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    High milage explorers?

    115,000 miles '91 Explorer 4.0 v-6. Problems: Cracked U-Joint, Rear Weatherstripping, oil leak, muffler rusted off, leather seat starting to crack, stearing wheel cracked and emiting goo, right front window dont roll down, cassette player broke (volume went all the way up and never came back...
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    anyone hear the story on the firestones?

    i called firestone and i got $800 after an estimate on the damage that the tire blowout cost me. ripped the left rear part of my fender off. so i suggest you call firestone and if you still have the evidence get your money out of them. i bought mine from firestone so they were very helpful in...
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    anyone hear the story on the firestones?

    i live in houston and on the local news there was a special about the firestone atx tires that blow up on the explorers. (i actually had this happen to me and i was very upset, as was my mom and fiance). i missed the story but my mother seems to think that firestone is recalling the tires if...
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    Throttle Body 66M BBK

    i am going to have to agree w/ these other guys, there are better ways to spend your $200 than trowing a new TB on a stock car. the price is about right actually, it is not an outstanding deal, but a few bucks cheaper than the rest. get the new air filter (try a KKM one, they rock and they make...
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    Borla Catback Installation?

    i have installed a flowmaster catback on my 91 and i have really enjoyed it. install was easy for me, since my exhaust was 8 years old and starting to corrode, but the easiest way if you are not going to keep the exhaust pipes is to saw the thing apart. after unbolting the stock exhaust at the...
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    Awww crap...

    i had no idead that the battery cables can get so bad... well it turned out to be the 6 mo. old battery. everytime i jumped it it would start like a champ and everything would run fine. shut it off and the same thing happened. what threw me off is the battery has a light that tells you if there...
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    Awww crap...

    91 EB v6 explorer 110,000 miles last night i was out and had no problem starting my explorer. when i got to my apartment i put the explorer in park and shut it off, opened the door to get out and hit the power locks to close her up for the night. nothing happened. all my electrics are dead...
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    Superchip and a leaky engine...

    i run premium because i can afford to, my explorer is old and i like to treat it well... that is why i also went to synthetic oil. unfortunatly the oil leak has been there before the change to synthetics so i really dont want to go back to the other stuff, i just want to treat my explorer nice...
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    Superchip and a leaky engine...

    I have a question... I am seriously considering a superchip for my explorer (check out www.smartyparts.com ) but there might be a problem... i have a slight oil leak, nothing that makes me even have to refill after a while, just a little one (i think it is an old worn out gasket) the only...
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    Catalytic Converter? Where to buy?

    well, i found a place in houston (i am in houston now) that sells dynomax converters, a-1performance.com, so i think i will check them out. there shouldnt be any problem with borla headers (one day...) a dynomax cat and a flowmaster cat-back, should there be? i will tell you how it all works...
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    Catalytic Converter? Where to buy?

    well i was reading some of the other posts on this board and found that someone had gotten a new cat from dynomax. i decided to check it out at www.dynomax.com and it said that to replace a perfectly good cat was illegal... REALLY? $2500 in fines? is this just another messed up california...
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    Which Exhaust to use?

    i am not sure if you know this already, but flowmaster makes different gradients of mufflers, from timid to explosive. they have an "force II" that'll fit the explorer and i dont know but you might want to see if you can put the "american thunder" on the 2.25" pipes... i have a flow on mine and...
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    Catalytic Converter? Where to buy?

    i wouldnt worry too much, i graduated in december (WHOOP!) and am now married, but i do have some friends that might be interested... just kidding... Dead Link Removed anyone else know where to purchase a freeflow LEGAL cat?
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    Catalytic Converter? Where to buy?

    1991 E.B. Explorer I have already put on a flowmaster cat-back (purchased from summitracing.com) and a k&n air filter. I would like to put on a high-flow cat to go along with it, and i swear i remember reading somewhere that flowmaster makes cats to buy, but i don't know where i could buy it...
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