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were you towing more than the bumper is supposed to? I've never heard of a bumper not holding up to it's allowable weight. I've towed with our bumper before and had no problems. Mainly just wanting to know the variety of things people have used it for. I'm just curious how many people have used...

Thanks for the opinion guys. I think I'm going to try and go for it. I've towed before using bumpers and as long as you don't exceed the weight, there shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for the advice on tightening up the bolts, I'll definately do that. -Chris

Another vote for siping. I had that exact tire on my toyota and had them siped at Les Schwab. Was very pleased with the performance and now do it to all the tires I buy. Even the mud terrains I got on there now.

Has anyone every used one of these before on their trac, or anything else? If so would you buy or use it again? Exactly how much can you tow with one of these? I know it says 3,500 lbs, which is what the bumpers limit is too. But about how much is that? Would that be able to tow a boat to the...

On our Ranger we had, the same thing happened and Ford had to replace the whole switch because the light is part of the switch. I was glad that it happened under warranty for us.

Thanks for the very descriptive and informative reply.

I think they clean the entire fuel system or something like that. I can't remember exactly. I also use Lucas Oil injector cleaner every time I change the oil (3000 miles). Good point on going with name brand gases. My dad says gas is gas, but I know better. I can tell a difference when running...

Has anyone gotten their fuel injectors cleaned at their dealership? I'm thinking of getting it done since the trac has almost 50,000 on it. Is it worth the near $200 or is any good injector service just the same?

That sucks. Mine has almost 50,000 on it. Hopefully it will be not so notorious but this is good to know so I can keep an eye on 'em.

Not sure how many miles are on the vehicle, but it seems way too soon to be replacing ball joints. When is it popping and how? Is there play in the steering maybe? My other truck is a 94 toyota and the ball joints are in pretty decent shape on it with 135,000+ miles on it.

I had my rear window not go up once. Also it was right after it rained. What I was able to do was have my wife push the button for up and I pulled the window past the point where it was getting the most resistance. It hasn't done it since though. Since those windows have the safety feature to...

How many miles are on your vehicle? I don't think that changing the power steering fluid is necessary if your vehicle is only a couple years old. I've heard every two years for the brake fluid, but I go further myself.

No worries Tabjo, I appreciate the feedback (Hal too). Looks like that would be something I could handle installing. I've heard somewhere that doing the aftermarket keyless entry messes with the flashing securtiy light. I really don't care, as long as the truck still start. Has anyone heard of...

Does anyone know of an quality keyless entry system to add to my 2003 XLS? My wife and I are going to have a kid and she doesn't want to hassle with unlocking the doors manually while holding a baby. I installed our fog lights myself so if it's anything relatively like that I could install it as...

Well of course when I went out to try the suggestion the window works great. It was probably the rain, even though, since we live in WA State and it rains all the time, you would think it would have done this before since we vent the window in the rain.(with the visor on the back window, of...

So I push the button to send the rear window up today, and it goes about half way, then comes back down. Try to vent, same thing. I know these things have pressure sensors on them and it does look like my window is dragging somewhere in the track. So I tried lubing it with some general lube and...

thanks, thought so but wanted to be sure.

The title says it all. I found an 01-02 hitch, but need to know if it will fit my 03. Thanks.