,no air...
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    do I need to worry?

    I weighed my camper today and I'm overweight on my rear axle. Here's the weights with camper front axle 2620 lb rear axle 3120 lb camper 5440 lb without camper front axle 2660 lb rear axle 2340 lb I figure...
  13. hazmat456

    egr flow excessive

    have had this truck for two years had code p0402 when i got it. Sprayed egr rod? with wd-40 and worked it back and fourth with flat blade screwdriver, code went away. six months later code came back, sprayed it again code goes away. did this again yesterday,light went off after a couple of drive...
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    transfer case problems?

    hi new to the forum and not quite certain what to do. I have an awd 97 mounty when I'm asking for the front axle to engage I feel a big jump . I believe that it is the coupler a rebuilt case is over $1000 and the truck only has 145000miles. should I replace or swap for a manual case? I don't do...
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