koda2000
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I'm house/dog sitting for one of my daughters this week and next. One of the chores she had for me was to replace the window regulator in her '00 Mountaineer.
I've replaced a rear window regulator on my '01 ST so I figured a front couldn't be much different (and it wasn't). The hardest part was drilling out the 5 rivets that hold the window to the regulator (2) and the 3 rivets that hold the regulator to the door. It would be easy enough, but they always start to spin before you can drill the heads off completely. Anyway, once the old regulator was out I installed the new one with small bolts and nyloc nuts.
Another job done dirt cheap and I didn't even make myself bleed. When I was done and testing the window I noticed it did something that none of my other trucks do. When you hit the AUTO down, instead of going down all the way it goes down in 3 stages. This may be an issue with the AUTO DOWN relay, but I wish my other truck's driver's front windows worked this way. I really don't like the AUTO down feature (and yes I know that if you hold the button down you can have the window go down part way).
I've replaced a rear window regulator on my '01 ST so I figured a front couldn't be much different (and it wasn't). The hardest part was drilling out the 5 rivets that hold the window to the regulator (2) and the 3 rivets that hold the regulator to the door. It would be easy enough, but they always start to spin before you can drill the heads off completely. Anyway, once the old regulator was out I installed the new one with small bolts and nyloc nuts.
Another job done dirt cheap and I didn't even make myself bleed. When I was done and testing the window I noticed it did something that none of my other trucks do. When you hit the AUTO down, instead of going down all the way it goes down in 3 stages. This may be an issue with the AUTO DOWN relay, but I wish my other truck's driver's front windows worked this way. I really don't like the AUTO down feature (and yes I know that if you hold the button down you can have the window go down part way).