hey guys, i have a 2004 ford f150 fx4 supercab. few questions for anyone who casn help me out. a was wondering if anyone had to change out the window regulator? wondering how bad is it to change out. and im getting pretty bad gas miles with it best im getting is 11.3 so for i know its a big v8 4x4 but come on i would think it would get atleast 14 yea know. any tips or idea?

 

Is it stock, or does it have some mods? How many miles on it, and have the spark plugs ever been changed? What weight oil are you using?

 

On the window regulator, get a Dorman from a parts house. Not too hard to change. There may be a write up in the Articles and How To section.

 

no mods, bone stock, im almost to 92,000 on it. and idk weight on the oil i brought it in once for an oil change and just told em make sure its synthetic. the guy i bought it from told me he has always put in synthetic so i didnt want to change it up.

 

Your spark plugs are overdue, they should be changed every 60k. You should be using 5W20 oil. The throttle body and MAF sensor should be cleaned.

 

ok ill see what happens what should i clean the maf with? carb choke cleaner? and is that on the the sensor that goes into the intake boot closer to the motor that the filter. and what the deiff between the maf and map sensor? where is the map sensor?

 

NEVER use carb cleaner on electrical devices. Use MAF cleaner. It's the first sensor in the intake tube after the air box. DO NOT TOUCH the sensor, you can very easily break the fine nichrome wire.

You don't have a MAP sensor, those went away in 1995.

 

celly...I've changed both front window regulators. In my opinion they are easy, but if you aren't mechanically inclined...it could be hard I suppose. Remove the door panel and then it's just a matter of unbolting the regulator and window. It's been a while since my last one went out. I'm waiting for the rear ones to go....

 

ok lol ill go to the pats store tomorrow and get some plugs and that cleaner. looks like i got something to do this weekend haha.

 

ok man thanks im sure i can do it i like working on my own stuff. ill have to get one first i just priced them they are like $250 thats crazy.