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<P>Thanks to Dave Castiglione for original idea and John Witherspoon for
doing it.

<P>Here are instructions on equipping your Taurus with an "express down"
passenger window like your driver's door express-down window.&nbsp; These
instructions are written for generation two Tauri ('93s in particular)
but
<BR>should be adaptable to any Taurus.&nbsp; I make no disclaimers or warranties,
however, and obviously, you modify your car at your own risk (but all this
worked on mine).

<P>Obtain an additional express down (aka "one touch down") module (part
number F2DB-14B118-AB) from a dealer (about $50) or from a junk yard (I
paid $10 for the one I pulled from a wrecked '92 Sable).&nbsp; If you get
the module from a Ford dealer and don't get a harness with the module,
you'll have to go to Radio Shack and get some connectors so you can attach
wires to the module's male spade terminals.

<P>If you go to a junk yard, pull the driver's door panel from a wrecked
Taurus or Sable (you might also try other Fords with power windows) and
locate the small black plastic box that's under the driver's door arm rest
<BR>near the door's courtesy light bulb.&nbsp; To remove the door panel,
remove the screw in the map pocket and the screw in the door pull handle.&nbsp;
Then slip a flat-head screw driver and/or putty knife between the bottom
of the plastic door panel and metal door frame and pry the plastic door
panel loose.&nbsp; Then lift the door panel until it releases from the
rail on which it hangs at the top of the door.

<P>Cut the wires on the express down module harness so as to maximize the
amount of harness you come away with (you should be able to get at least
about 8 inches or so).&nbsp; Make every attempt to get a module that's
been kept dry because it contains electronic parts and a relay that you
don't want rusting out down the road.&nbsp; Also, if you go to a junk yard,
be prepared to remove the door panel on your Taurus and swap your salvaged
module for the existing one in your door to test the salvaged module and
return it on the spot if defective.&nbsp; A final word of advice for those
going the junk yard route: check your yellow pages and call around to find
wrecked Tauri or Sables.&nbsp; The yard will not be able to tell you if
the cars they have the modules, but if the yard has cars of the correct
year, ask when you can come to hunt around on your own (some places only
allow this on Saturday mornings).

<P>Once you have the module, remove the driver's door window switches on
your own Taurus by removing the two screws in the door panel just below
the switch assembly.&nbsp; Turn the switch panel upside down, and locate
the wire that's in the center of the switch panel between the switches
for the rear windows (on '93s this will be yellow with a green stripe --
this is the 12 volt "hot" power source for the window switches).&nbsp;
At least several inches down this wire from where it connects to the switch
assembly, strip off a quarter-inch or so of the insulation from the wire
and perform an in-line splice.&nbsp; Use a fresh piece of 14 gauge wire
to make a connection from the yellow and green wire to the middle terminal
(marked #3 on the express-down module), or if you have a harness, just
spice in the middle wire.&nbsp; You can splice by separating and then intertwining
the strands of the bare wires, or you can use an inline splicer part from
Radio Shack.&nbsp; Whatever you do, wrap your connection with electrical
tape to keep things from rattling loose over time and to ensure that no
exposed wire is left to cause a short when you're done.

<P>Next, locate any one of the solid black wires that's connected to the
window switch assembly and perform a similar operation on it as you did
with the previous wire (black wires are grounds).&nbsp; Using the same
methods
<BR>as before, connect the black wire to the terminal that's labeled #5
on the express down module.&nbsp; If you can't read the numbering on the
module's spade terminals, look at the module from the end and turn it so
that the two large terminals are on the left and the three smaller terminals
are on the right.&nbsp; From left to right, the two large spades are 1
and 2, and the three smaller ones are 3, 4, and 5.

<P>At this point, find the wire connected directly underneath the part
of the driver's passenger door window switch that you would push to make
the window go down (tan wire with the blue stripe on 93s) and, about six
inches from the switch panel, cut this wire all the way through.&nbsp;
Strip enough insulation off the ends of the cut wire to make connections.&nbsp;
Connect the piece of this wire leading down into the door to the terminal
marked #1 on the express down module.&nbsp; Connect the piece of the wire
that's still connected to the window switch assembly to terminal #2 on
the express down module.

<P>Locate the wire connected directly underneath the part of the driver's
passenger door window switch that you would press to raise the window (white
wire with the yellow stripe on 93s).&nbsp; At least several inches down
<BR>from the switch assembly, strip away a quarter inch or half inch of
the wire's insulation.&nbsp; Use a fresh piece of 14 gauge wire to connect
this to the terminal marked #4 on the express-down module, or spice in
the #4 wire
<BR>from your junk yard harness and module.&nbsp; Again, be sure to wrap
your connection with electrical tape to keep things from rattling loose
over time and to ensure that no exposed wire is left when you're done.

<P>Flip your window switch assembly right-side up and, from the driver's
seat, test how the driver is able to control the front passenger's window.&nbsp;
It should now operate just like the express down driver's window.&nbsp;
If it does, congratulations -- you did it!&nbsp; Take the switch panel
off again and use duct tape to attach the new express down module somewhere
down inside the door.&nbsp; Then reassemble the switch assembly.&nbsp;
If the window doesn't work as hoped, review all your connections and try
again.

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