LandonRobinson
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- Location
- McMinnville Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3
- Transmission
- Manual
Hi again...
I was planning on leaving town this weekend and now I may not, anyway...
1a. The fog lights are not coming on, the last time I used them (actually in some really bad fog about a week ago) they worked fine and were switched on and off several times as the fog came and went, but this morning I tried to use them again and the little green back light in the switch isn't even coming on and neither fog light is either, the head lights are set to the LOW beams.
According to the owners manual the # 8 fuse runs the right head light and the fog light system, both head lights are on but I pulled the fuse anyway and it looks fine (yes the right head light went out).
Since the back light in the switch isn't even coming on I think this is more of an electronic problem than an electrical one, does anyone know if this truck has some other thing (other than the brights being on) that would keep these from turning on?
1b. I would like to change the fog lights to where they come on via a toggle switch somewhere in the cab so that in really bad dense fog I can turn the head lights all the way off and still use the fog lights, so my question is does anyone know where where I can get sockets to plug the fog lights into that already have wire pig tails on them?
2. My power steering pump is leaking somewhere, I can't really tell where but the front of it, the front of the bracket, below the bracket, and all the down the engine and onto the truck's frame there is fluid everywhere, the back of the pump is dry and where the low pressure hose connects to the reservoir is dry as well.
I noticed a few months ago that there was some fluid getting into things but it wasn't bad enough to worry about at the time, but now the pump is making that horrid "old school bus" sound and sure enough the reservoir was really low and I refilled it.
The low pressure hose is hard as a rock and the high pressure hose is so old that it looks like its about to rust all the way through.
I'm not sure what is actually holding the pulley on, but it appears to have been pressed on and the mounting bolts for the pump will not come out until the pulley has been removed.
So... my question is... can the pump and both hoses be replaced in like under 3-4 hours in the driveway or should I just consider taking this to the dealer and having them do it?
I was planning on leaving town this weekend and now I may not, anyway...
1a. The fog lights are not coming on, the last time I used them (actually in some really bad fog about a week ago) they worked fine and were switched on and off several times as the fog came and went, but this morning I tried to use them again and the little green back light in the switch isn't even coming on and neither fog light is either, the head lights are set to the LOW beams.
According to the owners manual the # 8 fuse runs the right head light and the fog light system, both head lights are on but I pulled the fuse anyway and it looks fine (yes the right head light went out).
Since the back light in the switch isn't even coming on I think this is more of an electronic problem than an electrical one, does anyone know if this truck has some other thing (other than the brights being on) that would keep these from turning on?
1b. I would like to change the fog lights to where they come on via a toggle switch somewhere in the cab so that in really bad dense fog I can turn the head lights all the way off and still use the fog lights, so my question is does anyone know where where I can get sockets to plug the fog lights into that already have wire pig tails on them?
2. My power steering pump is leaking somewhere, I can't really tell where but the front of it, the front of the bracket, below the bracket, and all the down the engine and onto the truck's frame there is fluid everywhere, the back of the pump is dry and where the low pressure hose connects to the reservoir is dry as well.
I noticed a few months ago that there was some fluid getting into things but it wasn't bad enough to worry about at the time, but now the pump is making that horrid "old school bus" sound and sure enough the reservoir was really low and I refilled it.
The low pressure hose is hard as a rock and the high pressure hose is so old that it looks like its about to rust all the way through.
I'm not sure what is actually holding the pulley on, but it appears to have been pressed on and the mounting bolts for the pump will not come out until the pulley has been removed.
So... my question is... can the pump and both hoses be replaced in like under 3-4 hours in the driveway or should I just consider taking this to the dealer and having them do it?