87 TurboCoupe Suspension Question.

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87 TurboCoupe Suspension Question.

May 18, 2008, 11:58:37 PM

this is new territory for me as im not familiar with this electric suspension stuff so im taking a stab at asking you guys.
i was checking out an 87 turbo coupe today, something cheap for my little brother to drive as his first car(its a beater:hick: )
something was bugging me so i went digging into my ford MOTOR shop manual thingy and it figures that section is missing, ripped out actually. after trying to search here for it in the archives i couldnt turn up relevant info about it.
while the car was parked and running the indicator light on the dash cluster for the PRC kept blinking about every 30 seconds and you could here the motors for them turning under the hood while the car was parked. the motors only did it a few times but the light continously kept blinking. im figuring its throwing some kind of trouble code and from what i can remember there is a different way to retrieve them because it has its own computer, not from under the hood but from somewhere else on the car.
does anyone remember how i can retrieve them?

87 TurboCoupe Suspension Question.

Reply #1 – May 19, 2008, 05:50:39 PM

I think it will do that if its not in firm ride mode. At least I think mine does that, but all my electronic struts and shocks are gone

87 TurboCoupe Suspension Question.

Reply #2 – May 19, 2008, 08:31:44 PM

Blinking means its spitting out codes.

Here you go:

http://www.turbotbird.com/FAQpage/FAQpage.htm#Programmed%20Ride%20Control%20Problems

I found that when my car didnt have any PRC shocks or struts (no actuators plugged in) it blinked the code 1 instead of the code for all 4 actuators. So a single blink every little while could mean you dont have the PRC struts and shocks anymore.

87 TurboCoupe Suspension Question.

Reply #3 – May 20, 2008, 12:39:32 AM

Quote from: bhazard;219811

Blinking means its spitting out codes.

Here you go:

http://www.turbotbird.com/FAQpage/FAQpage.htm#Programmed%20Ride%20Control%20Problems

I found that when my car didnt have any PRC shocks or struts (no actuators plugged in) it blinked the code 1 instead of the code for all 4 actuators. So a single blink every little while could mean you dont have the PRC struts and shocks anymore.

exactly what i was looking for, thanks:D