F C parts????

[bugsyc]

Anyone know what F C parts are????I tried ordering a part and they replyed,"we do not sell F C parts....What are they????

[RubberCtyRauder]

what did you order and from where?

[BAD MERC]

Frigging Crap.

[bugsyc]

what did you order and from where?
Part# 8W1Z5359AFC...height sensor...From Lakeland Ford

[RubberCtyRauder]

Don't know FC they are talking about. Other places have it. Google the part number and they show up

[NXSBOB]

???
http://parts.autonationfordwhitebearl ake.com/mercury/marauder/8w1z5359a/2003-year/base-trim/4-6l-v8-gas-engine/rear-suspension-cat/ride-control-scat/?part_name=position-sensor

[bugsyc]

I know other sites have it.......The (http://....The) same part,which is the leveling height sensor that ends in A is over $200...The same number part with the AFC ending is $65...Same part???Several sites have the AFC part but,none show a picture...As I said the parts dep't. at Lakeland Ford said they don't sell FC parts....Just trying to see what the FC means....http://www.drivefordparts.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/53845

[BLACKMARAUDER04]

Probably rebuilt vs new.

[RubberCtyRauder]

$200 is the whole assembly

[bugsyc]

OK,I got the info....FC was a "value brand" that Ford had but,no longer has....Ford dealers can't sell them even if they have them....Other venders like the OEM Parts Site that I listed in my post earlier may still have them..

I'll check it out....The "whole assembly" is all Ford sells...I would like to get the resister part alone...But, as I said Ford only sells the whole assembly....Maybe that's what the FC part is???
Actually it's a rheostat.....variable resistor...


Anyway,I changed out the air suspension relay..#303 in the BJB...Keeping my fingers crossed that is what it was...
Thinking was...what could power the compressor with the switch off???a shorted relay...It's in a circuit that is always "hot"...

[bugsyc]

Changing the relay did not cure it...Pulling it stopped the compressor but,after putting in a new one,,same problem...So,that wasn't it....Next,I'll check out the trunk switch,see if I can find a short...I have a new switch incase that's it...
I'm throwing parts at it to avoid a trip to the dealer...I hate the local dealer...I know he'll end up charging me thousands...
I have a new height sensor coming and hopefully a control module...

If none of that does it,I'll go to spring conversion...I can't find a real mechanic that can do all the diagnostics that would pinpoint the problem...

May have to take a few days off and drive up to MO's....

[RF Overlord]

The Blackbird once ran the air compressor until the battery went dead. I discovered one morning the back end was way high. Jumped the battery and the compressor started right up. Turned out to be the RAS module.