02 Mar 11 07:56, Mark Hofmann wrote to Tom Walker:   
      
    MH> I have never replaced CVs myself, but have done wheel bearings on my   
    MH> car. I'm hoping she finds someone else to do the repair, as I'm not   
    MH> crazy about this one, but if I end up doing it, I'm sure i will   
    MH> figure it out with help from AllData.   
      
   CV shaft R&R isn't that hard. It's the special tools you might need to do   
   it. You don't have to repair the CV joints, as new joints are assembled to   
   rebuilt shafts for you and it's just an exchange thing at the parts store.   
      
    MH> I just ordered a door striker for her Cougar - which has the   
    MH> electrical door switch in it.  Hard to find part - had to search   
    MH> dealers all over the country. Ford stopped making it.  Finally   
    MH> located one.  Her dome light will come on at times while driving the   
    MH> car, which then trips the car alarm - and it has even shut the car   
    MH> off while driving once!  I hate those alarm systems!  Then to reset   
    MH> it, you have to lock and unlock the car with the keypad.  All this   
    MH> because of a faulty door striker (which has the door open sensor in   
    MH> it).  It seems to happen more when it rains.   
      
   My Z28 came with a six speed manual transmission which has a 1st to 2nd   
   and 2nd to 3rd lockout solinoid so that if you're driving in certain low   
   speed conditions, the trans will only shift into 4th. (supposedly a   
   federal mandate to save gas). The cure for this BS was to install a 220   
   kohm resistor across the connecter-plug terminals, which fools the CPM   
   into thinking the solinoid is still connected. The light on the dash that   
   says 'shift' still comes on, but there is no code written in the CPM. This   
   type of fix might be used to fix that door striker thing. Check the   
   resistance across the sensor and replace it with a resistor of like   
   resistance. The resistance used doesn't have to be exactly the same as   
   the sensor, just in the ballpark.   
      
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