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Tomcher

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  1. I left my cell phone charger plugged in to, just the charger not the phone. After 3 days it was dead, wouldn't start. I jumped the battery and it started and charged the battery up. That was over a year ago, I haven't had a battery problem since.
  2. To point #3, I left a cell phone cord, just the cord plugged in and it drained my battery completely in 3 days. Some say this can't happen, it was the only battery problem I've had and I learned my lesson about leaving anything plugged in. I haven't had any battery problems since.
  3. Thanks for the response, this has only happened one time and has not been a problem since. I think it had something to do with the door being open when I tried to lock it. Since it's OK now, I'm not going to mess with trying to open the remote until it happens again.
  4. I was in a hurry and after I parked my 2008 Limited, I hit the lock button on the remote before the door finished swinging shut. Nothing happened, it didn't lock. So I pushed the lock button again, nothing, none of the buttons worked. I could only lock it with the door key lock. So I went into a store to do some shopping and I thought maybe it needed some time to reset. None of the buttons worked, so I just unlocked with the key and drove it home, it was about 30 minutes later. I got out tried again and all the buttons worked and it's been just fine for several days. So I guess I will never try to lock it before the door shuts, has anyone experienced this, or is it just my Edge.
  5. Okay, I did the BAMR light switch mod, I hooked up new wiring to make the switch light up. I removed the bolt that holds the radio antenna to put a ground wire connector that the bolt is threaded through and just reinstalled the bolt. Now I don't know if the two are connected, but my radio reception has deteriorated, especially on the right side channel. It comes and goes as I drive, it almost sounds like the speaker is blown, but it sounds fine when CDs or MP3s are playing. So is there something in the antenna connector that the bolt that I took out is now not hooked up? Did I mess something up by taking the bolt completely out, did something get disconnected? I can't see inside beyond the shield that covers the bottom of the antenna, I would take it completely out and look at it, but I'm not sure how to disconect the wires and pull it out. Has anyone taken the antenna completely out? Thanks for any help.
  6. Yes, Ive had the same problem just one occasion,with my O8 Limited. I looked in the owners manual on page 124, just manually shut the liftgate, then use any method to power open the liftgate, let it go through a complete open-close cycle and it should reset itself and be okay. That fixed mine and it's been good for several months, I don't know what caused it to malfunction, but it's okay now.
  7. I finally changed my oil today at 5000 miles, not the 7500 recommended. I went to walmart, got the Motorcraft 5W-20 synthetic blend, Ford filter and proceeded home to drain the hot oil. The fun started when I tried to get the old filter off. I tried a cap type filter wrench first, it kept slipping, then I tried a squeeze type clamp wrench. After partially crushing the filter, I still couldn't get enough leverage to turn it. Next I tried driving it off with a hammer and flat tip screwdriver, still didn't budge. Finally I used a 4" C-clamp tightened very tight with C on the bottom of the filter, I put a pry bar through the C and finally it turned and slowly untightened. I'm glad I didn't have to resort to the screwdriver driven through the filter, that's just way too messy. I don't anticipate the next oil change to be quite as hard, since I didn't ask "The Hulk" to tighten the new one for me. I put exactly 5 and 1/2 quarts in and that brought the level on the dipstick up to the correct level. I don't know why Ford put that filter on that tight, I guess they want you to give up and bring it back to the dealer, no way, I'm the only one that's going to touch my 2008 Copper Limited.
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