Manual to automatic door windows?

I'm sure it's possible. It's probably not worth the trouble unless your feel you really really need electric windows. I've done it on an

88 mustang and it was a lot of work. An easier way would be to see if JC Whitney sells a conversion kit that will work - they bolt over the place your manual crank is now and turn that. It won't look exactly like "factory" but it would be a lot less work.

-- Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789

If I were to replace the doors of a '91 Explorer with the doors from an XLT model Explorer, does anyone know which years of XLT production will fit a '91? Is there any mechanical or electrical reason that would make it impossible to replace the doors with doors from an XLT model?

I think everything up thru 1994 would interchange.

You need more then just the doors, you also need the wiring harness that runs from one side of the vehicle to the other. You can probably get that at a junkyard too. It's possible Ford put them in yours at the factory even though you don't have the electric windows, you'd have to track down where they are supposed to terminate and see if they are there. The chances of finding 2 or 4 good doors at a junkyard and in the right color and not needing any body work seem pretty remote. So you would probably need to get them painted. But then they might look better then the rest of the truck so you might need to pain the whole truck.

If you really want to do it, it's doable, but I'll never do it again, it was way too much work for the incremental convenience. The only reason I did mine was that while looking for a minor part from a "parts car" the guy offered to sell me both doors, all the wiring I needed, the center console, and some other stuff, all for $50. I just couldn't turn it down at that price.

-- Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts:

"What, sir, is the use of militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. . . Whenever Government means to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise a standing army upon its ruins." -- Debate, U.S. House of Representatives, August 17, 1789

Probably the only cost effective way to do it would to find an explorer that has a blown engine, or hit in the rear or something, and buy the whole truck. But, as others have said, it's really quite a bit of work to swap doors. NOW I suppose there is no reason you couldn't put the electric regulators INTO your doors, thereby eliminating the paint match worries, but that's a bunch of work too.

Many places sell electric conversion kits that look *almost* stock. the motors mount inside the door, and a cable turns the manual crank for you. They usually have either a plastic cap that goes over the old crank, or some are clever and put the switch pod over the crank..

Depending on what your motives are, you may consider just doing the driver / passenger windows since they are likely the most used.

I actually did JUST a passenger door on a truck once, because that was the window I couldn't reach! Kind of goofy, but it served it's purpose!