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Received: with LISTAR (v0.129a; list small-list); Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:19:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:19:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Ford Truck Enthusiasts List Server To: small-list digest users Reply-to: small-list  ford-trucks.com Subject: small-list Digest V2000 #105 Precedence: list ========================================================== Ford Truck Enthusiasts Small Chassis Truck Mailing List Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com To unsubscribe, send email to: listar ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe small-list" in the subject of the message. ========================================================== ------------------------------------ small-list Digest Wed, 12 Jul 2000 Volume: 2000 Issue: 105 In This Issue: Re: Gas Mileage Re: Gas Mileage Re: Ticking Explorer Body Mounts are out!! Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Re: [Gas Mileage] Re: [Re: Gas Mileage]: best guess Re: [Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting wont work] Fuel Injection Additives ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DJ250r aol.com Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 01:18:38 EDT Subject: Re: Gas Mileage need s a valve job new timing belt that helps ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:43:07 -0700 From: Dan Wentz Subject: Re: Gas Mileage >I have an 89 Ranger with a 2.3L 4 cylinder with 191K miles on it. >Recently, the gas mileage dipped down to les than 18 MPG, and it also >idles very rough after drving at freeway speeds for over 20 minutes. >Anyone here got an idea what I should check/replace to help out the >mileage situation? I plan on changing the plugs and wires this weekend, >but I don't think that is accounting for the mileage, as it used to be >over 25 on the freeway. I used to have the same engine in a Mustang. I also had a drop in mileage, from about 22 to 18 mpg. I also could smell fuel inside the car when I rolled up to a stop sign. I couldn't figure it out. My plugs showed that the engine was running rich--makes sense if I can smell gas. I replaced the plugs, wires, and O2 sensor. No change. I put new O rings on the injectors--no change. I tested the coil packs and timing--all good. About 2 weeks later my alternator went out. I replaced it and got my mileage back--no more fuel smell either. Very very odd. Might be something for you to check. ~Dan 1950 F1 351C--Not neglected and definitely not for sale. Persistence is futile. 1998 Explorer--I'm not like the other Explorer drivers--honest! Quench my thirst with gasoline. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 22:44:40 -0700 From: Dan Wentz Subject: Re: Ticking Explorer >You may have disk brakes, but the explorer rear uses shoes in the center of >the rotor hub for the emergency brake... Those can hang. You don't say. I'm definitely going to check that out then as it sounds like a likely suspect. ~Dan 1950 F1 351C--Not neglected and definitely not for sale. Persistence is futile. 1998 Explorer--I'm not like the other Explorer drivers--honest! Quench my thirst with gasoline. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 07:57:48 -0700 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Body Mounts are out!! Well, after a couple of days work, I got all of the body mounts replaced in the 1988 Bronco 2. I installed a 2" body lift on Christmas Day, 1999 and after that it just wasn't the same. The added leverage of the body pucks made the old rubber bushings give even more than they had before the lift. Finally, it had become time to replace them. So, I ordered the body mount set from James Duff, and got the last ones in last night. The front two were easy, the next four were a major hassle, and the last four were strange since they were reverse threaded together. I ended up Sawzalling them out, then removing the corosion and re-installing the metal parts inside the new body bushings. Worked out okay, although I would have liked to get the pieces out without corrosion. I don't think that was about to happen, though. Thirteen years of off road use and rust does wonders to stick things together! Anyway, after that this upcoming week's project is to get a 4.0 clutch, flywheel and starter into the 2.9 bellhousing. I'll let everyone know how it goes. Adam ------------------------------ From: "Raymond C. Gray" Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:23:46 -0400 Subject: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Anew problem with my 1994 Ford Explorer, 4.0, 5 speed manual with 65K miles. Downshifting from 3rd to 2nd has become difficult to impossible. I can move the shifter into the 1st/2nd slot, but moving down into 2nd gear seems locked out. If I go through 1st and then down to 2nd, it works most of the time. Stopped