Have 2006 ford ranger extend cab and the driver side power mirror

Dismantle the mirror bracket. You probably wont be able to get this back in without doing this.

just the mirror or the entire housing ???

just mirror

• remove old mirror (pry out)
  
• unscrew from holder
• screw new mirror into holder
• press holder back into housing

entire housing

• open door
• pry off mirror shield (might need to unscrew) the shield is inside the door which hides the bolts holding the housing
• unscrew housing
  
• remove power cable (if any)
• plug in cable to new housing (if any)
• bolt the new housing in place
• replace shield.
  

Muth makes the signal mirrors for repalcing the glass in the mirror head. On the site, they have nice instructions you can use for removing the door panel, and getting the mirror off ( obviously stop at the removing the glass part, and just replace with the mirror head you already have ).

Enter the Make, MY, and model you have, and on the products page are the links to the PDF version of the instructions for download.

www.kwmuth.com

sounds lik a bad switch to me

On the inside trim, you can remove screws that are by the door handle, arm rest, under door and side of door and then gently pull back on the panel as there will also be retaining clips attached and you don't want to break them. You'll need to lift the door panel upwards in order to get it off the window ledge. Then you'll need to manipulate the panel and disconnect the door handle linkage from the door handle and disconnect the wiring for your controls and mirror. Then you can remove the bolts securing the mirror housing onto the door. (I assume that part is still intact).

If it's just the mirror piece and backing that fell out of the housing, then on the inside of the housing, you should see two to four clips that secure the pivot point and two rods that control the pitch of the mirror. You may be able to just 'jam' the mirror backing back in. But the rods need to be secured to the back of the mirror backing in order to prevent the mirror from just falling or moving on its own

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If it works fine the way it is it' s best to leave it alone

Inside of the drivers side frame rail. About midway down the frame. Depending on production date, it should be plastic and have 2 fuel lines in one end and one fuel line on the other end. The retaining nut for the filter is on the outside of the frame rail. Hope this helps !

look for a dealer recall for that

This year of ranger had a few flaws, In one case, a break power booster was robbing the vacumm, you can test this by plugging it off and seeing the differance, but you will have limited brakes. This model year had a problem with a vacuum leak on the manifold. You can check these in many ways, but please don't use starting fluid. The rear of the manifold usually on the drivers side where it seals to the block.
Also, in 2 other cases a cracked head has gave me the same problem. It is caused from a loss of vacuum.