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    Rough idle after new coil packs & plugs

    Firing the parts cannon is never a good idea, you waste money and don't solve the issue. If you are at the limit of your diagnosing capabilities, take it to a competent mechanic, have it properly diagnosed, and apply the correct fix. Much cheaper in the long run. Unfortunately, the newer the...
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    Travel trailer overall length with '21 Limited

    Try this video, it's the best I have found and has all the information you will need to tow safely. Remember that towing/pulling the weight is seldom the issue, the bigger issue is topping with all that weight behind you. Also, keep in mind that if you are considered to be overladed based on...
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    2016 Expy towing issues

    There are a couple of misconceptions here. The tongue/hitch weight cam affect driving in 2 ways. If you have a very light tongue weight, the trailer will sway causing driveability issues. If the tongue weight is excessive, it cause the rear of the truck to squat and the front to go up and you...
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    I'm stumped! Help with high idle problem when purge valve open

    How did you run the smoke test? Did you use a smoke test machine or just a water or starting fluid spray? Without proper equipment, smoke test might reveal the obvious and visible leak but will not show smaller or hidden leaks. I had a vacuum leak issue on my '99 5.4, and I could not find it. I...
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    '23 towing with HD tow - what are ppl using for keeping level?

    This is an excellent reply with correct information. Many are under the impression that the max. allowable is what they can tow safely, or in some case, just a suggestion. In reality, the max. allowable requires other factors to be met and the actual max "allowable" is much lower. This is a very...
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    Towing confusion

    You have to be careful with the Max. allowed and the real allowed. To tow the max allowed you have to have the prefect conditions including cargo, tongue load, the righ tires and a load equalizing hitch. This is one of the better videos that explains in deatil what you can safely tow...
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    No CD player.?..Why?

    @5280tunage The difference is that turn signals are a very important and helpful safety feature and are required by law; CDs? not so much. Why would Ford install an obsolete mechanical feture when the solid state solution is already there and considerably better and more reliable? I don't...
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    No CD player.?..Why?

    CDs, much like cassettes, are pretty much obsolete. Newer cars allow you to use a USB thumb drive or SD cards; they also allow you to connect to the Internet through your cell phone (or directly) and stream music. Let's take a 64 Gb SD card, which is about the size of a nail and pretty much...
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    Cylinder 4 misfire plus EVAP System Monitor and Catalyst Monitor won't complete cycle

    Your symptoms seem to indicate a vaccum leak but typically you would get P0171 and P0174 codes with it. Some vacuum leaks are very difficult to detect using the simplistic starting fluid/water spray method since the leak can be well hifdden under the maze of hoses on top of the engine; you might...
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    My Tow Pig Revival

    "I put this dumb intake on it because there is nothing I hate more than the factory ford air boxes lol! I hated trying to get those things to line up correctly and snap together it was like I needed 4 hands to do it. The factory setup is an actual CAI since it takes the air from ouside the...
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    New to towing a travel trailer

    First, I assume that by 6,800k you mean 6,800 lbs, right? Next, the 9,200 lb towing capacity is a missleading number. First, you must have the HD towing package, you must have a trailer brake controller, you must use load rated tires, you must have the proper tongue load, you must have a load...
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    1998 Eddie Bauer with codes...Where do I start??

    P0171 and P0174 inidcate one of 4 issues. Defective PCV valve; this an easy and inexpensive fix. A bad MAF sensor, you can clean it using MAF sensor cleaner only; any other cleaner wll ldamage the sensor. There are videos on the internet on how to test the MAF sensor using a voltmeter. The last...
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    Better gas mileage?

    I have tried several things on my '99 5.4 and, while no exactly the saem, they are fairly similar. The things taht do not work: Cold air intakes - the Expy comes with a cold air intake and any after market unius do nothing except change the sound, and if you use the one with oiled filter, it...
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    Anyone tow 8,000 lbs. with their 2021 Expedition FX4 with max towing?

    Keep in mind that the truck's 1,769 pound allowed payload AND the tongue load are part of the 9,200 pound max allowable load. You can see how having, say 1,000 pound payload and 700 tongue load, results in a maximum trailer weight is only 7,500 pounds. Also. having the trailer level is nice but...
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    1999 Expedition 5.4 EB crack where liftgate strut connects to body

    Look for machine shop or a steel fabricator; the smaller shops will do it for not too much money.
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