After checking 1996 ford escort pressure test on radior can anything happen to other parts of car if vice grips were still clamped to radior hose and the car was driven ?

Be carefull!! Too much pressure and you might blow some component. Ten pounds pressure is plenty.Replace the pressure cap anyway with a new one from dealer. don-ohio (:^)

You ned some sockets, socket wrench, vice-grip pliers and a splitter. The splitter could be a pickle fork or a press. Either can be borrowed from most parts stores like Advanced Auto.

sounds like you need to replace your fuel pressure regulator.

Air in the line. Could be a faulty caliper, to test a caliper clamp off the line with vice grip on each tyre and test pedal. If you get good pedal when a line is clamped you have found your problem caliper.

the cable is stuck in the sleeve, lots of penetrating oil and grip the wire cable with vice grips and tap it back with a hammer, good idea to get it replaced

Put a pair of vice grips on it and back it off. A replacement can be purchased at any auto supply store.

Try using a vice-grip c-vice. Use one of your old pads and place on the piston. Place the bottom part of the vice on the pad and the other on the outer caliper housing, then tighten clamp and squeeze. Wait a few seconds and tighten the clamp further and squeeze again. Keep repeating until the piston collapses entirely.

IT IS RIGHT HAND THREAD, HARDENED, WITH LOCTITE FROM THE FACTORY. LOTS OF HEAT AND A VERY GOOD SET OF VICE GRIPS. GET IT RED HOT THEN CLAMP THE VICE GRIPS ON THEN TAP V/G WITH HAMMER TRYING TO BREAH THE LOCTITE FREE.ONCE YOU GET THAT LOCTITE BROKEN IT WILL BACK OUT BY HAND.

i would replaceing the fusible link that says main i am pretty sure that it is in the middle they will look good but can be bad

Two Options -

Replace the cheapest of the two first and see if that fixes it, or

get a pressure gauge and a short piece of rubber tubing. Disconnect the fuel line at some point, connect to pressure gauge with the rubber hose and hose clamps, then test fuel pump output pressure.

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