expo5.0
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- October 18, 2001
- Messages
- 7,181
- Reaction score
- 5
- City, State
- Red Wing, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 xlt
Hi-
As some of you know i finally picked up a daily driver and "retired" my explorer to show duty only. A big part of doing this was so that i could finish it to a much higher level than i ever could with having to drive it etc..
So i have a great number of major projects on my hands this winter- including shaving everything and finishing other bodywork, making the underbody and frame and suspension show worthy, and cleaning the engine compartment up as much as possible (which was the catalyst for starting this thread).
I have already fabricated new "inner fender" type covers (my inner fenders are cut out for my tires) which cover some things under my hood, and my shaker hood piece covers a lot of the other things. I have shaved my firewall of the random little holes and the hole the wiper motor left, and shaved the other stuff on that front "crossmember" that didn't seem absolutely necessary.
SO HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION-
i want to remove my heat/ac and anything else i can remove under the hood (wire packs, sensors, anythign that isn't part of actually driving the car). I need to know which things can go and which can stay. I'm hoping a few of the forum members on here can help me on an item by item basis if i post pictures of what i have removed (or would like to) and ask how to go about removing it properly.
lets start with the heater/ac. I have removed the box, but now i have hoses that run all around the engine bay to no where... how do i go about capping those off- what needs to happen in order to not screw up the vacuum situation?
thanks in advance -drew
As some of you know i finally picked up a daily driver and "retired" my explorer to show duty only. A big part of doing this was so that i could finish it to a much higher level than i ever could with having to drive it etc..
So i have a great number of major projects on my hands this winter- including shaving everything and finishing other bodywork, making the underbody and frame and suspension show worthy, and cleaning the engine compartment up as much as possible (which was the catalyst for starting this thread).
I have already fabricated new "inner fender" type covers (my inner fenders are cut out for my tires) which cover some things under my hood, and my shaker hood piece covers a lot of the other things. I have shaved my firewall of the random little holes and the hole the wiper motor left, and shaved the other stuff on that front "crossmember" that didn't seem absolutely necessary.
SO HERE IS THE REAL QUESTION-
i want to remove my heat/ac and anything else i can remove under the hood (wire packs, sensors, anythign that isn't part of actually driving the car). I need to know which things can go and which can stay. I'm hoping a few of the forum members on here can help me on an item by item basis if i post pictures of what i have removed (or would like to) and ask how to go about removing it properly.
lets start with the heater/ac. I have removed the box, but now i have hoses that run all around the engine bay to no where... how do i go about capping those off- what needs to happen in order to not screw up the vacuum situation?
thanks in advance -drew