tail gate window issues

[chris the redneck]

i took my bronco out to go puul someone out of the mud a couple weeks ago and my friend wanted to roll down my tailgate window so he could sit inside and fix the ropes if he had to and the ***** lost my only key for the tail gate and now i cant roll it up. when i bought the truck the button inside only would roll the window down but not up. so with my luck its rolled down and now im screwed. so getting to the point. how can i get the key slot out of a tailgate to replace the one on my truck or how can i fix the button? i already grabbed a new button off another bronco in a junk yard and that didnt work. i need help

 

[Rons beast]

No good deed goes unpunished!

A locksmith may be able to get you a key, or a Ford dealer may have a code to make one. It may be too old.

Thereis probably a wire broken that carries the voltage from the switch to the window motor. for the up motion. You need a wiring diagram. I don't have one, but I'm sure Seabronc does.

Tell us what year, and give more particulars on the truck.

 

[chris the redneck]

the truck is an 89 bronco custom. only power accessory in the truck is the tail gate window.

 

[Seabronc]

OK, here is the diagram. Take note that there are two (2) fuses for the tail gate window, one used by the dash switch and one used by the tail gate key switch. From the diagram, the only thing that would allow the tail gate switch to fully function, and not the dash switch is a bad contact inside the dash switch. As you can see from the diagram, the tail gate switch uses some of the contacts inside the dash switch to function. A new dash switch should solve the immediate problem, but then your options are:

1. Get the tailgate key cylinder out for a locksmith to re-key it. The best thing to do is to have the tail gate key cylinder keyed to match the door locks.

2. The least expensive thing to do is replace the key cylinder on the tail gate with one that has a key for it from a junk yard.

In either case you need to get the cylinder out. I'm not sure I can explain it so you can follow my instructions, but I'll give it a try

1. Lower the tail gate

2. Remove the access panel

3. Find the motor leads along the bottom of the tail gate

4. Using a 12 or 14 volt cordless tool battery, jumper the motor to move the tail gate window all the way up with the tail gate open.

CAUTION: To be on the safe side put something under the open window to support it while you are working on the switch so you don't accidental lean on it and break the glass.

5. Once you have the window up you can remove the key cylinder, it is pretty obvious how it comes apart, just don't loose any of the clips and spring washers. A nut holds the switch onto the cylinder and a spring clip holds the cylinder in the gate.

6. After you get the cylinder out, lower the window before you shut the gate by reversing the leads to the motor and then close the gate.

7. Now you can temporarily close the window by climbing in the back and doing the same thing you did to get it open for service.

8. take the cylinder and your door key to a locksmith and they can re-key the cylinder to the door key pattern.

9. Do what you did to get it out.

Good luck,

 

[Seabronc]

Just one additional suggestion. After having locked myself out of my truck "DUH" :blink: ( twice, and having to break glass to get in, I finally learned to carry a spare set in my pocket which I have labeled "DUMB KEYS" for just this kind of emergency. I always have them with me and they never get used as my normal driving set. No matter who the ***** is, me my wife or my daughter, I at least have a key to the vehicle door and ignition /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> .

 

[chris the redneck]

lol. i acctually have a problem with the door key. my door key was also for the tailgate so im pretty screwed on that one. i havent have the truck for very long and i rarely drive cuz it aint regitered so i havent gotten round to makin an extra set. my last bronco had and extra set and ironically i locked both sets in that truck. but i do have the tailgate key from that truck but that dont work so now i gotta do whatever i can to get the window up

 

[Seabronc]

lol. i acctually have a problem with the door key. my door key was also for the tailgate so im pretty screwed on that one. i havent have the truck for very long and i rarely drive cuz it aint regitered so i havent gotten round to makin an extra set. my last bronco had and extra set and ironically i locked both sets in that truck. but i do have the tailgate key from that truck but that dont work so now i gotta do whatever i can to get the window up

I've got a set of locks with keys, but the tailgate cylinder should be re-keyed to match the door locks I have. You can have them for $20.00 if you want them or go to a junk yard and pull a complete set from a Bronco that has keys with it.

Like I said before, you can remove the access panel and operate the motor with a cordless tool battery.

Good luck,

 

[chris the redneck]

i did get the window up. found an old motorcycle battery i had and got it up. if ur willin to sell the locks with keys im very intersted

 

[Seabronc]

i did get the window up. found an old motorcycle battery i had and got it up. if ur willin to sell the locks with keys im very intersted

Send me a PM

 

[chris the redneck]

not to sound like a complete idiot but if i knew what a pm was i would... having a stupid moment

 

[Rons beast]

pssst....Chris....it means Prime Minister most of the time....or Poor Memory.....but I think he wants a Private Message.

we all need help sometimes!

 

[Seabronc]

not to sound like a complete idiot but if i knew what a pm was i would... having a stupid moment

If you click on Seabronc, it will display my profile. under the picture there is a line that says "Send Me a Message". Click on that and it will open a window similar to a post but it will only go to me. That way you can put in information like address without broadcasting it to the world.

 

[chris the redneck]

pssst....Chris....it means Prime Minister most of the time....or Poor Memory.....but I think he wants a Private Message.

we all need help sometimes!

lol ya i figured it out not too long after i said that. i may b only 18 but im never on computers that much so im learin more computer talk every day. i felt like a complete idit after that lol.