20 Most Recent 2003 Ford Escort - Page 7 Questions & Answers

you have to remove the whole dash board

park brake switch not releasing, it is in the gear selector panel and locks the shifter into park, when you depress the brake pedal it unlocks the shifter from park. it is not hard to fix. make sure to replace it don't just remove it. you have to remove the top of the shifter lever to remove the panel and some screws in the rear cup holder and a couple of screws towards the front of the panel in the storage compartment.

yes it is better to remove the whole panel, the panel slides down over the top of the frame of the door. remove the clips on the door carefully though as when these clips get old they become fragile and snap quite easily.and then remove the secondary panel for the mirror.

28-32 PSI on the low side, high side max pressure can be up to 300 PSI depending on the heat load on the system.

sounds like you need a blower motor and blower resistor.

thinks its about the same as a tempo somehwere in the line of 18 to 24 mm 22mm ...ithink dont quote me on it though-z

i would recomend changing rocker gasket do not over tighten nuts very easy to sheer them off as they are only tiny and should onlybr done up tp about 5ft lb

its a small 10mm nut below the alternator but just above the sump

Call a automotive body shop supply, they deal in all kinds of chemicals, this includes adhesives for car repair, they might be able to help u, almost anything will damage the paint that is strong enough to remove this stuff

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you may have to contact a diesel gas fitter they have a setup that may help

must be is sprocket right way around

I would guess that the 12 volts supplied to the fuel pump comes for the damaged ignition and is no longer getting the 12 volts to turn it on. Seems reasonable to me..

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Check all the large main fuses, one of these usually burns out in a reverse jump, that is most likely the problem. The fuse you need to check is fuse 1 and fuse 7 (both are maxi 40 AMP) in the the under the hood fuse box, also check fuse 9, this is the computer fuse, it is under the hood also.

Alt, is not pumping out enough juice, could be dead battery or fried alt. look into it. It has been since June so i am guessing you got it fixed

You need to go to Autozone or where ever and rent a serpentine belt tensioner pully wrench before you do anything. then you get a diagram for your car and route the belt liek the diagram says, google image should work just fine. the tenion pully on an 03 is in the on the right as you are standing looking at the pully system. its the second one down. its the only one that moves.

It would be a very complicated way of charging a battery . Apart from having to have a power source to spin the alternaftor around you will also need a voltage control system (regulator) or else you will cook the battery. Unless you really know what you are doing i wouldn't recommend it

Surely it would be cheaper to get a regular battery charger.

hi you will find that the rocker cover is proberbly leaking into the the plugs housing replace the rocker cover gasket yates210456

No the firing order is 1-3-4-2, you have 2 and 4 reversed