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There's a serious shortage of mechanic videos on KZfaq on the E series van. Hopefully 1A Auto is changing this trend. Your work is greatly appreciated!

I love how fast this guy gets to the point. I am soooooo tired of people who talk forever with no real information.

It's about time someone on youtube talks about work vans!

This guy is so articulate and free of any stammering through long one-take explanations that perceptions of it are being expressed repeatedly in the comments as something like "Finally, someone who gets to the point in a repair video." This guy is a natural presenter. It would be funny if he knows nothing about vehicle repair but is an actor who learned his lines exactly and has precise delivery.

Every cargo van #vanlifer is thankful for the econoline series you guys made

Thank you very much. I've had every problem with my van that you mentioned. Now for tightening up the shifter gear on the steering wheel, I found that there are two screws that you can tighten up without taking the steering wheel apart. ( I had a 2002 Ford E-350) And I found that if you follow the brake pedal all the way up the steering shaft you will see two screws (You will need a 5.6 socket) you may need to tighten them and that should straighten out the problem. Or you can remove them and use " lock-tight." And that should stop it from happening again.

Got an 02 360 k miles The motor and transmission have never been touched! Best vehicle ever!

My 07 E250 right at 385k Only replaced heater Blower motor, alternator, 2 coil packs, just did 3rd set of plugs all look good still runs great

i got a 5.8 and man does she sound great with an exhaust leak. I can really hear her growl under load.

It's viracle guy! 1A Auto videos are always informative, but this guy adds a little entertainment to it as well. Keep it up, good video

Excellent video, quickly spoken without the common stutters and stammers many so called mechanics exhibit when having trouble organizing their thoughts. Lots of info packed into a few minutes, good work!

This video helped me so much fixing my project van 1999 E250. THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!!!

This top 5 problem topic are very useful. Thank you SIR!

My 1992 Ford E250 has a real 351W, E4OD transmission, Efi throttlebody with a distributor, cap and spark plug wires. My shifter isn't like the one on the video either. Thank God I don't have a 4.9 or 5.4 anymore had a few. Great video by the way.

This guy....subject matter expert. Thanks for such a comprehensive video.

Thank you! I have a 2008 e350 and I have the shift jiggle on the gear shift. This vid was very informative.

Glad I found you. I have an 2015 E350 commercial vehicle and at 34k I have have already had to replace brake rotors and pads, shocks, tires and alignment and the truck sat for a year as I bought it in 2016. The premium warranty I paid 3,600 covers nothing I am now needing to replace. My mechanic who was great with beater cars doesn't have the staff to have my back as before and it is on me to get educated. I just replaced air filter which was a little tricky due to the design of the truck. The manual that came with vehicle falls real short and my new mechanic is a specialist with wheels and tire automotive. I still have hope because I now found you

My E250 has 320,000 miles going strong and have had all the issues discussed 😂 cheers

Good video guy. Forgot three things off the top of my head... Oil Consumption, and lifter tap on the '97 and up Tritons. Windshield wiper linkages, front door hinge hyperextends easy. Oh yeah, one more bonus, overdrive button short circuits in the shift selector. The positive lead wears thin and arcs out to ground, blowing the O.D indicator fuse. DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE TWIN-I-BEAM SUSPENSION. But any way, good job so far.

Beautiful video, clear explanations, good camera work. Thank you!

As a very old(almost 80) gear head from the 60s, I got a kick out of your video. I drive an '02' E250, 3/4 ton extended van. I'm only the second owner/driver. Purchased it from the co. I worked for Jan. 2008. It was 6 yrs. old when I bought it. But, being a service vehicle, it had 153 thous. miles on it. It now has 333,000 miles on it.Been driven 4 times across country to Cal. and back to SW Fl. Plus many other long distance places. Oh. It has the orig. untouched(other than normal TLC) 5.4, 2 valve engine. And, orig. trans.. BTW, I still do my own oil/filter changes and trans filter changes. Biggest problem that I ever had, was that damn idle motor thingy on the back of the eng. I did an old school modification to the steel gas pedal. Pulled the wiring off of it. Installed my own idle adjustment screw. Been set up like this since Oct. 2013. So, it must be working OK. Set my idle to 550-600 RPMs. This old truck runs just fine. yea, chk, eng. soon light on all the time. But, I know why its on! Sorry for the long post.

