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Here's a little warning to everyone with an auto garage door opener.
Make sure the garage door release cord doesn't hang lower than the luggage rack on your Expy (or any vehicle). Mine did but I didn't think much about it because it hung about six inches off to the side of the Expy. Well during the night, our cat got on top of the Expy and started to bat it around until it landed over the luggage rack rail. So when I opened the garage door in the morning, the handle slid to the front of the luggage rack. Without seeing that, I backed the Expy out of the garage, but the cord handle caught the front cross bar of the rack which in turn pulled the cord and released the garage door on my Expy. Luckily it was one of those newer lightweight garage doors and didn't scratch up the Expy too much, but I did bend the garage door up a bit.
Make sure the garage door release cord doesn't hang lower than the luggage rack on your Expy (or any vehicle). Mine did but I didn't think much about it because it hung about six inches off to the side of the Expy. Well during the night, our cat got on top of the Expy and started to bat it around until it landed over the luggage rack rail. So when I opened the garage door in the morning, the handle slid to the front of the luggage rack. Without seeing that, I backed the Expy out of the garage, but the cord handle caught the front cross bar of the rack which in turn pulled the cord and released the garage door on my Expy. Luckily it was one of those newer lightweight garage doors and didn't scratch up the Expy too much, but I did bend the garage door up a bit.
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Sigh--new Expy owner. Learned the hard way that just because the front clears the back doesn't. Also learned that the plastic luggage rack is not a protector. Scratches and small dent the result. Any good rub-out products out there for the scratches?
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Had a similar story with a Safari van (2 vehicles before the Expedition). I was away so the wife parked her van a little further out from the wall of the two-car garage than usual. Kids got out and closed the slider, unkowingly catching the release cord on the operator. Next morning the boss goes to pull out of the garage and (just like you describe) releases the garage door with perfect timing to land on the back edge of the van. Ouch. :-X23
I imagine this could happen with the Expedition rear passenger doors as well.
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I imagine this could happen with the Expedition rear passenger doors as well.
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>Sigh--new Expy owner. Learned the hard way that just
>because the front clears the back doesn't. Also learned
>that the plastic luggage rack is not a protector. Scratches
>and small dent the result. Any good rub-out products out
>there for the scratches?
If the scratches aren't too deep, J-wax makes a product called Scratch-Out that works great- also good at removing haze from older finishes. Comes in a BRIGHT yellow bottle- can't miss it. It's safe for clear-coat finishes.
>because the front clears the back doesn't. Also learned
>that the plastic luggage rack is not a protector. Scratches
>and small dent the result. Any good rub-out products out
>there for the scratches?
If the scratches aren't too deep, J-wax makes a product called Scratch-Out that works great- also good at removing haze from older finishes. Comes in a BRIGHT yellow bottle- can't miss it. It's safe for clear-coat finishes.
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