THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON WHENEVER THE BACK LIFT GATE IS OPEN AND THEN
CLOSED. ALSO THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS STAY ON AND DONT SHUT OFF. I DONT
KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. IF ANY ONE CAN HELP IT WOULD BE GREAT.

Hey y'all,
For some reason I lost most of my old archived messages from this group, so
I was unable to search for the answer to this, so here goes the question
again.

I have an '82 F-100 longbed, and wondering if I can just scrub the bed
down with some 3M sanding pads, primer, and then roll some paint and
then a polyester coating on top of everything.  It has a medium amount
of rust, but nothing that goes all the way through (glad I live in GA

Jim,
Sorry for the off-topic post, but I have a question that my dealer can't
answer (surprised?):
How do I know if my new 2005 Escape Limited has automatic locks?  The manual

Interesting article - says that 95% of rollovers occur when the
vehicle is "tripped" by hitting curb, ditch, etc. and only 5% are
caused by driver turning wheel too sharply.
http://money.cnn.com/2004/06/14/pf/autos/rollover_ratings/index.htm

My 2003 XLT ( v6, 4X4 ) just had its 15000 mile service at Ford ( free
service for 25,000 miles).  I was told that the front brake pads probably
would need replacement when I brought it in for the 20K service. I have
several questions.

I took my car in because the O/D light was flashing and I was told that it
was a 648 code for 4th gear indifferent from ratio?? Anyways, they told me
that my 4th gear was starting to slip which would eventually burn out the
clutch and that I would need to have my transmission ...

Having the rear end replaced again.  Not sure what the final part tally will be
but do know at least a ring and pinion is going in.  Do you need to breakin new
gears.  I only remember when I did gear swaps on Mustangs years ago, I had to
go through some cycle of driving and cool ...

Had to have IAC valve replaced because my sport died at idle 71,000 miles.
Valve was $69 and they charged me 1.5 hours labor? I think I paid for the
tech's lunch.
Then they wanted another $100 to clean out the carbon deposits. Where do

94 explorer instrument cluster does not work
speedodometer does, no blown fuses or relays
A real bugger without gas gage
replaced ignition switch no go.... help

Seems it was about 12 years ago this month that a group of listserver
stragglers founded this newsgroup.  I'll speculate that more than
twenty-seven Explorer owners have visited the group since then, for
support, advice, sharing misery and joy regarding their cars.

I've got the dreaded rear-end whine like numerous other postings here.
Starts around 55MPH, goes away as you let the foot off the
accelerator.  I can hear it over my radio, and it's so loud my 4 year
old boy can identify the sound as we are driving on the freeway.

Hi I was wondering if my 2002 Explorer Sport w/4.0 V6 has a timing chain or
belt?
           Thanks, GeoH

Anyone know what a flashing airbag code 36 is trying to tell me? Its
intermittent, only when I'm driving it (not SWMBO).
thanks,
Murray

Anybody know the torque lbs/ins for the Valve lifters?
I need to tighten up them.
I understand it has to be top dead centre before I can torque.
My truck is 92 F150  300 cu ins, 6cyl, 5spd.