Questions tagged [e250]

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1997 ford e250 van oil in coolant but no coolant in oil

Recently my oil light keeps coming on. I checked the oil and there's none, but I don't see any leaks anywhere. It doesn't smoke, so I just added two quarts of oil. Light goes off and everything seems okay. Now oil light came on, pop the hood and I…
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power inverter to run a shop vac. Could alternator be damaged by this?

I have a standard 200 watt power inverter which I have used to power a sound system off of my Econoline e250 on multiple occasions with no problem. I tried to run a 4hp rigid shop vac off of it and the cables to the inverter got so hot they melted…
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Remove upper panel behind steering wheel on 2005 Ford E-250

I'm trying to remove this panel behind the steering wheel, but it's lock in place by the ignition switch. How can I do this? I tried remove the cover on the ignition switch, and to remove the entire ignition assembly, but I couldn't figure out how…
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2001 ford e250 no start but has spark

2001 Ford E250 not properly long term stored. I can get it to crank/turn over but it will not run at all. It has 200,000 miles on it but has never had this problem before. I shoot a bit of starting fluid and it'll run for a split second. So I know…
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Ford E250 slams into 2nd gear when hot

This is a 2000 Ford E250. The transmission slams into second gear when hot. I pulled the valve body, and the accumulator seals and piston appear to be good. The 1-2 valve also seems fine. Any ideas?
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Why do my brakes squeak when pedal is pressed halfway?

Why do my brakes squeak consistently when the brake pedal is halfway pressed but goes away when I press it down hard? When I press my brakes I hear no squeaking for the first 10-20% of pressing down. Then I hear a loud high-pitched squeak when the…
carman
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