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It has been my experience (old days) that Ford uses a polyethylene grease that contains lithium soap and mineral oil for the window regulators, hinges, hood catches/door locks and tailgates. I still have a wee bit left in a tube as I use it sparingly. You might search the FORD part number DOAZ-19584-A and see what an equivalent is. I got it from a dealership many years ago for the first and last Ford I will ever own. I may have to rethink that now that Volvo is Chinese owned and with all electric cars on the horizon, times are changing!
This grease was before the days of spray-on lithium, which in my opinion, dries out and becomes a worthless lubricant by itself. It gums up stuff, I think. The Ford stuff was not so much lithium for that reason I think. No idea what polyethylene does except add a polymer, which could make it ahead of its time.
Next best is thing is search the Lubriplate product line. They are an industrial product line. They make many things OEM, for car manufacturers, repackaged. I like a product 1242 for several general applications. A product 630-AA can work and is less white than lithium and water-resistant. It rains down inside our doors. There is just a plastic sheet and cardboard between the outside world and us, for how many thousands of dollars?
They also make grease named AERO, which I use on my screw drive Genie garage door opener. It is multi-purpose low temperature grease. It is compatible with metals, plastic and rubber. Nowadays, that is important since they use plastic bumpers, rollers, slides, screws and nuts made of plastic.
Strange enough, it is white too, go figure! Guess they like white. They all may be lithium based for all I know. My point is Lubriplate has proprietary goodies that make more than car manufactures, seek them. They service the world over and cars go all over the world so their greases have to function under several extremes.
You can probably find these products at bearing houses, good parts houses (meaning mechanics go there) and hardware stores catering to farms or at least I have.
Good luck with all my thoughts above. Darn did it again, rambling.
Phil
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