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    Baby seat

    Davesexplorer, The problem is the seatbelt in the truck itself. It's a retractable lap belt. There is no strap to adjust the lapbelt. So I was pondering how to tighten the baby seat into the backseat if you can't even tighten a strap on the truck's lap belt. 98EXPY 5-0, your tactic worked...
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    Baby seat

    Hello, another weird problem. Got a baby on the way, real soon. Bought a car seat and thought I'd mount it. Now, I own a 98 xpy and here's the problem. I want to mount the seat in the center second row seat. It has a lap belt there. This is fine for the baby seat provided you can...
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    AC overcharged?

    Ah whatever right? Most people probably have worked with the same type of guys in there life at one point or another.
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    AC overcharged?

    Oh the reason this worked is not because I reduced the pressure in the high pressure side, I somehow tripped the switch. Maybe it was gummed or just being Fubar
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    AC overcharged?

    I got it to work after I bleed a bit out of the High side port. I jumped both the High pressure cut off switch and the cycling switch. When the High pressure switch was jumped, the compressor kicked in. Wanna have a funny read, you should check out what happens when you ask a dumb question...
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    AC overcharged?

    First off, props to al3bqre almo7trf, I love how your hacking had me running around in circles like a dog chasing it's tail. Second, Thank you mustangswan for your quick reply. I found where the accumulator is. It's right up by the firewall and it is also where the low pressure...
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    AC overcharged?

    Okay, despite all my bad luck with my Expy, I still love this thing. Here's the really odd thing. Last year I charged the AC system with that r134 stuff in a can and a gauge. Cool kit. It worked for a year. Perfectly. Now it's summer so I decided to try my AC. Nothing. Must be needing a top...
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    bad Superchips programmer

    Bought a used one for cheap. Got home figured out that when it says VIN locked that it means I'm screwed. I know what happened and a ll of the technical stuff but what I need is an answer. Can I do anything with this programmer in the state that it is? Aside from diagnostics? Anyway to...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    No sunroof or roof racks. Base model xlt, ex cop edition. Did the cop edition's in 98 come with anything special?
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, so I took apart the GEM module and you can't find a thing wrong with it. It's solid state, has a bunch of resisters and chips. Found no moisture or signs of water damage. For all I know, It's okay. The fuse box showed signs of corrosion on the outside when it was removed. Traces of...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, bill to figure out it was the gem or fusebox and to put it in was $400. I figured since they were going to put the old one in anyways, I'd give a used one a shot. It worked. You'ld think that after ford issues a TSB about the common problem being the water leaking onto the fusebox/Gem...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    So, the Gem and the fusebox or maybe 1 is the culprit. They had it apart and after I looked at the harness to fusebox terminals, I saw the problem. There was green corrosion on the male blades on the fusebox sides. For those who haven't done this, it's very easy to take this module and...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Gotta call today. not sure what the bill will be yet. Monday will find out. GEM and the box or something it goes into is shorting according to ford.
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Yeah man, man hats off to them. I hate shorts. I usually just cut the wire at both ends and lay in another. In this case, they have to find were the one end is. These wires are a certain color on one end and end up changing on another. They are close though!!!
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, got a call back from ford. Here's the deal so far....... They said the've worked on it for appx 3 hours and have found a short somewhere in the wiring. Because they charged me for the misdiagnosis yesterday, they called it even up to now. They figure another couple hours on monday!
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Crap. I had the multimeter on the wrong settings. Turns out the switch is okay. I bought a used one anyways, threw it in, no go. Still dead. It's at ford. They're going to test the switch and if it's okay, they'll give me the money back for diagnostics. Doesn't matter, gonna have to spend...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Sorry, I didn't mean it to sound harsh you guys not caring, I just wanted to justify why I'm posting this thread up with up to second updated. Yeah where I live, you don't need 4x4 at all. Even camping, 285 70 17's are about 32.5 inches in diameter and they never seem to get stuck. It's when...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, so after troubleshooting it myself, I realise that I need a scan tool to get past the multimeter tests. She's at ford and they've told me it's going to be at least 2 hours labour at $101 per hour. Keeping my fingers crossed. I know nobody really cares about this thread right now...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Spoke too soon. Now it engages and then the 4x4 light goes off, and won't come out of low. In park and in Neutral.
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, so changed the motor out today. Turns out I didn't need to cut the last wire. You have to snap the back of the harness connector off, take the red pin retainer in the connector off and get a small pick to hold the tabs open as you pull the wires out. What a stupid a$$ design. WTF else is a...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Got it out, unfortunately had to cut 1 wire though. Here's the weird part. Found a bunch of filings on one the magnetic senors on t case.
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Update, Okay, I tried to take the motor out. Wow, whoever designed this system deserves a full size 15 shoe up there a$$. I disconnected the wiring harness to the motor and removed it. Gues what? There's still 4 wires that go to from the motor to the trans case that cannot be removed. WTF...
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    98 expy 4x4 fubar.

    Okay, so I went to do a touch of off roading today. Pulled up to a hill I wanted to climb. Put her in neutral, flicked the selector to 4lo. Heard some god awful sounds, turned the engine off. Started it back up, whirring sounds were present, got worse with rpm. Selected 2wd, wouldn't go...
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    guttin the cats...

    That's where you come into play and tune this puppy for a more free flow exhaust. Will get back to you soon green03, I will need your programmer. Also, I found a used Y pipe that has the cats replaced with pipe. No need for the party now tk1971!!!!
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    guttin the cats...

    Thanks bro, I'll remember that. Hey man, couple guys from f150 online warned me not to do this. No power gains. What's your opinion? Every vehicle I've ever done it to works better. These freakin things have 4 cats and then a Y.

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