Recent content by Ron Brownie

If your front end is fine, either you're not getting air to the rear airbags, or the air bags are pooched. Usually, is the bags have failed, your compressor will run constantly. Check that, otherwise you could have kinked air line to the rear - maybe hit by a rock and pinched closed. Also look...

Weak throttle body Teddy Bear is right. If you can't find one locally, it's also called a "Idle Speed Control" and you can get one from Team Ford in Las Vegas for $49.36 plus shipping. parts@teamford.com

Thanks, but I have a grandson that pulls clusters from Tiburons and replaces all of the smds, so I'm sure we can manage if I ever decide to do so.

Thanks for the advice - you always come to the rescue! I'll work my way through it now that I have an idea where to look. I know the dash problem is fixable, but I don't yet have the courage to try to pull the cluster - maybe in the future.

I'd bet on the alternator.

I have a '93 Conti - 3.8 litre. Recently I replaced: timing chain cover gasket, fuel pump gasket, and the water pump gasket (replaced the water pump 1,000km ago.). This because I had a major oil leak that turned out to be a failure of the timing chain cover gasket. Now having completed these...

Yesterday, I discovered that the oil pump on my '93 Conti IS EXTERNAL. It's actually bolted to the timing chain cover at about the 4 o'clock position. Yes it is directly in line with the distributor, which also mounts on the timing chain cover. All of which is damned difficult to get to when you...

Thanks, fellas: got one on order, picking it up tomorrow.

Thanks, guys - you've been a truckload of help!:) :)

Michigan Teddy Bear: you really seem to be knowledgeable and extremely helpfull. Almost looks like you spend a lot of your time helping people with problems. Thanks a million for the help! Oh, by the way - can you provide me with a manufacturer's name and/or part number for the puller? There...

So, for sure, it's a press fit?? I can't see any keyway or anything, so I was thinking it screws on. I was going to try to unscrew it, but I was afraid that it might have a left hand thread.

Thanks Man: Sounds Like Your Car Might Be Slightly Different - My Air Compressor Has Three Mounting Bolts Accesible From The Top. Also, I'm In Canada - No Autozone Stores. Guess I'll Try To Source One Up Here. I Thought It Looked Like The Pulley Is Threaded On, Because The Pump Shaft Has An...

HOPING SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN HELP ME. I NEED TO GET THE POWER STEERING PUMP OFF MY 93 CONTI 3.8L V6 TO FIX AN OIL LEAK. I GUESS MY MAIN PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS HOW TO GET THE DAMN PULLEY OFF. CAN ANYONE OFFER ANY HELP??? :mad:

Now the ice and snow are gone, I have moved my Conti in to try to fix the oil leak. Definitely appears to be related to the oil pressure sender(s), which are located behind the power steering pump. Any Suggestions as to how I can get the pulley off the power steering pump, so I can remove the...

OK - here's the thing. Looks like the oil leak is definitely related to the oil pressure sender(s). Unfortunately it's behind the power steering pump - any suggestions as to how I can get the pulley off the power steering pump so I can take it out???