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    remove bumper cover to change out hitch?

    According to the shop manual the cover has to come off.
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    adding class III hitch

    I have an 04 XLT with the V6 and tow pkg. On the sticker I believe the rear gear ratio is 3.73 . I will check tonight to see for sure what else is included in this package. Finding a hitch shouldn't be too difficult. As far as upgrades. I have added towing equipment to vehicles that...
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    Faulty Fuel Gauge

    Amen Pitbull 325!!!! My 2004 did this the other day after my wife filled it up and I know that when the pump stops, she does not top it off (I told her that her car will catch on fire if she does it...she is not car literate, but it works to keep the evap/emissions junk from being replaced...
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    Low speed Cruise control..trucks shuts down

    The intermittent horn and cruise control switches were the result of a bad clockspring. With the new clock spring, the horn, and cruise work without giving the steering wheel a rap. However the low speed cruise stalling still continues. I can duplicate the problem with the following. Set...
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    Low speed Cruise control..trucks shuts down

    Do you have a link referring to this recall? I did a search a few days ago and the only recall that I saw was for the brake pressure switch that shuts off the cruise causing fires, due to the switch always being hot even when the ignition was off. The recall was for the full size Ford...
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    Low speed Cruise control..trucks shuts down

    In trying to narrow this to a particular component, is the clockspring connected to the ignition switch? I don't have the factory wiring diagrams or service manual yet (I am waiting for these to arrive.) Here are some of the scenarios I have encountered thus far on my test drives...
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    Low speed Cruise control..trucks shuts down

    Does your horn work intermittently when the vehicle stalls? We just got our 04 Explorer 2 weeks ago. I have been able to duplicate the stalling with the cruise control at lower speeds. The book says 30mph + the cruise should engage. If I'm at 35mph hit coast to get it down to a lower...
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