I have a 2007 E250. My from ball joint were worn so I replaced them. I plan on rebuilding the entire front end including radius arm bushings. I also have some sway and noticed my body to frame mounts in the rear portions are totally gone. This in conjunction with worn steering parts is most likely causing my front tires to chop and wear badly on the inside edges. My a/c and heat would quit working when applying throttle but at a stop O was fine. There is a quick and easy fix hack by finding the proper vacuum line under the hood and rerouting it under the pass side dash along with a check valve and a new vacuum canister ti fix it without removing the heater box -you don’t wanna go there. The fix takes about an hour or so but most guys brag they did theirs in a half hour….doubtful….lol. I dropped my trans pan to change the fluid and filter and noticed a yellow plastic ball floating in the pan….discard this as it’s a assembly only dust cap that pops out once the diptstick is inserted and it just floats harmlessly in the pan. I went nuts trying to figure out where it came from and scoured the web to finally get my answer….pissed me off. My parking brake dash indicator doesent light up with parking brake applied but the lights briefly flashes on along with all the other warning lights upon start up position2 with key as they always do. I think my P brake switch is bad. My tow/haul button on shifter no longer works and I have a check engine light along with a torque converter lock up code. The van runs like a beast but the trans does make a whiny noises and sometimes will slip and rev up every once in a blue moon between gears usually at slower speeds between 1’st and 2’nd gear. I have the 4.6 L motor and was thinking about changing my rubber oil cooler hoses from the oil filter housing. I have 240,000 miles. I had a couple bad coil packs and I’ve changed my plugs and could twice so far. I keep extra coil packs and a serpentine belt just in case. I upgraded to LED plug and play headlights which made a world of difference. It’s a work van and I carry a lot of equipment and tools for a mobile mechanic service but this van has been so reliable I’ve taken it from Ga to Fla twice and Ga to Pa 4X and would take it tomorrow I’m so confident of it’s reliability. What a great product Ford made with this van. One of the last good old vehicles that isn’t mired in bells and whistles, redundant control modules and creature comfort features. I keep looking at newer trucks and vans and just can’t bring myself to 1. Afford the ridiculously overpriced, over engineered junk and 2. they’re just too damned pretty and over gadgeted for a work vehicle. My friend had his 2006 F250 crew cab , Diesel, long bed, 4wd truck stolen so two days later he bought a used 2019 F350, same style king ranch and he absolutely hates it. It’s too nice, too many chimes and electronics….it’s just too rich for a damned work truck and way too many things to break. He hates the ridiculous add blue system and literally wants to drive the truck off a cliff because of all the problems it has due to over engineered BS.

We have a 1992 Ford E 250 Econoline with the 5.8. Just over 361,000 miles on it and still runs just fine . Uses a little oil over time but nothing more then a half quart.

I've been in the skilled trades all my life and own a small business. All of my vehicles were econoline at a certain point because as a finish carpenter no vehicle has fit my needs more. That being said I've had each one of these issues and a few that I've found more common and GUARANTEED in certain years like power steering pump squealing like a hurt mermaid in a microphone, some serviceman damaging the plug thread where out of frikken nowhere the plug pops and your smooth running van sounds like a idling poorly tuned indy car but worse. Automatic doorlock/handle issues ESPECIALLY the rear door!, the accursed front suspension is a sure bet and at some point and won't stop until it's all fixed, gas tank leak gets honorable mention especially if you're in the North.

I've seen alot of those Ford Econline vans at my work alot and they're still going strong 💪.

Never, ever, leave plugs in a E150 for 100k miles. Change at maximum of 50k. Only use Motorcraft and torque to 25 lbs

I love that you're covering work vans!

Had my transmission tail piece crack from a rusting crossmember. Was lucky to see the transmission fluid on wet asphalt when I was backing up. Never ran low.

Hell yeah! I've been asking for more videos on work vans and reliability. Liked and subscribed. 03 Ford e250 4.2 with 297k miles

9:40 I had the shifter issue. I almost got stranded because the shifter didn't want to go into gear. It turned out that the shifting linkage bolts had gotten extremely loose. I had to take off the trim pieces to get access to it under the steering column but once I tightened them up the shifter began to work like new.