and at idle, I can go in and out of 2nd ok but when I'm moving and above 2nd gear, the downshift won't work. There is no noise or any other symptoms. This problem started suddently on my way to work yesterday. Just trying to isolate the problem before getting repair estimates and the work done. Could this be the clutch plate worn down? Or low clutch hydraulic fluid ( I looked and there's fluid in the reservoir)? Or is this likely a transmission problem? Thanks in advance for your help. Ray ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:15:30 -0400 From: Dave Cooley Subject: Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't Ray, Sounds like a synchronizer gone bad... At 11:23 AM 7/12/2000, you wrote: >Anew problem with my 1994 Ford Explorer, 4.0, 5 speed manual with 65K miles. > >Downshifting from 3rd to 2nd has become difficult to impossible. I can >move the >shifter into the 1st/2nd slot, but moving down into 2nd gear seems locked out. >If I go through 1st and then down to 2nd, it works most of the time. > >Stopped and at idle, I can go in and out of 2nd ok but when I'm moving and >above >2nd gear, the downshift won't work. > >There is no noise or any other symptoms. This problem started suddently >on my >way to work yesterday. > >Just trying to isolate the problem before getting repair estimates and the >work >done. Could this be the clutch plate worn down? Or low clutch hydraulic >fluid ( I looked and there's fluid in the reservoir)? >Or is this likely a transmission problem? ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:44:37 -0700 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Re: Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting won't work Uh, hmm.... At a stop light, where is your left foot? Maybe the throwout bearing and spring plate are weak from over use? Just an idea. Adam "Raymond C. Gray" wrote: > Anew problem with my 1994 Ford Explorer, 4.0, 5 speed manual with 65K miles. > > Downshifting from 3rd to 2nd has become difficult to impossible. I can move the > shifter into the 1st/2nd slot, but moving down into 2nd gear seems locked out. > If I go through 1st and then down to 2nd, it works most of the time. > > Stopped and at idle, I can go in and out of 2nd ok but when I'm moving and above > 2nd gear, the downshift won't work. > > There is no noise or any other symptoms. This problem started suddently on my > way to work yesterday. > > Just trying to isolate the problem before getting repair estimates and the work > done. Could this be the clutch plate worn down? Or low clutch hydraulic > fluid ( I looked and there's fluid in the reservoir)? > Or is this likely a transmission problem? > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Ray > > ========================================================== > To unsubscribe: > http://www.ford-trucks.com/mailinglist.html#item3 > Please remove this footer when replying. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jul 00 23:15:44 EDT From: Tim Turner Subject: Re: [Gas Mileage] Sandman > I have an 89 Ranger with a 2.3L 4 cylinder with 191K miles on it. > Recently, the gas mileage dipped down to les than 18 MPG, I would probably suggest a new Oxygen sensor; even if it's not the root cause by this time it deserves one. ;-) Tim ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jul 00 23:21:59 EDT From: Tim Turner Subject: Re: [Re: Gas Mileage]: best guess > 2 weeks later my alternator went out. I replaced it and got my mileage > back--no more fuel smell either. Very very odd. Might be something for > you to check. If a diode fails in the Alternator you now have an AC component to the electrics; sometimes this can cause really wierd drivability problems; older Nissans seemed to be the worst for this (like tripping all the dash lights at idle) but all makes have it as a possibility. BTW... look for 24 Volt systems to be debuting in the next few years as more and more electrics make their way into automobiles. Tim ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jul 00 23:28:42 EDT From: Tim Turner Subject: Re: [Explorer-manual trans. - downshifting wont work] "Raymond C. Gray" > > > Anew problem with my 1994 Ford Explorer, 4.0, 5 speed manual with 65K miles. > > Downshifting from 3rd to 2nd has become difficult to impossible. I think I'd have to say an internal tranny fault from the symptoms you describe. A hydraulic problem should affect all gears as should a basic clutch problem. Wish I could say better news but.... Tim ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://webmail.netscape.com. ------------------------------ From: william.hickey bankofamerica.com Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:16:06 -0400 Subject: Fuel Injection Additives ? Can anyone recommend a fuel injection cleaner (gasoline additive) that actually works ?> Also how often should it be used ? 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