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or you can do what i did.. get a 2nd gen v8 and put a used 4.0L in your first gen.. im actually debating selling my 97 to buy a newer impreza, something easier on gas.. but i hafta keep my 93, its the first vehicle i paid for myself, got it when i was 20? blew the motor, it sat for a while...

you can get the kyb gas-adjust and gr2 gas shocks at advance auto. you can also get the monroe reflex truck shock which is pretty much the same thing as the rancho rs5000 series (same parent company) for around 40-45 dollars. too bad you guys are so spread out, i give discounts.

yeah a friend of mine and i got to thinking about this at lunch the other day. hmm. if i want rear discs later i can always get a complete rear axle from a 2nd gen. would be tons easier.

I was at a friends house this weekend watching him put a turbo on his 3.8 mustang and saw he had his rear diff out with all the brake hardware off as well. He told me he was upgrading his breaks and immediately i asked what he was doing with his old backing plates and calipers. Theyre in the...

three months later.. I was re-reading this thread i started and it had some good advice for anyone starting modifications to their explorer. I have done some searching like the last post instructed me to do and im still confused about a few things... I've seen alot of lifts and mentions of...

eh im trying to stay away from a body lift.. really dont like them at all. i guess i wont go as big as i wanted, i think the truck will look stout with shackles, AAL, front coils and some 31s or 32s. or i might opt out for shackles and 4 door leafs and then just coils in the front. i dont...

cant fit 1.5 spacers and 1.5 leveling coils without radius arm drop brackets? that sucks. that ruined my entire next couple months. lol i was gonna use my income tax check to buy a subaru impreza to drive to work and back, now i might have to buy drop brackets.

wonder if shackles, AALs, spacers, and 2" coils would be enough to clear 33s cause if so i have a free set. hmm. also on a side note, Froader, i heard you had an awesome spare tire carrier.. did i hear correctly?

im also looking for around 3 inches of lift around my 2 door. ive been getting parts here and there and almost have them all gathered up. im planning on f-150 spacers and 1.5" leveling coils in the front and shackles and add a leafs in the rear. i already have rancho adjustable shocks, the AALs...

i had a smiliar problem, and it only occurred when it was cold.. for a while. then it turned into an every day all year long thing. i know you said you dont have an exhaust leak, but check the bellows on your egr tube. i had my vehicle checked for a leak by using one of those backpressure things...

they are under 10 bucks at advance auto, i think the part number is ss94 or maybe its ss75. i cant remember

shouldnt you be able to get to the switch by taking the column covers off? i would think so anyway. sorry i couldnt be more helpful.

14.5 is an ideal voltage read out while the vehicle is running.. right? thats what ive been beleiving anyway. ive come across quite a few ford alternators that overcharge and sometimes it was a regulator problem, but not necessarily the regulator itself. the plug-in on the back of the regulator...

i had a similar problem with the same cylinders. head gasket wasnt blown, wasnt loosing coolant. bent valves, destroyed my plugs, eventually burned the rings and filled the cylinders with oil. if youre replacing the head gaskets take the heads and have them checked. make sure youre not gonna...

ill prbly be going with my friends and their imports.. am i still allowed to hang out? lol

4dr flares wont work on the back bc they are 2piece to accomadate for the rear door cutting into the rear quarter. i would like something similar to a warn4x flare, nothing major like a prerunner or a cut fender flare. just something that maybe sticks out 2 inches from the vehicle and covers...

ive been looking the past few days for a set of aftermarket fender flares for my 93 2dr but cant seem to find any companies that make them. all i can find are 4dr applications. anyone know of a company that makes flares for this application? if all else fails i guess i could just snag some of...

So the trans in my sisters 96 4.0 EB isnt out, its the transfer case? or so i was told. Trans would not go in park or move in 2hi or 4hi but drives all over the place in 4L. Looking into getting a used TC but I am wondering what all will work. Havnt really looked underneath but im guessing the...

back up a little bit.. Ford says not to mix mercon and mercon V (full synthetic atf) while some are saying its ok to mix it? reason im dropping the pan to begin with is a light shudder in high gears, low speeds. fluid is still faintly pink, not running hot.. just want to put in whats recommended...

I understand Mercon V is a replacement for mercon III but i am only replacing maybe what.. 6 quarts when doing a pan drop? and ford does not recommend mixing fluid so what do i put in there?

access panel underneath the floor? its sad that little things like this keep me entertained. but yeah, explain please.

