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I am trying to replace the degass bottle in my 02. How the h@ll do you get to the clamp on the firewall ? I have tried using a long pair of needle nose but I cant get to it. Any tricks, tips ? Thanks.

Sorry front ball joint.

I need to replace my driver side lower ball joint. I have searched on the site but cant seem to find an answer, maybe I am just not that smart, oh well. I was looking for a step by step, nothing in tech articles. I guess my biggest question is do I need to remove the wheel hub. are there any...

In my case it was the Iac valve now the car idles right at 600 rpm, very smooth. Actually it never idled that well until I replaced that part. Tony

On the front shock the manual says to make reference marks on the spring shock plate and shock. The problem is when I replace the shock I loose my reference mark. What is the best way to line up the 4 bolts on the top of the shock cap with the big bolt that holds the strut to the bottom?

I have the front done. I rented a good spring compressor from Autozone. I have a Rigid impact gun 450 ft/lb so no problems there. Is there anything I should know about doing the rear. My understanding is I jack up the car. Remove 4 nuts on top, then remove the large bolt on the bottom...

Well after a bit of research this is what I found. I stumbled across a TSB from ford about the IAC. Failure of the device can cause low idle, rough idle, high idle, surging or no starting. Also it is possible what a fault code will not been generated. I believe the IAC is normally closed...

Joe I know you helped me before big thanks. Does it sound like the IAC to you or a vacuum leak? When My iac is in my hand its open all the time. I could try jamming it closed and reinstalling it to see if it makes a difference. Is the IAC normally closed with no power on it?

Well there is one update. I put 12 vdc to the IAC and it only moves up ~ a mm it never fully closes. So I guess it is the iac valve.

Once again I come for help. My car all of a sudden developed this problem. I was driving to the gym all of a sudden the idle shot up . When I turn the car on the idle races up to 2200 and stays. Then when I shift it bangs gears obviously. The idle did fluctuate once it idled at 1500. But...

Thanks alot I knew you would know !

I found the pdf for the 06 model on replacing the upper ball joint. It says that you have to remove the shock absorber. also you have to remove the stabilizer bar link. I found a you tube video of someone doing it,drastically different. What they did was jack up the car having the tire in...

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Well it looks like its the upper ball joint.