Swapping out Tailgate Window KEY Switch
Something I consider sort of strange on mine, also - when I bought my '85 the key switch didn't work, although the dash switch did. I checked and rechecked the key switch, took it apart, etc. with no apparent malfunction. Out of pure chance, I was changing a flasher in the fuse box and found a misplaced fuse..... a 25A that had mistakenly been placed in a position that was slightly off of the mark (it sounds crazy, but if you were to see it, you could see how it could happen). Anyhow, it turns out that the previous owner had apparently gone to replace the fuse, and had put it in the wrong spot, and had apparently resigned him or herself to the gate glass no longer working at the key switch. I put the fuse in the correct spot, and the key switch began working once again. I thought it strange that this switch, alone, would work off of a 25A fuse, while the dash switch was unaffected. Maybe Ford was worried about the prospect of moisture causing a problem at this point, but not from the dash?