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#2417 of 3244 smokeyjoe by marsha7 Jan 19, 2005 (7:43 pm)
I was under the impression that most cars have ALWAYS had a front stabilizer bar, even "poor handling luxury boats" like Crown Vic, Grand Marq, Town Car, etc...what I have always wanted, and more cars now offer, is a standard rear stabilizer bar which would only affect (improve) body roll in turns, but has, I believe, no effect whatsoever on straight roads since the bars have no torsion on them in straight roads...
#2418 of 3244 Blowing Fuses on 2000 GM by dmers Jan 20, 2005 (3:16 pm)
I need some help for our 2000 GM LS w/Digital dash and auto heat/AC. The car has only 92K miles on it. It keeps blowing the fuse for the digital dash, power door locks, done light, etc.  We just spent $190 getting the Auto heat/AC fan working about 1 month ago. This same fuse problem occured when we bought it 4 year ago and they tracked it down to the built in garage door opener in the visor. Any ideas or is this common? Thanks for any help. dmers Replies to this message: nvbanker (Jan 20, 2005 3:38 pm) esfoad (Jan 21, 2005 5:17 am)
#2419 of 3244 Re: Blowing Fuses on 2000 GM [dmers] by nvbanker Jan 20, 2005 (3:38 pm)
Replying to: dmers (Jan 20, 2005 3:16 pm) It is not common at all, but clearly, you have something that's touching ground somewhere in the circuit or overloading. It's a tough one to find. Someone is going to have to trace every wire down to find out where the insulation has worn through or the staple is that's making the fault to ground for you. Replies to this message: esfoad (Jan 21, 2005 5:17 am)
#2420 of 3244 Re: Blowing Fuses on 2000 GM [nvbanker] by esfoad Jan 21, 2005 (5:17 am)
Replying to: nvbanker (Jan 20, 2005 3:38 pm) I just had the same thing. I finally tracked it down to the wire that powers the vanity mirror in the driver's sunvisor. Every time I moved the visor, the wire was chafing on the roof of the car and eventually rubbed away the insulation. Then it was bare wire touching the roof. I hope this helps to solve your problem.
#2421 of 3244 Re: Just a gripe I have [ragdollgirl] by a_l_hubcaps Jan 22, 2005 (1:05 am)
Replying to: ragdollgirl (Jan 17, 2005 10:52 am) You should remove those caps yourself anytime you take the car in for service, so you can be sure they are put back on properly. It is very easy for inattentive mechanics to break the clips and then the caps start flying off. I am in the hubcap business and I sell these caps all the time, they are one of the worst designs out there.   -Andrew L
#2422 of 3244 Thanks, Andrew L. by ragdollgirl Jan 24, 2005 (8:51 am)
I will definitely be removing all my wheel caps myself before I take the car in again. When we took another one off to see the part number, some serviceperson had broken a clip off of it. Don't know what shape the other two are in yet. I'll probably be losing another one before long. The car's got almost 200K miles on it but I still want it to look good. Can't go around with naked wheels! Thanks for the tip. I didn't know they were so fragile. Replies to this message: lostwrench (Feb 15, 2005 7:42 pm)
#2423 of 3244 Blowing Fuses on 2000 GM/ found the problem! by dmers Jan 28, 2005 (12:05 pm)
Thanks to all for any help on the issue of blowing fuses on my 2000 GM w/92K on it.    There was a short in the visor to the remote control garage opener. The mechanic disconnected the wire and now all is working well on our electronic dash, door locks, heater fan, etc. at an unbelievable $68.00     The cost to replace the part: a new visor: $454.00 __you guessed it, we are using the old garage openers, again. The first time this happened, it was on Ford, back in 2000. I did not trust a third Ford Visor for electronics reliability.   I think I am going analog when possible on all my future cars.
#2424 of 3244 Gauges by jsylvester Jan 28, 2005 (2:10 pm)
My digital gauges on my 94 Grand Marquis work flawlessly. They are not known for being anymore troublesome than the analog gauges - the problem on your car seemed to be with the design of the built-in garage door opener.   I'm holding out for a Grand Marquis LS Ultimate somewhere around 2008, depending on whether Ford decides to stop building them or not. The 500 is a decent car on paper, but it is no Panther.
#2425 of 3244 My sitaution may be a little odd by marsha7 Jan 28, 2005 (6:49 pm)
but here goes...I need to raise my 2004 Crown Vic headights just a little...there apparently is no left-right adjustments, but you can raise and lower the beams (is this what they call cost-cutting?)...the adjustment screw is a small screw with a hex head that requires a 4 mm wrench... that's right, 4 millimeters...I have a 4 mm small socket, but the space is designed so that I can fit the socket on the end, but no room for the ratchet...what I need is either a 4 mm wrench, preferably a combo wrench with a six sided box on one end (12 sided might slip), or a 4 mm socket with flat surfaces ground onto the outside so a wrench could fit OVER the socket, and one could wrench the socket to tighten the screw...I hesitate to use a pliers or a visegrip, and it might slip and ruin the tiny hex head surfaces on the screw...my dilemma is that I cannot find any manufacturer who makes a 4 mm combo wrench, or small 4 mm sockets with the outer surface designed for a wrench...does anyone know of a source where I might buy such an item??? Replies to this message: esfoad (Jan 31, 2005 5:57 am)
#2426 of 3244 by nvbanker Jan 30, 2005 (3:56 pm)
Why do you want to blind oncoming traffic, Marsha?

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