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I just got my 1998 Explorer (4.0L V6) back from the shop and as part of the inspection they did to fix a different problem, they said that the throttle body, intake (and so on down the line) have a lot of carbon build-up and it would cost about $100 (between time and materials) for them to clean...

Is this in English?

It's not necessarily the sensor. All I know about it is what I've read in replies to this post, but it may be a problem with the parts that the sensor is reading from, the "tone rings". Of course, you could always change the sensors and see if that helps, but my guess is that it'll just be...

Check your Owner's Manual. It will show you the fuse locations. Each year is different. In my 1997 there were two in the under-the-hood fuse box. At the dealer, the mechanic showed me the locations in a 1998 Shop Manual, and the whole fuse box was different in my '97.

Went the cheap route. I took the vehicle in and had a complete brake bleed done (including the ABS system), and it didn't help. So, I pulled out the fuses for the ABS, and now everything is fine. I may fix the "tone rings" at some point, but we'll see.

I thought so. I'm looking for an excellent answer. ;o)

Thanks. BTW, what is a "tone ring" anyway. Is it part of the ABS?

The vibration is not in the front end, just in the brake pedal. It pushes back against your foot, strong enough for the pedal to come back up, then releases, then pushes back up, and repeats several times. This is accompanied by a noise that coincides with the pedal movement. Also, it doesn't...

Actually, I had a shop that I'm not fond of do the brake line for me. I had little choice since they were right around the corner and I had almost no brakes. However, I bled all four brakes until new fluid ran through (after they said they had bled them, too), and there didn't seem to be any...

I had no brake problems at all prior to the ball joint service. Do you think I knocked something out of whack taking the spindle off the control arms? They were stuck on pretty good. I was assuming it would either be a master cylinder or caliper issue.

I recently replaced the ball joints on a 1997 Explorer XLT 4x4, using the very helpful post on the TT&T forum, and in the process, cracked a brake line. The pre-formed brake line is no longer available from Ford, and even if it was, I wouldn't want to put it in because it's in a stupid place...

Much grass.

I'm new here and recently changed the ball joints on a 1997 Explorer 4x4 by following a post about it. Way better than the Haynes book. However, I cracked a brake line while doing it, and now I have brake issues. Which forum would I post the details and a question in? I looked through...

Engine running when you do this? Do you do this procedure with the engine running? I tried it both ways, and with the engine off, nothing happens, but with the engine on, the resevoir empties almost immediately without turning the wheel at all.