Recent content by boominXplorer

That's alot for an older vehicle. It's all the little stuff that can get you. The heater hose connectors, fuel pump, transmission, wheel bearings, ect. That being said I'd drive my raptor with 272k on it up there if I wanted to. Would it make it? Most likely. Would it be cheaper on fuel to...

Also get the oil with the uv dye in it if you can. Helps with later diagnosis if needed

Any auto parts store will have the oil. I like the little 4oz bottles. I poke 2 small holes in the foil cap and use it as a dripper to lube the connections. Compressors are usually filled with 3oz when they come. The oil in the old dryer assembly needs to be considered when refilling oil...

As a shop owner that gets this question many times this time of the year, make sure you use pag 46 oil on every connection if you do the work. I charge a ton of people's systems and I'll say half of the diy guys are back within 3 months. My machine leak tests for 10 minutes at 30 inches of...

I'll put my $.02 in. My next vehicle when I sell my 22 ST will be an EV. I've got 4 more years left on the loan then I'll be switching the wife over. We put 6k miles on it in a year. An EV makes sense for her since the furthest she will go in a day is 100 miles but more than likely no more than...

That's exactly how the machine shop did it. I think they used an abrasive type round ball to grind it out slowly. They tried drilling and said it wouldn't make a mark on it.

You can always add the correct sensor but getting the speedo sleve on the output shaft is the hard part. I took my output shaft to the machine shop to make the spot for the ball to sit in under the gear. It's impossible to drill into it. The tail housing from the electric 4406 will swap, the...

You'll want to program the new solenoid id. Forscan should be able to do it. Sure it might still work but the reason for the solenoid id is the variables in the solenoid resistances in each unit. Each one is different. Even the older 6 speeds are the same way. It'll work, but the shift strategy...

Try running it with the alternator unplugged. I just had an issue that drove me up the wall with a 92 f150. Intermittently the timing would be out if wack and act like it's on 5 cylinders. Took the belt off to see if it was the smog pump and the truck ran perfectly. Put a shorter belt on to...

Unfortunately you'll have to program that new transmission. The fact I have this same exact transmission in my ST it scares me. On the 2024 models the issue has been fixed but still. I'll pay it off a month early and trade it in before the 5 year is up.

Most the time if it does it when hot it's a cam timing issue. Hard to diag if there's no codes though. Oil condition is everything for the timing. Make sure your not loosing any coolant, if the water pump is starting to go, it could be binding up on the timing causing this issue. Try adding half...

^^^ Yes, the later model does not fail as quickly as the earlier one. The earlier one likes to intermix but most of those are in edges, fusions ect. 2011 was the change year so I don't think many if any explorers have the early setup. If you run one leaking long enough, it will absolutely...

On my old ranger, I ran valve covers that put my fill on the back side behind the tb. Used the factory fill elbow on the aftermarket covers for easy fill too.

These tensioners are garbage on the 5th gen. They all get stiff and loose tension. I find people that get an alternator / battery light under load usually just need a tensioner. I have had bad alts though, did one in a 2018 w/55k on it last week.

Doing the same with my 22. Zero issues, dealer won't see mine till there's something wrong or I'm trading it in. Only at 5k miles though.