1998 Ford Explorer Mirror-Beam Model MBEX98 Installation Guide
To Remove the Side Mirror Assembly:
1. Remove the door panel from the vehicle.
2. Remove the nuts that secure the mirror housing to the vehicle. Unplug the mirror’s harness cable from the door’s power harness.
3. Carefully remove the mirror housing from the vehicle.
To Prepare the Mirror Assembly:
1. Position the mirror assembly on the workbench so the mirror surface is facing away from the installer.
2. Locate the area marked “Corner”. From this point, measure a distance of 0.5” along the ascending vertical line (Fig. 1).
3. From this point, measure a distance of 3.5” parallel with line “A”.
4. After measuring the distances indicated, mark this location.
5. Using a 3/8” drill bit, carefully drill into the marked area. Be sure to remove any shavings caused by the drilling process.
6. Now position the mirror assembly so that its mounting surface is facing the installer. Locate the rubber extrusion projecting from the rubber mounting gasket. Cut an opening through the outer-most surface so that the harness cable can pass through (See Fig. 2).
To Prepare the Strobe Harness:
NOTE: Because the strobe harness must be routed through a specific, narrow and twisting path within the mirror assembly, it is necessary to temporarily extend the length of the harness with a make-shift “snake”.
1. Locate the tie-wrap included with your mirror beam and cut the fastener-end off.
2. Locate the end of the strobe harness that has SOCKET-type terminals installed on the free wires. Cut off the non-insulated wire (it is not used in this application).
3. Strongly secure the tie-wrap to the strobe harness with electrical or similar tape. Although the purpose of this procedure is to extend the harness length as much as possible using the tie-wrap, it is important to have a sufficient length of the tie-wrap secured to the harness (2” minimum).
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