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How To Replace A Car Window

Replacing your own car door window is not that difficult. You will need a few tools and the new parts but the work is not complicated if you have patience.

The first step is to remove the upholstery on the inside of the door. Most handles and armrests are screwed into place and need to be removed.

After the door handles and armrest are removed the next step is to remove the bottom of the door panel. There are special tools for this but most people use a screwdriver. Pry gently along the edge of the panel until the fasteners pop out. The door panel fasteners are shaped a bit like a Christmas tree with the base attached to the door. These fasteners are placed about every three or four inches.

Once the panel is off the door clean the window track and guide. Remove the old window seat and any other parts of the old window. Looking at the new window somewhere along the rear edge near the top there is typically a small hole drilled through the glass. The purpose of this hole is to put a small plastic piece that snaps into the hole. The plastic piece rides in a track at the back of the window opening, which keeps the window straight in the door. Some models require this to be installed before putting the window in. If all else fails, tilt the glass and snap the plastic piece into place after pushing the glass in before tightening it all down. Slide the new window glass in carefully. Remember when handling glass, even a tap on the edge can break it.

Once the new window glass is attached to the window rail, check the operation of the window before putting the door back together. To replace the door panel make sure to line up all of the fasteners before attaching any of them. Tap the back of each fastener through the panel with the butt end of your screwdriver. If the fasteners were not damaged during removal, they should simply pop back into place. Reattach the door handle and armrest. Hopefully, these simple steps have aided you in replacing your car window.

Replacing your own car door window is not that difficult. You will need a few tools and the new parts but the work is not complicated if you have patience.

The first step is to remove the upholstery on the inside of the door. Most handles and armrests are screwed into place and need to be removed.

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Do I need a new distributor on 92 Econoline?

Died while driving. There is no spark at the wires(I checked it by using screwdriver grounded to motor)
My dad says it needs a distributor, what do you think?
It has a 4.9 litre straight six cyl. engine with 220 k miles.

Let's check a couple of things first before you replace the distributor.

First, with 220K miles, I am concerned about the timing gears. The 4.9 does not use a timing chain. It is gear to gear drive and the factory gears are a composite material to reduce noise. Remove the distributor cap and watch the rotor while cranking the engine. Does the rotor turn? If not, I would suspect you may have stripped the timing gears.

If the rotor did turn, let's try another test. Using a 12 volt test light, ground the alligator clip to a good ground. With the coil plugged in, touch the probe end of the test lamp to the red and green wire at the coil. turn the engine over with the key. Does the test lamp light up? If it doesn't, you need to find out why. If it does light up then touch the test light to the other side of the coil (tan and yellow wires). Turn the engine over with the key. Does the test light pulse off and on while cranking the engine? If it does not pulse but stays on then you have a bad TFI module on the distributor. This can be replaced without replacing the whole distributor. If the the test lamp doesn't light up at all on that side, then you have a bad coil. If it did pulse but you are not getting any spark, I would be looking at secondary ignition components (cap, rotor, coil wire)

Easy enough to diagnose this system.