Service Procedures: Ford Contour 1995-2000

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Service Procedures

• 1998 Ford Contour/Mystique Power Steering Pump Install - Workshop Manual Page 7
  This document is a screenshot of a page from the 1998 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique Workshop Manual, viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It shows steps 7 through 10 of a service procedure (part of a power steering…
• 1998 Ford Contour/Mystique Power Steering Pump Removal & Installation - Manual
  This document is a screenshot of a page from the 1998 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique Workshop Manual, viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer. It shows part of the power steering pump removal and installation service…
• 1998 Ford Contour/Mystique Power Steering Pump Removal - Pulley & Mount Steps
  This document is a screenshot of a page from the 1998 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique Workshop Manual, viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer, showing part of a power steering pump removal service procedure (steps 8…
• 1998 Ford Contour/Mystique Workshop Manual - Powertrain Mount & Coolant Tank Removal
  This is a screenshot of a page from the 1998 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique Workshop Manual, viewed in Microsoft Internet Explorer. The page shows two numbered steps (6 and 7) from a larger service procedure, likely…
• Ford DTC P1409 Pinpoint Test HE120 - EGR Vacuum Regulator Solenoid Wiggle Test
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford PCED (Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis) pinpoint test, step HE120, addressing Continuous Memory DTC P1409. The code indicates the Continuous Memory Self-Test detected an…
• Ford P1409 EGR Vacuum Regulator Circuit Pinpoint Tests HE112-HE114 (PCED)
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford PCED (Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis) manual page displayed in Microsoft Internet Explorer, showing pinpoint diagnostic test steps HE112 through HE114 (with the heading…
• Ford DTC P1409 EGR Vacuum Regulator Diagnosis - PCED Pinpoint Test HE110-HE112
  This document is a screenshot of Ford's Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PCED) online manual showing the pinpoint test procedure for Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) P1409, which indicates an electrical fault in…
• Ford DTC P1409 EGR Vacuum Regulator Solenoid Pinpoint Test HE110-HE112 (PCED)
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PCED) service procedure page for Diagnostic Trouble Code P1409, which indicates the Self-Test has detected an electrical fault in the…
• Ford Contour Heater/Temp Control Pinpoint Test B - No Operation Diagnosis
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford Tech Service (dealerconnection.com) online service procedure page showing pinpoint diagnostic tests for a climate control (heater/temperature control) system. The visible top…
• Ford A/C Compressor Clutch Diode Test A18-A19 - Circuits 31-CA6/31-CA7 Diagnosis
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford dealer technical service website (fordtechservice.dealerconnection.com) showing a portion of an A/C system pinpoint diagnostic test procedure. It covers steps in diagnosing the…
• Ford Contour A/C WOT Relay C465 Diagnostic Test A11 - Circuits 15-FA11 & 15-FA12
  This document is a screenshot of a Ford Tech Service (dealerconnection.com) online pinpoint diagnostic procedure page, showing part of an A/C system troubleshooting test involving the A/C WOT (wide open throttle)…
• 1998 Ford Contour Shift Linkage Diagram - Manual Shifter Cable Illustration
  This document is a single black-and-white line-art illustration, apparently extracted from a service manual, showing a shift linkage or shift cable assembly area, uploaded as a service procedure reference for a 1998…
• 1998 Contour/Mystique workshop manual steps 10 to 13: reconnect the power steering line and hose, torque pump pulley bolts to 25 Nm, bleed the system.
• 1998 Contour/Mystique workshop manual steps 4 to 6: install the pump pulley, the powertrain mount at 83 Nm, and the coolant expansion tank.
• 1998 Contour/Mystique manual: new O-ring seal via special tool, power steering line union at 65 Nm, pump and retaining plate at 48, 25 and 10 Nm.
• 1998 Contour/Mystique workshop manual: power steering pump removal, disconnecting the line and hose, removing the powertrain cover, supporting the powertrain.
• Ford A/C diagnostic step A21: resistance check from switch C788 pin 2 (15S-FA17 GN/OG) to A/C cycling switch C692 pin 4 (14S-CA17 VT/OG).
• Ford A/C diagnostic step A20: measure voltage between air distribution control switch C788 pin 1, circuit 15S-FA13 (GN/RD), and ground.
• Ford A/C diagnostic steps A15 to A17: voltage checks at A/C clutch solenoid C952 pin 1 (14S-CA6 VT/YE) and clutch diode C972 pin 2 (14S-CA7 VT/BU).
• Ford A/C diagnostic steps A14 and A15: check the A/C WOT relay for continuity, then the voltage to the A/C clutch solenoid on circuit 14S-CA6 (VT/YE).
• Step A12: voltage at WOT relay C465 pin 1, circuit 15-FA11 (GN/YE); A13: resistance from C465 pin 2 to PCM C421 pin 69, circuit 91S-FA11 (BK/YE).
• Over 10 volts at PCM C421 pin 41 or install a new A/C cycling switch; step A10 checks circuit 15-FA12 (GN/BU) at A/C WOT relay C465 pin 3.
• Measure voltage at PCM C421 pin 41, circuit 15S-RE9A (GN/BU); step A9 disconnects the C692 jumper to check the A/C cycling switch for open.
• Step A7: resistance across the dual pressure switch terminals must be under 5 ohms or install a new switch; A8 checks circuit 15S-RE9 or 15S-RE9A (GN/BU).
• Step A6: measure voltage between dual pressure switch C882 pin 2, circuit 15S-FA38 (GN/RD), and ground; over 10 volts expected.
• Steps A2 and A3: check refrigerant pressures and cycle times, then jumper A/C cycling switch C692 pin 4 circuit 14S-CA17 (VT/OG) to pin 1 circuit 14S-CA38.
• Pinpoint Test A, A/C does not operate: step A1 sets MAX A/C, checks battery voltage above 12.5 volts and blower on HI to see if the clutch engages.