I know it's a little late to be updating this thread but I'll share the end result.The truck did end up stranding me with a no-start condition. The new thing the cluster was doing now was instead of showing the mileage it would just show a series of dashes "------" which I believe means...

The last month before finals in a college is not the best time to do automotive projects..... Anyways, I was finally able to track down a wiring diagram for the instrument cluster and I believe I've come up with a way to do some testing.From what I can tell there are 3 power wires that come...

2002 Ford F150I'm having an issue with the instrument cluster in the truck. There will be times when it operates fine without issues then it will act the way it does in the video below.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcj1M9fyfkIt will do this on it's own at time whether I'm in motion or at...

I know this is over 2 months old, but I love little "quizzes" like this so I'll take a shot.Do you have power coming out of the BOO switch when closed? Do you still have power when it goes to S231 (I'm having a hard time seeing that number specifically)?

I may have an opportunity to sell my truck in it's current condition for a good price. I'm heavily considering getting a fusion in its place. I've driven one about 6 months ago and liked it but that's about it. I'm considering getting the 4cyl version for the gas mileage but would consider a...

Sorry for the lack of updates or a video. It's midterm week here at college and my mind has been busy with studies. I'll try to get a video of what the scanner is showing in a few days.Some more info though, the O2 is an AcDelco part. Don't start with me because at the time it was the...

Yeah the scanner is telling me when this happens. When I get a break from work and classes in a few days I'll take a video of it switching back and forth on the scanner.

Truck in question is in sig.After the truck has warmed up and your just cruising at a steady speed, say 35mph with light throttle, it almost feels like the engine just very briefly has a cylinder drop out but it's very slight and hard to feel. It almost feels as if your pulling a trailer and...

Huh. So that's what a kingpin looks like. <noted to memory>

Can you take a picture of the back side of the spindle where it hooks up to the I-Beam?

I'll come out of lurk status and post my .02 for this. I had this same problem on my truck and my aerostar. For some reason the linings on cheaper brake shoes absorb moisture in the air (rain, really high humidity, etc.,.) and that causes the shoes to grab like there's no tomorrow until they...

Thanks for the sticky.

Your right. I'll just snug it up some more and if it goes it goes. Either way it'll need to be replaced eventually but I'll see if I can get some more life out of it.

Being it's a 351 the firing order shouldn't have the 7-8 crossfire issue. Do check your plug wires and make sure you didn't get two of them crossed. It's really easy to do and will definitely cause a miss. Just follow the wire from the distributor cap and make sure it's going to the right...

I do have a request for that topic I posted. Can we get that made as a sticky somewhere that way other people can see it without having to dig for it again?