20 Most Recent 1995 Ford Contour - Page 9 Questions & Answers

Blower Motor Switch Resistor Assembly REMOVAL & INSTALLATION Fig. 1: Remove the resistor assembly by gently popping it out of the evaporator housing using a screwdriver

1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Remove the push pins and remove the upper footwell panel from under the passenger side of the instrument panel.
3. Unplug the connector from the blower motor resistor assembly.
4. Insert a screwdriver approximately 0.2 inch (5mm) under the edge of the resistor assembly to disengage it from the evaporator housing.
5. Remove the resistor assembly. To install:
   
6. Position the resistor assembly into the housing and snap it into place.
7. Attach the resistor connector.
8. Install the upper footwell panel.
9. Connect the negative battery cable.

Brake shoe removel:

Depress and turn the retainers for the hold-down springs and pins to remove them from each shoe. Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the shoes and springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes from the cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.

Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever. Remove the front brake shoe.

Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.

Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip and its spring washer.

Step 4 Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.

Step 5 Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip and its spring washer.

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Step 3 Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever. Remove the front brake shoe.

Step 4 Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.

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Step 2 Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the shoes and springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes from the cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.

Step 3 Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever. Remove the front brake shoe.

Step 4 Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.

Step 5 Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip and its spring washer.

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Step 2 Slide the brake shoe assembly--including the shoes and springs--down so you can disengage the top ends of the shoes from the cylinder and tilt them to lift them past the retaining plate.

Step 3 Unhook the lower retracting spring from the front brake shoe to disconnect it. Spread the shoes apart at the bottom to remove the adjusting screw, the screw's retracting spring and the adjuster lever. Remove the front brake shoe.

Step 4 Pull the parking brake cable spring back with diagonal cutting pliers, grip the cable with the pliers without cutting it, unhook the cable from the parking brake lever and remove the rear brake shoe with the lever.

Step 5 Disconnect the parking brake lever from the rear shoe by spreading the retaining clip with a screwdriver and removing the clip and its spring washer.

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Check the firewall on the driver or passenger side. Look for a wires leading to it in plastic conduit.

Also, the radiator has a blower motor on it to cool the antifreeze in the summer. That's another motor.

If you mean EGR, it is the Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve.

The air that goes into an engine is better than 70% nitrogen. If the flame is hot enough, it will join some of the oxygen with some of the nitrogen, in various compounds called, collectively, oxides of nitrogen.

Oxides of nitrogen turn brown when the sun shines on them, and this was the primary cause of brown air in cities in the early '70s through the mid '80s.

It was mandated to put EGR on engines to introduce exhaust gas into the cylinder, which made the engine run a little less optimally, and made the combustion temperature a bit lower. The Exh. gas is itroduced at idle, and at light loads on the highway.

Now the air is a lot less brown.

blower fuse under the hood maybe blown, or the blower motor it self is shot. check the main fuse box under the hood.

FALSE YOU REMOVE AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY.

It seems like your transmission bands are slipping, it may be time for a transmission overhaul or you coiuld be low on fluid. Check your transmission fluid, if it is a pinkish color it is clean, if it is a dark red or black color and if you smell it it, it smells burnt you may have some damage to your transmission.

check IAC operation will it idle with the AC on

I would first check the fuse labeled 'Fuel pump" first, did you test the fuel pump also to make sure it works independent of the ignition switch? You can do that by using a jumper wire from a 12 volt source and running that to the posiitve pump terminal and a ground wire to the negative terminal to determine if the pump works independent of anything else.

there is no marks for the timing when you take the valve cover off you will see two slits on each of the cams line both of them up i just changed my timing belt and that is what i had to do

most if not all american cars up untill about 2005 do not have a chassis number ,only a metal plate under the bonnet ,this causes no end of problems when importing a vehicle into spain where paperwork is known as food without working for it ,or comida sin trabajo .Trust me on this one and do what i say and thats to get a set of stamps and mark up some masking tape with measured marks and stick this to the chassis under the bonnet where its easy to see and stamp it yourself not forgotting the star stamp at either end of the number and if the vehicle doesnt come with a number invent one.Also invent on a computer with shift headed ford or whater paper and make sure it shows the chassis number engine number and the size of the tyres and speed rating ,power of engine ,height length weight how many gears dry plate clutch 75amp hour battery 55amp alternator or whatever how many seats ect or you just end up going here and their paying out hard earnt cash to some supposed expert to put a rubber stamp on something because they are a member of some club of experts =???.Also find a decent supplier of rubber stamps who will make you some from a copy on a bit of paper¿¿¿¿ But this is spain remember

the fuse block should be located on the around the end of the dash board or on the fire wall on driver side down by the brake pedal and should be marked brk. Lts after checking the fuse if fuse is good should check the brake switch that would be located on the break pedal this switch sometimes go bad and needs replacing these are a easy replacement it should have a clip with a pin running threw the brake pedal and will have an electric plug that will need to be removed to get the switch out hope this helps you out.

It doesn't connect to master cylinder. The line should connect to a proportioning valve, then from valve to master cylinder.Star at master cylinder and follow lines to proportioning valve.

Look for the switch at the hand break lever and inspect the action. If it is sticking add lubricant (wd40 lanolin etc). In the case of the switch actuating with the light still on replace the switch. As for the cost at the dealer, only they can tell you that. Cheers Timo.

go to clutchfield.com they have the diagram.

Hi
it sounds like the EGR valve, that is " exhaust gas recycler vale" have that checked first, secondly could be the air mass sensor although it would normally still drive ok. tip, you can remove the EGR and air mass sensor and clean them with carb cleaner, if the problem seems a little better then it's most likely one of them items.

Regards
Dan

Tune it up

The fuel pressure regulator is mounted on the fuel injection supply manifold upstream of the fuel injectors

It isn't easy. You need to remove the pan on the front of the transmission first. Then after you get the pan off you have to unbolt the solenoid. But in order to remove the solenoid block you have to remove the valve body on the cd4e to get the solenoid plug out of the transmission case.