Do we have any diesel guys in NJ that know how to work on the old 7.3 motors? I am looking for someone to do a motor swap for me

after a wile I pout a new motor into my e250 I remind you the other thread.. thing runs ok idles with a bit of a shake and the exhaust has a little lope to it.. CEL comes on gives the code P0340 and the one for the Bank 1 O2 sensor upstream... go buy both sensors and change them and the...

Bought truck 145. 500 miles on it Told had CEL but would run Idled fine would make a 50 mile trip home but it came home on a tow truck I originally posted : Here's the symptoms it starts and idles but you have a strong smell of gas it will not move more than 35 or so and it takes forever to...

I bought a new work truck for the guys to destroy . Its an 06 E250 with the 4.6 motor and automatic trans. The ad said it ran and drove but had a check engine light on.. It was an auction so i questioned the seller and he said it would make the 50 mile ride home but it didn't Here's the...

03 escape blue with tan cloth XLT power all works 117K id like 5300 for it new new jersey inspection02 Explorer 137K xlt new tires front hubs ball joints and cat back exhaust id like $5000 obo take em both for [email protected] or PM me here

we are up to 8600 miles on the 2011 ecoboost f 150 today i picked up a uhaul dual axel 6X12X5 ft trailer, loaded it up with 13 kitchen cabinets and towed said trailer 225 miles round trip with the trans in tow haul mode Truck ran like a raped ape the entire trip. I pull into Uhaul to offload...

so my truck atarted making this wierd noise when it downshifted to 1st gear from second.. ecoboost automatic 4X4... I read a bunch of stuff about it on the old site and brought the truck in for service and they re flashed the computer... now i have a new problem... it used to be that id have a...

Ive got two properties that Im trying to rent out and if someone here can use them well hey #1 located in Keyport NJ about a half mile from the water. Its close to the boat ramp and downtown which boasts fine dining, entertainment and shopping in a small waterfront community. The home is a...

I see on the gas filler it says no ethanol 85 or other... i thought all they sell now is E85? what effects can this have on the motor?

well with all the work ive been doing lately the ranger wasnt able to handle it. I love my 07 ranger but it whined about taking the baoat to the ramp, couldnt handle loads of dirt etc. Well i took my daughter to the dealership because her truck (03 escape) was acting up and i got to talking to...

Just a heads up that the Sayreville War Memorial High School is having a car show on Sunday May 16 from 10 AM-5PM at the highschool at 820 Washington Road Parlin NJ 08859 Admission for people is free $10 per car registering or $15 day of show they are having raffles 50/50 a DJ and Food and I was...

my sons friend just bought a 91 f 150 4wd with a 5.0 and a stick he has a 95 bronco with an automatic and a windsor motor... those will he wants to swap the motor from the bronco into the truck..that should bolt up without any major headaches right?

well i broke down and bought a new one my daily driver toyota was giving up the ghost at 60K trans was going the fan motor was going i said the heck with this and traded it in for a 2011 Escape... hopefully i can get five years outta this but hey its a ford it should last! PS i love t his...

Ive got a wierd problem with my ranger and before i start throwing money into it haphazzardly maybe someone can give me an ideaI do alot of severe city driving in NYC. When i have to stop hard ( not enough to get the ABS to work, and if i do make the ABS work this doesnt happen) when i get the...

ok so i went and looked in my owners manual for the fuses on the hi beams. There is none.. There is a relay for the lights that is suppoused to be in the 12 position in the block under the hood. spots 11 and 12 look like theyve never seen any kind of relay and are both empty... Is that...

I had some issues a while back. The trans went and when that happened i realized that my overdrive switch was bad because the overdrive and the reverse lights are on the same circut. The tranny shop determined that thewires in the column were bad and taped em up and the overdrive/reverse lights...

3.0 second hand ranger 86K on it thing drove great when i bought it and ive been feeding it a diet of Hess , Wawa , or other lower end gas and in the last couple of thousand miles its started pinging mostly at highway speeds . Decided to put a tank of Hess Super in it the other night and...

00 ranger with a 3.0 automatic i still have the issue with the back up lights... now i notice that when i put it in reverse and hit the gas it kind of hesitates a second and slams into reverse.. could this be part of the reverse light electronics?

Hows about we try another one.. Im remembering a good place in Woodbridge NJ called the JJ Biting Brewery. Its right near the woodbridge train station, food is good beer is homemade, they offer tours of the brewery. plenty of safe free parking, and if enough of us go we can prolly get our own...

When i bought the truck i noticed it didnt have reverse lights but all other lights worked.I go to check the bulbs and there is no issue with the bulbs and no power to the bulb. Bright it into inspection and the guy there starts tracing the wires and says that there is no power to the neutral...

When i bought the truck i noticed it didnt have reverse lights but all other lights worked.I go to check the bulbs and there is no issue with the bulbs and no power to the bulb. Bright it into inspection and the guy there starts tracing the wires and says that there is no power to the neutral...

truck is an 00 Ranger 3.0 automatic She has 83K on it im the 2nd ownerIm not sure if it seems like the rear end is a tad loud in it or not and when i had a similar issue with another truck it was low on differential fluid. In any event im sure im going to have to have the rear opened up to...

Its been a while since I showed my face on here. When i first came on here i had my 99 ranger which i had bought new and loved and drove that thing to 145K and i eventually sold that one. I reappeared with an 03 F 150 and that was sold after almost a year because the gas mileage stunk so after...

My truck has been sitting for about five days and we did have rain but this has never happened before. I get in the truck and i drove about 34 miles. I noticed on the highway that the overdrive light was blinking . I had not to the best of my knowledge touched the overdrive light, but pressing...

will the radio with the built in 6 cd changer from an ford f250 snap into my 03 F 150 witht he stock am fm single cd radio? Im only looking for plug and play no mods

anyone have any info about car shows in our area? i always love to go whenever possible and i figure now we have a thread we can post up all the info on them... I hear the spring englishtown swap meet is in a couple of weeks anyone goin??

My son really scored this week i think he came into a 1997 Ford Explorer fully loaded eecept leather with 114K on it for $500..Apparently the guy got all upset cause of a couple fo quirks that i think are related#1 the truck is really hard to move into gear.. it takes alot of effort to move...

I have that 99 that is sitting upstate and nobody wants to buy. I was thinking of perhaps dropping a v8 in it and building something out of it as opposed to just leaving it sit there becoming a glorified planter.... what would it entail? anyone done this mine is a stock four banger automatic...

after getting some real strange noises i took the truck to the shop and the guy there told me that the transfer case was dry ( nothing was making noises) so they added the proper oil and didnt find any leaks.. they also replaced the motor mounts... think that was my 4wd problem?

ok truck is an 03 F 150 with manual floor shift 4wd,, automatic hubstoday i was out and about and it started snowing.. no real accumulation but it seemed a bit slippery.. SO i throw it in neutral and into 4wd then drive again and start going... it seemed ok but it seems slow in 4wd ( high)...