All, My 82 Cougar Wagon power door locks work but sometimes the rear doors locks don't go all the way down when the front buttons are pushed. Can the door lock mechanisms be removed and cleaned? This seems to only occur in the heat of summer. Steve
They told my about my windows but the locks was my next question. My back ones don't go all the way down either. It has quite a few problems. The drivers seat motor don't work, the tape player is messed. You have to put the dimmers in a certain spot or they won't stay on. But I love my car.
I've had it since January '03. In September '04 the tranny went out. Typical Ford C5. They last only about 100k. I got 115k out of it. As soon as I got the tranny fixed the carb. began to leak and it couldn't be rebuilt (by me) because all the top cover screws were stripped. Then the smog pump seized. Now it's in real good mechanical shape. I've had to door panels off the back doors as both inside handles wouldn't operate. I fixed that by rebending the rods. But, the rear door locks are rivited on and are pretty much just like a two direction solenoid. Interestingly when actuated the rod rotates. There is a rubber boot on the rod at the door lock solenoid. Since they were rivited in I didn't take the time to remove them. I'm thinking that if I take them out then a good cleaning and oiling would correct the problem. On Fords in the 70s and at least the early 80s the door lock is actuated by the knob on each door. There is no switch like in modern cars. The two front knobs will control all doors and the two rear knobs only control each individual rear door. As a rule I ALWAYS try to clean, lube or adjust just about anything before buying parts. That seat motor is in about the dirtiest place in any car. So a good inspection/cleaning of the electrical contacts on either end (motor and switch) may get that seat back in operation. There's lots of places that rebuild older radios and tape players but could be pricey. I've fixed many an electrical part just by cleaning and lubricating. I don't have electric windows but the drivers side on my wifes Tbird stopped working. Since it was bolted in I cleaned all the dried out lubrication and re-lubed and reassembled and now it works like new. Steve
geez T...gettin a lil sensitive in your old age??...hehe hmm....literally...the same deal as the power windows...panels off...lube!!! ...mind ya...the selenoids..they aint good for ever...but you can also take them apart...and re-lube then puppies too ! HAHAHA...i just noticed my rating.....I'm a "senior Junior"....hahaha:banana:....you guys dont know how acurate that is....HAHAHA WagMaster....dont change it....I like it!...
You're not going to believe how really stupid this door lock thing was!:banghead3: Well, the old Ford electric door locks are actuated by the door lock rods themselves. For those non-Ford types there are no switches on the door panels. Just the door lock knobs themselves. Pretty much just like any door lock. What a dummy. The drivers door wouldn't actuate the rear door locks to lock. The passenger door did work normally. Until this last week. Then the passenger door stopped locking the rear doors. Unlocking always worked. I found that the knob was screwed too far down and it wasn't making the switch to lock the rear doors. I feel dumb sometimes. Problem solved.
Yea, Yea, Ha, Ha. I generally consider myself a decent mechanic. I'll try pretty much anything given the tools on hand etc. But sometimes the simple things are just too simple.:confused: Back when I was managing maintenance on 21 test aircraft a few engineers came to modify a system on the plane. For a week they changed out parts, checked voltages, scratched their heads. So, I went out and asked if they needed some assistance from the Navy maintainers....."Nope, were good" they'd say. Two days later I sent out a young tech who'd been in the Navy about a year. He asked what the problem was and the engineer said "we don't have any voltage here".....young sailor goes to the circuit breaker panel and pushed in the breaker...voila. Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees.
