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Old 07-21-2007, 06:26   #11 (permalink)
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Re: 2003 Ford Taurus

Okay, today on the way home from work, the car sputtered and stopped 3 different times. I called ford and they seem to think, fuel pump and fuel pressure regulator. Is the hesitation, sputtering and dieing a result of the camshaft assembly. Just wondered cause ford told me 190.00 for the assembly.
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Old 07-21-2007, 12:18   #12 (permalink)
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I live in a small town in Arkansas and im sure thats one of the reasons for the price difference, also mine is a 01 but I'm sure they are the same. You can call them and buy it over the phone and have it shipped out to you. (888) 866-9570 Paris Ford Inc

I doubt that its the sync assembly causing the sputtering, sounds fuel related to me.
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Old 07-21-2007, 19:17   #13 (permalink)
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I just bought one from rockauto.com for $45 shipped to my door. Doorman PN# 689107
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Incl. Alignment Tool (where applicable)
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HMMMM, I see that. $37.79 is a steal. I think I will browse this site some more and see what else I can find before I pick up a spare one of these. Thanks for posting that Cuda
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Bought the synchronizer online. $44 shipped to my house. Compared to the almost $200 the Ford Garage up here quoted me. Anyway, I don't have the alignment tool so I was wondering, how many reference points should I make on the old one to transfer to the new one.
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Old 07-22-2007, 14:18   #16 (permalink)
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Remove the cam postion sensor and rotate the engine by hand until the vein is alinged with one of the screw holes from the cam sensor. Mark the base of the assembly to the block. Take the hold down bolt out and gently wiggle the assembly out. Notice when the assembly lifts out of the block the shaft will turn slightly I believe counter clockwise. You will also need to make a vein to body and or engine refrence point. Drop new unit back in gently and make sure it seats properly in the block while and line up the vein with your body/engine refrence point. line up your mark on the base to block and the vein to assembly should be on the money. If not you will have to pull it back out and take another stab at it.

You might want to soak the bottom end of the assembly in some oil before installing. I let mine soak from the oiler hole down in a bottle of Mobile 1 for a few hours so it would be protected durring that dry start up.

A hint: Lets say when you line up the vein to one of the screw holes try to mark the base to block in the same clock position. For instance: standing on left side of car looking down at the vein its pointed at the 3 oclock position, mark the base to the block in the 3 oclock position. If for some reason you have problems and you cant get the vein back perfectly in the position lets say its at 2:30, leave it there and turn the base mark to the 2:30 position. But I'm sure you will get it right the first time

Be sure once you mark everything you dont turn the engine till its all back together and lined up.

Also if you have a digital camera, pic's are also good refrence points...
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Okay, received the part from Rock Auto today. It came with the special tool. There are no directions, so how do I use the tool.
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I don't have a clue, mine did not come with a tool.
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Well, changed the assembly out last night and so far so good. Would like to thank everybody that gave me input.
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Old 07-27-2007, 23:43   #20 (permalink)
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Im glad you got it changed out. I bet the hardest part was dealing with the flat plastic wiring harness cover wasn't it? How long did it take you to do the job?
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