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#9 of 20 4WD Shift Motor by tones1

May 17, 2010 (5:48 pm)

I own a 2003 F-150 Crew cab. I have a problem that my 4WD doesn't total disengage when I go out of 4WD and drives rough at 50MPH +. A ford dealer told me I need a new shift motor, cost ~ $300. I tried buying from a auto parts store and they cross referenced the ford number and gave me a 4WD actuator. I am not sure that this is the same part as the shift motor. This appears to run by vacuum. Could someone tell me where the shift motor is and a brief description on what iti looks like

#11 of 20 NO HEAT AND CANT FIGURE IT OUT by dnjsyl

Oct 03, 2010 (4:23 am)

Hello, i have a 1998 F150, 4.6, auto,2 wheel drive. The air works fine, and the blend door does not appear to be broken. I have flushed the heater core out and it does not leak on the floor.The hoses get hot, well one gets real hot and the other gets pretty warm. I will get warmer air when i put heat on, but dont get hot air. I replaced the thermostat also. What else can it be? I have heard that the fins on the water pump get to worn to pump coolant properly, can this be it? It doesnt run real hot ....Please give me whatever advice you can...thankyou

#12 of 20 Re: NO HEAT AND CANT FIGURE IT OUT [dnjsyl] by elkin1

Oct 04, 2010 (10:59 am)

Replying to: dnjsyl (Oct 03, 2010 4:23 am)
Sounds lika a circulation problem. Have you tried flushing the core with a water hose?

#13 of 20 Re: NO HEAT AND CANT FIGURE IT OUT [elkin1] by dnjsyl

Oct 06, 2010 (4:02 pm)

Replying to: elkin1 (Oct 04, 2010 10:59 am)
elkin1.....Yes, as i wrote in my post, i have flushed out the heater core.....Do you think that the water pump might not be performing properly? The truck does not overheat, but maybe the fins in the water pump might be worn to the extent where it needs to be replaced. what do you think? thanks Don

#14 of 20 Re: NO HEAT AND CANT FIGURE IT OUT [dnjsyl] by elkin1

Oct 07, 2010 (8:16 am)

Replying to: dnjsyl (Oct 06, 2010 4:02 pm)
I think that i would put the water pump on the back burner for now. Never
have heard that being a problem also you say one hose is hot and the other
is warm. Is the hot hose hard as in under pressure and the warm hose is it
hard?. Check the hardness of these hoses in clod engine and operating
conditions for good pressure in hoses. also might have to check duck work
could be a disconnected close to the core. Many things to check before
pulling water pump. I would disconnect the hose coming from the water pump
and see how much pressure it has also.

#15 of 20 Re: NO HEAT AND CANT FIGURE IT OUT [elkin1] by dnjsyl

Oct 10, 2010 (12:35 pm)

Replying to: elkin1 (Oct 07, 2010 8:16 am)
Hey elkin1, guess what.....i tried everything that i could think of and your advise too. I finally went to Napa and got a new, not remanned but new water pump for $51 and put it on yesterday.....now i have heat.....not so much at an idle but when you r driving the heat is good.......i still cant figure it out though....the fins on the old pump looked like new........but something wasnt right...........it had good bearings and all from what i could see........what else is there in the pump to malfunction? thanks for all the advise.........this forum is pretty good thanks again Don

#16 of 20 f250 super duty chugging by gooch11

Oct 11, 2010 (4:25 pm)

I have a 2000 F250 superduty 5.4 gasoline chuggs at idle and when trying to maintain speeds it runs good when I excelerate. I checked all the wires to my injectors, when I removed them on at a time the motor started to chug when I removed the right side rear injector there wasnot a differece so I replaced that one still same problem any advice.

#17 of 20 1990 ford f150 wont start by bassman73

Oct 24, 2010 (5:29 am)

i have a 1990 ford f150 with a 302 hsd to change out the alternator after i was done fired up the truck ran great then put it into reverse and it died ,wont start now have no spark out of coil and out of dist have power to each but no spark also noticed that when the key on the on postion i cant hear then fuel pump prime anymore replaced the fp relay and still no sound or start at mywitts end any advice

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