I am looking at buying an 03-04 year Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI zetec or ghia in
the near future depending on price.
Are there any common problems I should keep an eye out for when I look at
cars so I dont end up having any huge expense to put things right after

On my 250 inline 6 manifold there are two pipes connecting to the
carburetor.  One metal pipe has a fitting that threads into the carburetor.
This pipe has a cloth braid.  The other pipe has a rubber hose that fits
over a carburetor pipe.  Does anyone know what these pipes are ...

Great Car, Happy to see Gm is picking up the pace
Pros: good fuel economy, handling, roomy interior, smooth clutch and
shifter, great service from gm, trunk
Cons: maybe a little more horse power

99 windstar se 3.8.  186,000 miles (why bother) and counting.  has a constant skip - as soon as started - at idle - at low speed - at high speed - at road speed - i mean constant.  I've had vacuum hoses off or loose in the past (it seems everytime I leave the dealer - hmm) but ...

Fellow Ford drivers,
Anybody have any suggestions how to remove the cylinder head off a 30 year
old 250 straight six?  I'm going to hit the sides with a rubber mallet with
a force parallel to the block surface but am wondering what the pros would

If a lot of people look at my video the truth might be exposed.
I would like people to look at my video many times to increase number.
Police have done crimes.  Police taped.  Only audio.
do not use replay - it probably does not increase number

I just replaced the rear disc brakes, rotor and parking brakes in my
2005 Ford Explorer.  The rear parking brake is the hat style which
the
parking brake is within the rotor for the disc brake.  The problem is

My wife's 2000 Taurus was towed-in due to a broken rear spring.  the spring
broke while parked in the drve-way 2 nights ago.
I understand this event is common in the Ford Taurus, just wondering if
there has beena  recall issue on this defect?

got a squeek coming from, think thrust bearing on mondeo tddi , no
nosie if i depress clutch sqeeul starts and stops when i release
clutch pedal my question is how much ,anyone else had it done ?

'94 Tbird LX V8, 67k city mi, nursed gently.
By year 2001, plug wires were cross-firing like crazy. Replaced with
Motorcraft wires by dealer.
Seven years later I got a funny miss. It used to pull smoothly from

I have always exceeded the EPA highway mileage on my last 2 cars.  91 Merc
Tracer and 98 Ford Escort, both std trans..  My new car a 2007 Ford Focus is
a automatic 2.0 Liter Duratec.  27-34 MPG or so says the sticker.  Driving
responsibly, I have never exceeded 31 MPG.

Hey all:
I have a 2000 Excursion Limited.  The problem here is that the rear driver
side door does not lock or unlock some of the time.  Is this a sign of the
actuator failing or something else.  I can hear it click and it tries to

during the past year 3 or 4 times the engine powere has started to die
but it comes back immediately-battery light abs light and check engine
light come on when this happens. Last night the same problem happened
but it finally died. I had it towed to my home. This morning it will

Mine is having fits. The whole display blinks like a turn signal and
even clicks like a turn signal. All the numbers and letters are lit up
when it's flashing and you can't use the heat or air when this is
going on. It's random but seems like it happens more in the first 10

Yeah, I got another Crown Vic.  This is my 3rd Box Vic, and my first Tudor.
My question is, I have a hiss under the left side of the dash.  I'm assuming
it's the vacuum motor for the auto release e-brake.  I've never had to
access that on my other vics, much less replace it.  Any ...