Need help from some ford guys.

[firemanpat2910]

I just bought a 2007 F250 SD crewcab 4wd with a powerstroke. I replaced my 2500 with it. I figured out how to turn off the seatbelt reminder and disabled the auto doorlocks but is there an easy way to kill the chime that rings when you leave the key in the switch? on my chevy you could pull the key out even just 1/8 of the way and the chime would quit, but on the ford you have to remove it all the way. I havent pulled any covers off yet, thought Id see if anyone has done it yet?

 

[Highridge]

Hello,
Try searching here... Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums - Ford truck and SUV owners and enthusiasts Community And Information Source.

I go to the Super Duty forum there all the time for help and info.

 

[rback33]

Not trying to hijack here, but what about disabling the door open chime on an 03 Dodge? Turned to acc. to listen to the stereo with the doors open the noise gets obnixious....

 

[DANOCHEESE]

there is a way to pull the tunbler and put a piece of tape over the contact. Don't remeber it all. Also you can snip the pink wire leading to the tumbler.

Verify this on the site below.

Try this site IT will be there

TheDieselStop.Com - www.thedieselstop.com

 

[Jimbrown]

look under the steering colum under the key tumbler you will see a small hole here. Stick something small inthe hole piece of coat hanger what ever in the hole put your key in the ign turn to run pull the tumbler out of the lock don't remove the key look at the tumbler you will see a metal contact about 1/8 in by 1/2 in tape over it put the tumbler back in the lock.

 

[firemanpat2910]

Thanks guys, I will do it this afternoon.

 

[RollingsFarms]

how do you like the F-250 compared to the 2500 Duramax?

 

[firemanpat2910]

Its hard to give an acurate comparison. The ford is brand new, I only have about 1000 miles on it so far. The chevy was not new when I got it (3 years old with 50,000 miles)
The steering, braking and overal ride is better in the 250, but I had added an EDGE controller in the 2500 so it had faster responce and more tourqe. The ford has some features I like better... Bigger mirrors,turnsignals out the outside of mirror where I cant see them in the corner of my eye, 60/40 bench seats, brake controller, touch panel entry, back up alarm(very handy when backing up to trailers) But the chevy had heated leather, locking axles,compas and therm in rearview,

What we need is to be able to pick our fav options from the big 3 and add them all together, with out having to get a "package". Hopefully I will plan my next purchase better and order a truck built the way I want it.

By the way Thanks again I pulled the key switch at lunch and taped the skinny L shaped contactor and no more dingy noises. Took longer to type than it did to fix

 

[HomeBrew2]

You actually had to pull the whole switch, as opposed to the way Jimbrown described?

 

[firemanpat2910]

I guess you would just consider it the tumbler assembly. I never would have thoght it was that easy to remove. I did pull the plastic cover off (3 screws) just to see what I was pushing on to remove the tumbler. took less than 5 minutes.