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  1. M

    power side mirrors help

    I'm guessing you are looking at the wireing pass through from the door to the cab.. there are a whole bundle of wires that run through there, and they can get frayed. I had a door unlocking issue and seat memory issue, both caused by the wires in there getting frayed over time. Look in there and...
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    Door lock

    It's a pain, but you just have to keep rooting around until you get hooked back up. If you just can't tell where it hooks to, you can always look in the passenger door... It should be rivited back in place, but a bolt with a nylock nut works fine...or has for the last 3 years for me.
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    Whats this worth? 99X eddie bauer!

    If it's AWD, the whine may just be that. Mine has had it since I bought it 5 years and 100,000 miles ago. Never gotten worse. The radio thing can be fixed. When I bought mine it had the display problem, I found a repair guy on eBay, shipped to Oregon or somewhere, got it back in 5 days, still...
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    I need to know more about keyless entry

    Do your best to get one from the same year, engine, etc, 'cause they change colors in the harness for no known reason...
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    98 Anti-Theft problem

    my guess is you need to program the keys to the truck. I know how to do it, it's in the manual, but you have to have TWO properly coded keys to do it. When we bought ours I bought a spare key and coded it strait away, so if one of us lost a key... My guess is the dealership will have to do it...
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    Parking Brakes of Doom: Inspection Tomorrow

    Thank goodness we don't have inspection here in Kentucky, my parking brake has never worked. never. did rear rotors last year, thought about trying to figure it out.. decided to put it off for another 100,000 miles :D
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    Mileage

    sitting at 155,000, no major problems so far, but, I don't know, she's in great shape, so I can't even think of at what point I would put her down...
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    Rear audio controls not working

    the manual should show pictures of what the proper head unit should look like.. I point this out, because I have the stock system with rear seat controls, and when I had my radio out a while back, I noted there was 2 cables plugged in, plus at least one spare plug-in for the cd changer if...
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    Antenna Replacement

    you can get a new retractable antenna off e-bay for like $10, they have a plastic drive cable thing.. took me 15 minutes to replace. you get to the motor housing through the fender well, just pull back the liner, couple bolts, pull apart, replace broken bit, remount.
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    keyless entry

    also, there can be a problem with the mess of wires running into the door, a new actuator didn't fix mine, but some electrical tape did..lol
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    AWD Problem

    AWD explorers do not have 4hi or 4lo lights or switches. If you have those lights and a switch, you have 4 wheel drive. Totally different critter. Truck will drive? you just don't think the front wheels are pulling when in 4x4? may be transfer case, or front drive shafts. Truck won't drive at...
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    any way to disable the rear seat stereo controls on a '01 X Sport?

    It only works on the factory premium systems, sorry, since that was the type system the thread question reffered to, figured people would know... It runs a diagnostic test of the radio, speakers and connections, handy if you think your (or mine, lol) teenage son has blown a speaker up with some...
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    any way to disable the rear seat stereo controls on a '01 X Sport?

    also, if you press and hold 3&6, it will run diagnostics on the radio...
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    ABS Acting up...

    Definatly get the codes pulled to see what is wrong with the ABS, you state that the brakes don't seem to work right..? Thats not the ABS, when the light is on, it is completely out of the loop. If your brakes otherwise feel bad or are malfunctioning standard troubleshooting of the brake sytem...
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    ABS grinding - no brake

    $200 seems awfull steep... I just did all four on my '99 AWD, and it was $158 four all four rotors.
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    ABS light & Cruise won't work

    Its a program/Hardware adapter called DiagTek. http://www.diagtek.com/index.shtml It's only down side is that it only works on Fords, and some people have other brands of vehicle.. ?? lol. I have a friend who uses another one, I can get the name if you need it, it does most/all ? makes and...
  17. M

    will swapping gears affect speedometer reading

    LOL, then the manual is wrong. period. or my speedometer and cruise works by magic. unplug yours and see what happens ;-)
  18. M

    will swapping gears affect speedometer reading

    The sensor in the rear diff ( at least on my 99 Limited) doesn't have anything to do with speedometer. drove to ford store for parts with it unplugged. speedo worked fine, cruise worked fine, abs did not.
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    ABS light & Cruise won't work

    Don't know if the rear sensor out would cause his cruise to not work...? My ABS light came on when I was home in northern Minnesota for X-mas, ( when you need antilock the most, lol) NO way was I pulling any maintenece up there..lol!! Cruise worked fine on the return trip, about 800 miles, and...
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    Timin Chain - Anyone had to replace one?

    and that's why I just lurk... lol read your vehicle bio, not his.. He will have to modify the inside of his timing chain cover to make them fit, not hard, dremel will do it. only need to remove about 3/16" x 1".
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    Timin Chain - Anyone had to replace one?

    The ones Billy177 are refering to are for 302's and 351's, I have built many a small block in my day, and rebuilt a couple of sohc's, those will not fit anywhere on an sohc. as far as I know there is no timing gear set for the sohc V-8. Because of the layout from the crank up to the top of the...
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