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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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over drive light blinks

Hey guy's I have a 1995 f250 5.8l 4x4 and while i was in 4 wheel drive going up a hill at a little steep angle the over drive light kept blinking at a steady blink. It didn't stop till i was on the highway. I would have stayed longer on the mountain but that little light freaked me out,cause I know how much a rebuilt trans cost. So any help or relaxing comment would be appericated.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 02:31 PM
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That indicates a trouble code.. pull codes to see what it is. I think your truck is obd1, so you can pull codes without a scanner.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 05:37 PM
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That indicates a trouble code.. pull codes to see what it is. I think your truck is obd1, so you can pull codes without a scanner.
okay pulled code but not sure what 1 of them means. I've gotten 4 system pass then 2= code 542 and 2= code 657 okay the code 542 is a fuel pump secondary circuit failure:PCM to ground but could not find the 657 code definition. I've also gotten a code 539 but that stopped coming up. Any thoughts?
 
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 10:55 PM
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Anything on the codes?
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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You're reading the codes wrong, you can't get error codes and a system pass at the same time.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 02:36 PM
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Okay I under stand that but the check engine light flashed once then stop then flashed then stop 4 times them the codes came up
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 02:57 PM
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That doesn't make sense. I'd try grabbing the codes again. A system pass not a single 1, for your truck it would be a 111 Code.

Fuel Injection Technical Library » How To Run a Self-Test , it talks about two digit codes, but the 3 digit codes are read the same way.
 
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