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    HELP - PLEASE - fuel line quick disconnect when tool won't disconnect? ??

    Under the left rear seat there's a 9"x9" panel cutout right over the top opening of the fuel tank pump opening. I have been trying to do the job without dropping the tank as its 3/4 full. If I could get this loose, I can pull out fuel pump
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    HELP - PLEASE - fuel line quick disconnect when tool won't disconnect? ??

    How can I remove the fuel line from the gas tank fuel pump when using the disconnect tool does not work? The fitting will rotate and can push back and forth about one-sixteenth of an inch but will not pull off no matter how I try. I just replaced the fuel filter and had to quick disconnect lines...
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    $725 to replace fuel pump?

    How do you remove the quick disconnect fuel line at the top of the gas tank if the fuel link just won't release??? I am using a disconnect tool.it's loose enough to wiggle or rotate but will NOT let go of the fuel line - HELP
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    '99 Ed.Bau.-Swapped power seat for manual NOW airbag light on

    I want to remove the carpet and clearcoat or bedliner the floorboards as I intend to drive doorless like a Wrangler. I plan on removing wires as I go to scale down from power everything. How can I get past the dash light as I merge from electric?
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    New take on leaf springs

    what year or range of years F150, F250, &350 leaf springs fit without having to notch the edges of the spring where they saddle in the U-bolts? I would think that smaller body F150s like 80s-90s may be direct fit-in, but Id think newer springs from big bodied trucks would be over sized or too...
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    Towing a boat

    Towing? How are your rear leaf springs? good firm/add-a-leaf helps support esp. if you've put elongated shackles. Rear sway bar & bushings condition? stable the back end. what rear shocks? I have F150 heavy duty rated rear shocks. Use a HITCH. Tires? correct type, aired up, in good condition. -...
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    '99 Ed.Bau.-Swapped power seat for manual NOW airbag light on

    Help. I removed my electric front passenger seat to replace with a manual seat now my airbag light is on. How do I stop the airbag light from being on is there a fuse that controls all of this help
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    '99 Ed.Bauer- How do I deactivate driver door open/dome lights on swich

    I am removing all electrical from the doors so I can make them easy remove doors like on a Wrangler. How do I turn off or deactivate or remove the driver's door open switch so that I can have the dash lights on and the dome lights inside do not come on?
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    '99 Ed.Bauer- How to disable factory security system?

    I am de-engineering my doors to remove electrical making them lighter weight to quick remove like a Wrangler. The guy at auto parts shop said I want to find if I cut wires and remove doors will security not allow Ex to start n drive as computer thinks doors are open and being stolen. How do I...
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    Making fog light switch work even with headlights off?

    Does this make your fog lights independent controlled by the dash push button or that if the butting is pushed on then they'll come on with the amber lights? Thank you for your help
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    Help- 99Exp 4dr- electric to manual crank doors

    I found a Ranger with crank handles. Before I buy without knowing and it's a waste of money, does anyone know if those crank mechanisms will fit and work in my Eddie Bauer Ex?
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    Help- 99Exp 4dr- electric to manual crank doors

    Does anyone know and or have pics of door innierds? I want door fully manual and am removing electrical from a test trial door. Front passenger. Does the manual door crank and handle match and will it bolt into a door that originally has electric motor? I saw an Exp with crank windows at a junk...
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    '02 AWD Mountaineer-trans started hard shifting - help

    He said today that in the last couple days he tried driving, the longer he drove it was like the engine revved but there was no power or go. For now, he's only driving a mile or two to grocer or such, and again when I went around the block the rims rise as driving then the tranny drops or clunky...
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    '02 AWD Mountaineer-trans started hard shifting - help

    This past week my father-in-laws' '02 Mountaineer V6 AWD transmission started hard shifting. I drove it around the block and it feels that the gears drop into the next as opposed to gliding from gear to gear easily. What would you think of to inspect? I thought he could/should change the...
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    My first time with a 3rd Gen.-How to check/change trans fluid/filter???

    If the transmission is dropping into gear instead of gliding into gear, what suspicion would you all have that he wants to go to Aamco or some tranny place. - it's a 6cyl Mountaineer AWD
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    My first time with a 3rd Gen.-How to check/change trans fluid/filter???

    It's my first experience with 3rd gen. Father n law has '02 Merc Mountaineer. AWD. 6cyl. He states last week, over a few days while driving, she's lost power to the wheels. I just drove the Mounty around the block. There is a sound like an exhaust leak from under center of truck like directly...
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    My quest for better fuel economy...

    Where is the Aldine 30mpg thread???
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    Can side view mirrors be unwired to be manual not electric?

    I need to take out all electrical from doors as I'm making quick-removal doors like on old Jeep. If I remove the wires and make it completely non electric will the mirrors be able to be manually adjusted and or will they stay in place where I have them when I unplug them?
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    Quick Detach Rear Glass

    Reading what you wrote, I was thinking of replacing the entire hinge with something made or created; I hate using the word fabricated. But, having a quick removal hinge pin would be very fast and easy to take the glass on and off. The downside is it also would make it very easy for anybody to...
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    Quick Detach Rear Glass

    I can open the tailgate or the window independently, separate from the other. So I can open the window by itself or the tailgate as a whole.
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    Quick Detach Rear Glass

    My '99 Eddie Bauer rear glass has two nut&bolt hinges and the defrost is plugged in too. What idea do you have for making quick disconnect? I would think that if you replace the stock nut n bolts with longer and sandwich in rubber flat bushings and a non cheesy looking wing nut the. Unplug...
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    Help- door latch broke HOW TO REMOVE & REPLACE???

    Bullocks! I spent so much time trying to disassemble or remove/replace that I overlooked the plainly obvious. Thank you. Really, thanks. It now opens and closes and locks smoothly as lubricated silk now that I have put so much lithium grease and penetrating lubricant and WD-40 and anything else...
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    Help- door latch broke HOW TO REMOVE & REPLACE???

    '99 Edie Bauer. Front passenger door. When opening the door there was a "click" and now the door will not close/latch. The two levers in the door that spread open when opening the door and close/pinch together on striker bolt when closing g the door are stuck in the closed position with the...
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    How to remove '99 Explorer radio

    Pulling the wires apart and "feeling" if the left one was sinking in too deep worked! I GOT IT OUT! For expediting the search, I want to remove the wire for the cd changer and I see that goes to a bundle; I also don't have the subwoofer hooked up. Where can I find a wire diagram for the back...
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