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Eric1981

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  1. Well, as far as short term ownership, I usually don't either. But she blew the motor in her car right when we separated, and this is something her grandpa helped her buy, was literally the only thing available at the time that had enough space for the kids and their all their gear that was in the price range, and it's a HUGE POS. I've done nothing but work on it since we got back to speaking terms. We even rekindled, sold this to her friend and she drove my Durango that I bought to run kids around as to not have to unload my quad cab pickup to fit kids in the back seat. But we split up and her friend wasn't making payments like agreed, so she took it back, since I took my Durango back...kinda, she wrecked it and I just refused to fix it cuz we weren't on good terms. She experienced the dating world again and came running back, and now this POS is my headache yet again. So I might be fixing just enough to get it sold and let her drive the Durango again, until I get the trans rebuilt (about a 4 yr project now) on her Grand Cherokee, then let her take that back.
  2. I don't recall Fords having separate keys. I remember GM did for a LONG time, My dad had a 71 Cuda that had two keys, but a 70 Charger that didn't. We had a 78 F150 that was 1 key, and my dad had A LOT of Aerostars and Windstars as company vehicles that were single key. I appreciate the advice, I'll definitely look into it, but I'm not sure how long we plan to keep this car, so not sure how much money I want to put into it at this point.
  3. AWESOME, Thank you SOO much!!
  4. Thank you for the reply!!! The key looks like the far right. but no fob. Is that easy to get a fob and program it?
  5. 07 Edge. Lately wife says keypad acting up. Says she puts in the code and doesn't unlock right away, pushes random buttons after and it unlocks. We need to figure this out, as it's the only way into the car. Key doesn't work in door, no key fob either. She bought this car while we were separated...and we know nothing about the history. Anyone have any clues or tips? Besides a rag in the gas tank, cuz that's about the next step, nothing but problems with this thing...can certainly tell why it was traded in and bought off the budget lot.
  6. I know what you mean as far as engineer thing goes...But you are thinking along the lines of design engineer. My dad was a service engineer for MRI, Cat-scan, and x-ray equipment. The first half of his career they had to repair the circuit boards onsite, and thus I learned how to solder at a young age. While my degree was in electrical/electronics engineering, I was following his footsteps. Life has a funny way of throwing obstacles at you and thus I am now an industrial/controls electrician, but have a very deep understanding in both design and repair. I agree that many of my co-students are far from my caliber in understanding the troubleshooting aspects vs making calculations and being flabbergasted when real world components with tolerances doesn't work out the same as on paper. Thank you for the info, I didn't have time to look it over indepth yet, but it was a good skim.
  7. Is there a way I can test to see if it is the driver for sure? Is there a way I can get a schematic for the PCM? I am an electronics engineer, as was my dad for 40 years...I've been soldering and messing with circuit boards since I was 4 yrs old...But I understand the biggest issue is the source of the schematic to be able to repair things like that myself. Also, I don't know much about this car, she bought it shortly after our splitup cuz she blew the motor in her Pacifica by refusing to learn how to check the oil despite how many times I tried to show her in all her vehicles she had in our 5 yrs together. But it does have 190K on it...Would it really be worth the $300 to repair PCM?
  8. Hey Guys, My ex wife bought an 08 Edge after we split up. I'm trying to help her with it. It had random misfire codes and a specific Cyl 6 code. I put new plugs in (motorcraft) and it runs better, and the random misfire code disappeared, but the cyl 6 stayed. I swapped coils with cyl 5 to see if it was a bad coil...but it is still saying cyl 6. I also ran some Techrom cleaner through it. I'll do a compression test soon, but I just wanted a few ideas to look at at once. Is there a pretty common problem on these cars that causes this issue? The car seems to run fine to me under acceleration and mid-high RPM, I can hit 80 pretty easy without getting on it too hard...but it sputters pretty much at idle only maybe a little still in lower RPM range.
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