Provokr
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- City, State
- Jacksonville, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2005 XLT 4.6L 4X4
Okay, well I owned 3 1998 Explorers before (All within 3 months of each other) and I got out of the X crowd for a little while. Well, I was looking for something cheap my neighbor sold me their 2002 X 4WD 4.6L with leather interior for $3,500. The inside is IMMACULATE!! Well the only thing is that it has 245,000 miles on it. It runs perfectly and has no leaks anywhere and has been maintained meticulously. I don't have any worries about the mileage considering the care that went into the truck.
The under carriage and engine are stupid clean
My first add on was looking at the tire size sticky on this forum and finding that 265/75/16 was the biggest tire size I could get on the factory suspension. So, I picked up a set of Cooper A/T's with 75% tread left for $100 off craigslist.
Then I put the billet grille on. That was ridiculously easy.
The only thing is that the CEL was on because of the nuisance code P0340. They already replaced all the O2 Sensors and the light would come and go. I don't want to replace the costly cats, so... with a little research I did the Mil Eliminator mod. It literally cost me $4.50 compared to the $700 that the muffler shop wanted to fix it.
So, I was playing with the y-pipe trying to take it off so I can gut the cats and busted the stud off the header
I looked a little further and saw a stud broken off the header where it mounts into the block
So... Here's what I think I am going to do: I am going to buy a set of the JBA headers JBA Headers @ HHP Racing and finish pulling the "Y" pipe and gutting the cats. Then... I am going to drive it to the shop and have them cut off the 3rd cat since it converts the pipe from 2.5 to 2.25 and have them bend me a new "cat back" exhaust system from where the last cat starts at the 2.5"
The under carriage and engine are stupid clean
My first add on was looking at the tire size sticky on this forum and finding that 265/75/16 was the biggest tire size I could get on the factory suspension. So, I picked up a set of Cooper A/T's with 75% tread left for $100 off craigslist.
Then I put the billet grille on. That was ridiculously easy.
The only thing is that the CEL was on because of the nuisance code P0340. They already replaced all the O2 Sensors and the light would come and go. I don't want to replace the costly cats, so... with a little research I did the Mil Eliminator mod. It literally cost me $4.50 compared to the $700 that the muffler shop wanted to fix it.
So, I was playing with the y-pipe trying to take it off so I can gut the cats and busted the stud off the header
I looked a little further and saw a stud broken off the header where it mounts into the block
So... Here's what I think I am going to do: I am going to buy a set of the JBA headers JBA Headers @ HHP Racing and finish pulling the "Y" pipe and gutting the cats. Then... I am going to drive it to the shop and have them cut off the 3rd cat since it converts the pipe from 2.5 to 2.25 and have them bend me a new "cat back" exhaust system from where the last cat starts at the 2.5"