There were millions of these made so there are TONS of parts and they are cheap to fix.The same basic design hasn't changed since 1992, so a lot of parts are interchangeable and they use proven engines. They are incredibly reliable, especially with the 300 I6 or 4.6 engines ( stay away from the triton engines....)The chassis is essentially unchanged from 1975's redesign of the econoline, so if you buy one of these new, underneath you're essentially driving a 46 year old vehicle, which is kind of sad, but also kind of cool.

Completely right I have 2 or 3 broken studs on my 2002 e-350(5.4) manifold.thankfully a local shop get them out easy.

Way to explain Mechanical issues so that I can understand what is going on! With clarity and finesse!

I had 3 out of the 5 problems. Thanks for the video.

Meh. 99 E250 with 342,000 miles on it and still running strong.

damn, I wish I had this guy's energy. very concise.

This guy made everything clear as day.4real good at explaining it in a way I understood

Besides a transmission leak (thank god) you just nailed EVERY problem I've had with my 2008 E150. DAMN, you're good. That misfire, wow, that was an expensive nightmare and it was the coil pack but combined with a security problem which linked to and instrument cluster. In the end, it was (mostly) just the coil. Now I have door latch problems and a vibration like an improperly balanced tire - but I just had them balanced. Only happens between 99-103 kms/hr. Weird.

Great video very concise but enough details to know what to look for keep up the great work thank you thank you 🙂🙂🙂🙂

All of us in the van community (Working trades/Van living)loves any information on how to find and fix including Not listed preventative maintenance. On a sidenote I think the new normal there’s gonna be Pro/epidemic of people choosing to live in vans because of the killed Wuhan virus economy and rents are so high.

I like and appreciate your videos. I don't suggest replacing the blower motor with the resistor, unless it failed because the blower motor. In my limited experience I've found ford resistors failed because of rust and corrosion. Maybe ohm out the blower motor and check spin.

Perhaps a video talking about diesel specific issues on these vans, although I imagine many of the non engine and trans issues are similar if not identical.

You are a saint. I am about to buy one of these, and this video is invaluable.

Honda Civic 8th gen top problems!!! I can feel it! You are going to do it next!!!

If you take one of these manifolds off, just replace it.

I have a 2006 fe250 cargo van that's got 274,000 miles on it. I've had it for a year and must say it's been extreamly reliable. Thanks to this "man", (hard to find nowadays), I can have my van serviced for a road trip from Ca. to Oregon, and know some of the things mechanics might try to charge that might actually be something else. I do change my own oil and do it more often than specified. Air filter too. These vans are good stelph capable vans to live in. Once you get the metal out. I've converted mine on the inside to hardwood flooring, fridge/freezer, 14,000btu A/C, microwave, and even a full size electric fireplace. I have 2 generators ones a champion dual fuel, and the other a hysolice 4,000peak solar generator with 700watts of flexible solar on the roof. My van does have a rack and the big pipe on top but still I have a good charging wattage. So because the solar panels are flexible they mount so you can't tell there there at all. I don't want holes drilled for the wires unless it's done by a professional cause I may be a girl and done all the conversions myself I think this should be done carefully. I wanted a Dodge used van when I started looking. But I am glad I've been blessed with the FORD E250. Mom used to have a Ford pinto, great car. One of the cool things about this van I noticed that's better than other makes is the ground clearance these babies have. One look at this van and I knew right away it was home.

Well done - easy to follow and thorough

As others have said, this is an excellent video! Thanks so much for putting this together, gonna go check all of these areas on my new-to-me Fourth Gen Right now. 🙏

Thanks for the great video, I have a 2004 e250 and I’ve had a couple problems recently. I hope things don’t keep going bad! Now I’m thinking about the exhaust manifold! I’ve had a humming noise issue for a long time now!

Spot on lol ..every one of these happened in my 2008 E250 in the last year.... The coil packs and plugs were tough to replace , the blower motor was an easy fix, and the shifter is still flapping in the wind

You are right on regarding the blower motor!

