How to lower econoline van Videos

is it heavy material?

Any suggestion on how to get a ford van to start easy? Its very cold where I live, the cold is down to 30 and it takes about 30 min before it finally starts.

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I'm thinking about doing the ball joints on my 97' E-150. The video makes it look pretty easy. I have the tools, and can borrow the press kit from Advance. I wonder if I can complete the job in one day or less? It looks like the only "hard part" is removing the steering knuckle and pressing the old ball joints out, and then the new ones back in. I'm a little nervous about getting stuck in the middle of the job.... What "can go wrong"?

hey car doctor! young mechanic here. I feel you on the diet pepsi! keep up the good work love your vids, very informative and have made me look smart on occasions in the shop hahaha

Tighten the caliper mounting bolts to 195 foot pounds? My Haynes manual says 22-27 foot pounds for a 1999 E-150. What am I missing? BTW thanks for the video I just completed the same job and it was a big help although I used the Auto Zone brand ball joints so I have my fingers crossed... Oh and I lived in Anchorage for 3 years when I was stationed at Ft. Rich, loved it there.

Hey Tim, great job... your videos are awesome! Hopefully a quick question for ya. I replaced the ball joints (upper and lower) on the 1994 E-150 about 20K miles ago and when I recently took it in for an alignment they are telling me that the upper ball joint is bad. Is this possible in such a short amount of time? When I get the van back from them today I'm going to give it the shake test and if I do need to replace the ball joints I'll also be replacing the tie rods as well. Oh and when I did the ball joints 20K ago I also did the inner and outer wheel bearings on both sides. Thanks in advance! :-)

Roadmaster takes the FUN out of driving. Thumbs down!

I drove a 1998 15 Passenger van for our church many times filled with primarily either kids or teens. I had no special license or anything. I simply looked at the vehicle and concluded without even really thinking about it that it can't be driven like a sports car. I mean Duh!! I quickly got a feel for the van and simply didn't dare take any unnecessary maneuvers with it. Slow down, take your time and be careful with them and you'll be fine. Keep your passengers safe. If you have to swerve that quickly out of the way as in the video then your not being vigilant enough as a driver or keeping a good stopping distance. You can avoid most of those sudden situations if you remain vigilant and always consider the worst thing that could possibly happen under any given driving situation.

Unfortunately you did a number of things at once, it would have been more informative if you could have tested the HC after each fix to best determine what solved the problem. It may have been the vacuum hoses alone.

can you do a video on ford e250 econoline tire alignment.

Would you say these are reliable machines?

Bigger hammer...

Thank you....

We struggled almost as much as you did. If anyone needs any help with this job, just ask me and I'll kick you square in the face and run like Hell.

you did a great job, going true all the trouble of doing the job and filming same time, man people should show some appreciation!!!!. i have the idea; now its up to me to get the job done right, :-)

thanks for the help looks easy

Okay try a bigger hammer not that whimp hammer and never heat the axle you will totally destroy the temper and strength of the steel

Thank you for the video. I think I'm going to have a pro do it. Having to heat it up was the deciding factor.

Hi Mark first of all, thank you very much i already do that, i change the EGR valve, the celenoide, the sensor, & i clean the uper intake, but still show the same code P0401, do you think i have to remuve the lower intake to clean it up too, some one toldme there s a spray or liquid to clean the intake with out pull out, please helpe me in base of your knowledge & experience, thank you very much