Recent content by DanHall

As for me I wouldn't replace the switch with anything but a brand new one that I had checked myself before installing. It would not be worth all the trouble getting to it again in such tight quarters inside the door. If I put a used part in (or even a new untested part- especially if from a...

Excellent HeBeGeBe! Ever consider taking up technical writing?

Well I don't think it is the shaft since the shaft only goes in as far as just inside the trim on the right hand side of the seat where it activates that side of the seat. The console side of the passenger seat is activated by a cable that crosses under the seat and releases a spring loaded...

Thanks for the reply. I thought about twisting hard but was afraid of screwing up the linkage. Guess I could grip the shaft with vice grips while twisting on the knob to back up and prevent twist from going down to linkage. That would mar the shaft but could clean that up and repaint maybe. I...

Probably too late for this thread but I want to change shifter knob for a 2003 Manual. I wonder if anyone ever came up with something on this? Meanwhile I'll keep looking through other threads to see if I can find anything somewhere else.

Slick fix! Wish I'da thought of that- well I did momentarily but figured the adhesive would never hold. Putting a screw through for added strength didn't occur to me. Did you have any trouble like drilling a pilot hole or did it just thread right in? How did you line it up? Seems like it would...

Whatever you do DO NOT force it! That's what I did and it really cost me. If I had it to do over again I'd remove the seat, turn it over and spray everything movable with something like WD40 until it was loosened up. Might be able to sray enough up in there with the seat in place but with the...

Thanks Hooligan. You got it right, but I was already out working on it before I got back to see your response.

Well I finally found it INSIDE the door. Here is the sequence for replacing the switch. Remove door panel. Reach in and feel just under the latch, Unhook the std type clip connector, turn the switch 1/4 turn to release it. Reverse procedure for installing new switch. I had hard time getting the...

I cannot locate a switch for controlling the courtesy lights. The passenger side works fine (though I can't find that switch either). The driver's side door open will not turn the courtesy light on. Usually these are mounted in the door opening but I see nothing like that there. Does anyone know...

Image with shaft loosely in place.

Got the seat back fixed. see pic of broken part- (attachment because I haven't figured out how to bring it into the body of the post.). The break is pushed back so the fracture zone is visable. Have one more pic while part was being removed when I can get it uploaded from another phone.

Oh damn! By my experience and splitting the difference, those could have been worth $80 ea.for each of us! But I'm learning that one can't keep everything around that *may* have value later. My garage all ready gets so full with speculative accumulation that I can barely move. It might be...

As often is the case I didn't take time to look for all options just got in a hurry and wanted to get it fixed. Also not sure I could have found Explorer seats any easier than Ranger seat. I saw another good idea though- that is to take any color/fabric seat and just change covers with my own...

Here is what I've found out so far: 1) Took the day off to go junking. Found several seats but all were in too bad of shape to be any good to me. All mechanisms I looked at were rusted up and I wouldn't put those on even if I could. Would have been a waste of time except finding out how it...