All the Triton engines have a problem with exhaust manifold bolts: vans, trucks, SUVs. Now that these engines are older, I'd recommend checking the bolts over couple months or so. When and if you find one that has snapped, change ALL of them, because the rest aren't far behind.

Very informative. I truly appreciate the information given.

Great video! Saves our family bacon!! Thank you for sharing how to and for safety tips!!!

This video is spot on. I own this van and it's true but still best van ever once this issues are addressed

Thanks for a great video, especially before I go to check another Ford van

I have 2004 e 250 with 513,000 original miles, never had a problem.

Thanks for the video! I have the same year E250 and my biggest safety issue is the dim headlights. any advise?

Great video, you're really good at this! 😀

I in here with you A1 2021 Christmas morning!! Thanks a lot.

Great video. Very helpful with the issue I'm having.

Thanks for the video it helped me a lot, very well done, I Wich you keep going with this kind of information

the van community thanks you for this

Had to do the blower motor on a 2012 at 75,000. Doesn't speak well for Ford's blower motors when you can usually count on that for the life of a vehicle.

Super glad this was made got a 98 Econoline 250 with the 5.4 v8 and was wondering whats the best way to fix the broken manifolds on the passenger side as my rear part of my manifold broke completely off but weirdly besides the loudness van still drives fine.

I much appreciate your video! thank you!

Wonderful information. Thanks!

Thankyou, very helpful and informative. What about timing chain tensioner? I think at around 200k mikes they start getting loose and also contribute to a slight tick on cold starts.

Exact issues we had. Front Blower motor, multiple misfires, cyl. 5 and 6. Ticking when motor is cold. Almost at 209,000 miles

Thanks for all the videos. I will to see if u have from 2016 Equinox and 2016 Cruze. Thanks

Well done and all 5 issues are most likely going to happen when owning this vehicle. Thanks for sharing

Would it be a good idea to replace the exhaust manifold bolts at 100k miles or at 5 years as a preventative?

I wanna be that guy. Very informative, thanks!

thank you for all the pointers.

This guy rocks!!! Just gained new subscriber!!!👍

It's a miracle... you helped fix my *veericle*

*good to know*

Amazing video. Thank you sir!

Thanks for this!

Excellent video 👍

I have replaced the blower motor, blower motor resistor and the switch inside. The switch would overheat inside and melt the plastic knob. The wire harness behind the blower speed switch was fried. I found the ground wire was crunchy and fried

I did also replace the coils a few times. This last time I did all 8

Very articulate can you recommend a scanning tool that has real time monitoring to check my ABS to see which sensor on whichWheel is giving me an issue something under $4 million please

More E series vids! Im trying to keep my 2003 7.3 van on the road as long as possible.

This video is great! Thank you.

Thanks guys for the video. Make also video about Nissan Titan 2004-2015. Cheers)

I owned a new 2003 E150 V8 4.6 for 5 years. Except for fast wear of the front tires, never did have issues, then switch for a 2007 Savana once I reach 100K, only kept that van for 3 years. One thing that was weird with the modular engine, was, during extreme cold starts, the sound of the engine sounded like an angry chainsaws.

Can you tell me What is the top speed in each gear on a Chevy cargo van 1500, 2004 automatic transmission . Thank you for any information

Smart man. Good job!

Great content, brother

I just got a Ford 2007 e150 hope it goes well

Mine has all 5. Great video

Yeah I bought a 1990 Ford E-250 I've had it for 2 years it's been incredible I've been using it for a camper when I bought this thing almost all the fuses were pulled out I replace them all and everything worked lucky lucky I have a thing with the transmission now it doesn't leak but it burns it somehow and when it gets low it won't go into high gear on the highway put a quart in it and the way she goes

My van all of these issues Thanks FORD!!

Well done!

3:25 Exhaust manifold crack. Is that something that can be fixed (brazed or...) or just replace the manifold?

Excellent job

Thanks for the video I have a 92 250 with 112,000 miles I got it t 90,000 It sat for a few years but runs great I have to replace temp meter sensor for instrument cluster I found out a few days ago that it has 2 temp sensors

Econoline vans one of fords best!!! 99 e 150 202,000 miles conversion