I was looking into doing a pan drop and fliter change on my 97 5.0L but cant figure out what fluid came in my vehicle factory. Books at work say III, read some threads that said V, and the back of V bottles say it is a suitable replacement for III. Or is it? Called a local ford garage and...

if your fuses and motor are checking out ok it is also common for the switch on the dash to get hot and burn up, which is an easy replacement once you find one, commonly found at a salvage yard. also check the wire plug in that plugs into the back of the switch on the dash, people have come in...

i got a call at 1:30 this morning from my sister who said she 'heard something drop underneath the truck' in the middle of a hill and was unable to move forward and was having difficulty getting the truck in Park. coasted backwards down the hill into a gas station parking lot, moved it through...

My sisters 96 4wd has the 'auto 4wd' feature on the dash. i personally have never driven an explorer with this kind of 4wd, i went from my 93 straight to awd on my 97. i did however, when we first purchased the truck, turn it to 4wd auto and pulled a couple small hills around my house to make...

I was debating doing a rear disc swap on my 93 sport by getting a used rear differential from a 2nd gen. There is a large salvage yard with a decent sized u-pull it yard attached to it relatively close to my work, and just in case axle tags are missing.. is there any way to denote the diff...

its official, my torque converter doesnt lock/unlock properly in 3rd and 4th gear. im not too worried, usually its just the solenoid right? my question though is it ill advised to drive the vehicle like this? transmission shifts fine through all the gears, just not getting that lock up. it...

i dont beleive it is the switch that is causing this.. every function on the switch works, its just the wipers themselves that get stuck in the middle of a wipe, i was leaning more towards the motor or something that controls the delay feature of the wipers. thanks for the info though.

last winter i noticed that whenever i would use the intermittent setting on my wipers the blades would randomly stop on the middle of the windshield, i would then have to mess around with the delay knob to get them to rest at the bottom of the windshield. one day the problem went away and...

after i got my 93 back from gettin a motor installed i noticed that where was gear oil all over the driver side axle tube and flung agaisnt the gas tank. I felt the breather hose and it was all gunked up so i assumed that diff fluid just pushed out from the cover. replaced the hose, drained...

maybe loathe is the word to best describe how i feel about the spiral oil dipstick in my 5.0L. are there any dipsticks out of other years/models that will work in place of the stock dipstick in a 97 5.0L? just curious if anyone else has changed this out.

ive sold ball joints for a 4wd explorer that had the smaller front end. theres a code on your sticker on your drivers door that tells you what axle you have but i forget how to read it.

snorkel routing and everythign looks great, personally i would have got a used fender and hacked it up instead of hacking up the stock fender. never know what may happen down the road, you might want that 'stock look' back. as for an antenna.. might wanna think about a rear bumper mount? or a...

quicklook mentioned a part number for the DRL relay/module. just wondering if it would be possible to purchase this part to add the DRL feature to a vehicle not equipped with it.

i just priced a set of skyjacker leafs at 560. thats a little high, theres local machine shop in town that does custom spring and driveshafts, mainly for commercial businesses. gonna see if they can make me somethin.

keeping on track of lift questions.. i have a set of AALs ready to put on but was wanting a little more than 2 inches of lift. i saw that skyjacker has 4" leaf packs for a ranger listed and with a set of ext. coil springs and a coil spacer up front that would give me roughly 4" all the way...

i removed the rear diff cover over the weekend on my 93 for the first time in over 6 years with ease. all i did was spray PB lightly on the bolts and they came right out. i was discouraged to see black rtv and no gasket. the fill location on the 8.8s is ridiculous, i ended up using a suction gun...

2" lift? body or suspension.. jw bc im planning on lifting mine a mere 2-3 inches also. maybe a wiring problem on your fan switch, or like halfton said, could have been a reistor problem that was 'cured' by fiddling around with the truck, you know, kinda like hitting the side of a computer...

a friend and myself were thinking this over at work yesterday.. and i was wondering, how much of a height difference would putting leaf packs off of a 4 door on my sport make? id much rather add leafs then shackles.. then i was thinking ext. front coils with coil spacers for the front. just...

first off.. thanks everyone for their input and feedback. thats what i love about this site. secondly.. i prbly should have listed the few little things i have already done: poly radius arm bushings, drop in k&n, warn manual hubs, fresh rear diff fluid change thanks to a clogged vent hose, and...