Recent content by Juice

Battery charged and cranks slow? Fix that first, it should never crank slow. May still have other issues, but slow crank is your priority.

Guess nobody seen Engine Masters' header length test. There is way more advertising jargon in here than actual data.

And dont shut the door before you hook the battery up. Closing the door window fully up, the glass wont pop back in.

Just open it. It will be fine. I've done it by accident.

Opt 1: Disconnect battery with door(s) open. Window stays down a 1/4" and wont hang opening door. Opt 2: Disconnect battery, leave hood unlatched. Connect battery before opening door. Opt 3: Leave it on a trickle charger. Consider these when doing anything mechanical where disconnecting the...

While I have not pulled heads on a 4.0, I do know the engine will need to be pulled for the one side with the cam sprocket in the rear of the block. How did the head gaskets get blown?

The tpms sensors were not programmed to the new SJB. Need that ford tool for this. Not IDS or Forscan. The key fobs were not programmed to the new SJB. Cycle key to 'run' 8 times, locks will cycle. Hit a button on your fobs. When the locks cycle, fob is now stored in sjb. Heck, it sounds like no...

Forscan

Most ppl recommend way too much fuel pump to be safe and not fuel starve the engine. Add a return system to too much fuel pump, and you will be raising fuel temp in the tank as the extra fuel makes its way back to the tank.

That is too damaged for me to be putting just cams in. If you decide to fix it, would do a stock cam, and see if the engine is OK. Possibly a used stock cam someone who swapped cams has lying around. That much metal shavings in the oil could really mess up the cam sensor readings.

If the configuration is the same, swapping is plug and play. If not, you can edit the as built file to make changes. Example: a cluster from an abs car will turn on the abs and trac control lights in a non abs car. There is no easy way to roll back milage. It is possible there are tools to only...

There is a switch on the transmission,this switch tells ths pcm if reverse is selected. The pcm tells the sjb to turn on the reverse lights via can bus. Transmission > pcm > sjb > lights on. Since the lights work, you need to figure out why the sjb is turning on the backup lights. Possibly even...

Going from memory here, but, the key sends signal to pcm start request. (This is what you will look for wirh Forscan). If the pcm sees a valid key (PATS), it grounds the stater relay in the BEC. That in turn powers up that single wire going to the starter. So, if forscan confirms start request...

Thats it. Software at forscan.org

You could monitor PCM live data w/Forscan and see if the pcm is getting the start request signal. Or have a code for something like a PATS issue. Thats where I would start to narrow it down. Forscan does not need to be licensed to read data, but you do need an adapter. The VS Linker I think its...