What are you working on?
04-15-2017, 09:21 AM
I took this week off so I'll be working on the bathroom, I hope to have the new shower completely operational by the end of the week.
But in the meantime, I've had a floor door actuator going clickety clickety click for a while now, so I decided to replace it. Beware, if you get it aftermarket it won't fit; the one they say is good for the floor physically will not fit into the space behind the floor duct. Get it from Ford, it's about twice as much but at least it will fit. The aftermarket one looks like it would work for the defrost door.
It took a bit of work with an 8mm wrench because the bottom bolt is one of those you can see just fine but doesn't have the clearance for a socket, fortunately the bolts are threaded for plastic so they don't take a great deal of turning to take them all the way off or put them all the way back in. Then, out with fuse 15 (under the passenger side kick panel) for about a minute, put the fuse back in and turn the key on for about a minute, and the clicking is all gone.
Next car project will be getting the rear window defroster to work, and one of these days I have to put a new top on it...but what the heck, no one sees the mess around the back window when the top is down.
But in the meantime, I've had a floor door actuator going clickety clickety click for a while now, so I decided to replace it. Beware, if you get it aftermarket it won't fit; the one they say is good for the floor physically will not fit into the space behind the floor duct. Get it from Ford, it's about twice as much but at least it will fit. The aftermarket one looks like it would work for the defrost door.
It took a bit of work with an 8mm wrench because the bottom bolt is one of those you can see just fine but doesn't have the clearance for a socket, fortunately the bolts are threaded for plastic so they don't take a great deal of turning to take them all the way off or put them all the way back in. Then, out with fuse 15 (under the passenger side kick panel) for about a minute, put the fuse back in and turn the key on for about a minute, and the clicking is all gone.
Next car project will be getting the rear window defroster to work, and one of these days I have to put a new top on it...but what the heck, no one sees the mess around the back window when the top is down.
04-15-2017, 07:07 PM
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I took this week off so I'll be working on the bathroom, I hope to have the new shower completely operational by the end of the week.
But in the meantime, I've had a floor door actuator going clickety clickety click for a while now, so I decided to replace it. Beware, if you get it aftermarket it won't fit; the one they say is good for the floor physically will not fit into the space behind the floor duct. Get it from Ford, it's about twice as much but at least it will fit. The aftermarket one looks like it would work for the defrost door.
It took a bit of work with an 8mm wrench because the bottom bolt is one of those you can see just fine but doesn't have the clearance for a socket, fortunately the bolts are threaded for plastic so they don't take a great deal of turning to take them all the way off or put them all the way back in. Then, out with fuse 15 (under the passenger side kick panel) for about a minute, put the fuse back in and turn the key on for about a minute, and the clicking is all gone.
Next car project will be getting the rear window defroster to work, and one of these days I have to put a new top on it...but what the heck, no one sees the mess around the back window when the top is down.
But in the meantime, I've had a floor door actuator going clickety clickety click for a while now, so I decided to replace it. Beware, if you get it aftermarket it won't fit; the one they say is good for the floor physically will not fit into the space behind the floor duct. Get it from Ford, it's about twice as much but at least it will fit. The aftermarket one looks like it would work for the defrost door.
It took a bit of work with an 8mm wrench because the bottom bolt is one of those you can see just fine but doesn't have the clearance for a socket, fortunately the bolts are threaded for plastic so they don't take a great deal of turning to take them all the way off or put them all the way back in. Then, out with fuse 15 (under the passenger side kick panel) for about a minute, put the fuse back in and turn the key on for about a minute, and the clicking is all gone.
Next car project will be getting the rear window defroster to work, and one of these days I have to put a new top on it...but what the heck, no one sees the mess around the back window when the top is down.
04-16-2017, 04:34 PM
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04-17-2017, 11:12 PM
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Considering I had to go from a dead stop, around a corner, and then down the highway, I'd say it did pretty good. Couldn't do it in 4low, for some reason I couldn't wrap it up (maybe too much weight?). Felt like I could've gone pretty fast, got up to 35.
P.S. You don't want to know what kind of punishment it took on the way to and from the truck (foggy morning and I didn't want it sitting in the highway).
P.S. You don't want to know what kind of punishment it took on the way to and from the truck (foggy morning and I didn't want it sitting in the highway).
04-18-2017, 09:00 AM
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I broke down once(dropped an injector and it filled the crankcase full of diesel) on a 9% grade. I told the tow truck guy I was loaded and weighed 85000..the idiot brought a single axle wrecker.. He smoked the brakes and caught the left rear on fire on his wrecker..
He then had to call two wreckers.. One to tow me and one to tow him
He then had to call two wreckers.. One to tow me and one to tow him
04-26-2017, 09:46 PM
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I broke down once(dropped an injector and it filled the crankcase full of diesel) on a 9% grade. I told the tow truck guy I was loaded and weighed 85000..the idiot brought a single axle wrecker.. He smoked the brakes and caught the left rear on fire on his wrecker..
He then had to call two wreckers.. One to tow me and one to tow him
He then had to call two wreckers.. One to tow me and one to tow him
