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Going for the new coolant/wiper tank.

Fair enough. I need to hit the yard for one of the plastic parts that holds the condenser to the radiator. So ill get the o rings from the fitting.

Also, as far as the drill sizes go for the Jmod on a truck VB. You simply use the same size the Jerry 101 article states. Ive Jmodded plenty F150s, the truck VB has a couple different springs inside that vary from passenger cars, but that doesn’t affect the JMod.

I'm sticking with the stock manifolds, but the heat socks seems like a smart idea.

Question for anyone. Does anyone know of replacement Orings for the fuel line fittings for the fuel filter? One of mine was torn. I couldn't find anything the same size. My searches have found me nothing.

Thanks, that helps. Once I get the wires done correctly, I won't have much to do to have a start up.

You did post pics before, and I'm studying them. I have the tubular steel manifolds, and my plug wires don't have the metal shields on the boots. But any insight on the routing around the manifolds is appreciated. As is typical with older vehicles many of the factory plug wire retainers broke...

Also, as far as the drill sizes go for the Jmod on a truck VB. You simply use the same size the Jerry 101 article states. Ive Jmodded plenty F150s, the truck VB has a couple different springs inside that vary from passenger cars, but that doesn’t affect the JMod.

The 5R is a good trans. Pretty easy to rebuild too.

Well, I rebuild transmissions for a living. The 4r70w is my favorite tranny. I've done plenty Jmods! I have several MN12 thunderbirds. A Jmod is definitely in this Explorers future..

Thanks my man. Not sure The Count could use me… but i have my projects too. My son and i built a super nice 95 Tbird. Look at my avatar. That car was so much work that the explorer is like a nice day trip… but im having fun with the Explorer! Can’t wait for the start up!

I did it with my Snap On Solus Scanner.

I just didnt hook them up to the core. They’re already attached to the engine side. I just wrapped up for the night. So i need to do that and install the heater control valve.

Last update for the evening. Getting cold outside. Installed the new AC compressor and got the belt on. Getting closer to the end.

New tensioner and idler pullies.

Hvac box installed.

Thermostat, water neck and bypass hoses installed.

Anyone have any experience based pointers on routing the plug wires away from the exhaust manifolds?

Making a little bit of progress today. Got the coil packs back on, the alternator bracket. Working on doing a nice job on the plug wires.

11-5-2021. I received the email from Ford a couple days ago stating that ours will be built the week of Feb 28th, 2022.

Would a 1996 limited be AWD? or was the 4wd/awd/rwd an option?

So I found a 1996 Limited 5.0 EX for sale that I may go look at....

I rented a 26 ft Uhaul. Saturday was all furniture in the house plus whatever we could sandwich in there. Sunday and Monday was the garage and leftover stuff.

It sure is!

Really a fantastic story! We are 80% Totes at this point. Mind you we are only going like 5 miles. I figure when we unpack everything, I'll migrate some storage type stuff into empty totes. I also hope to eliminate some totes by finishing at least one car project in 2022. We will see how it goes.

I don't mind the off topic at all. For what it is worth I have stopped working temporarily on my EX project to move. So we are talking about moving. So I think we ARE on topic. Then come Monday the EX ass kicking begins again. My Daughter is getting impatient! I can identify with having to part...

We ordered on November 5th, but it looks like our two Explorers could move down the line very close to each other.

Ford just emailed me the new Explorers VIN and stated that it is to start production the week of February 28th. Good news, except my wife will be impatient :)

I've driven moving trucks from Detroit to Las Vegas about 6 times and Detroit to San Diego twice. I suspect your car/truck parts collection is bigger than mine.

Sounds like a monumental achievement! We only went 5 miles. The car parts are always the killer. I have a tote with a bunch of cast iron parts for a 460 for a 77 Country Squire. That thing is 400lbs easy....ugh

Don't laugh, but whichever one was more expensive, that's what my wife wanted.... Which if I recall correctly is the High Performance Brakes..

hahahahaha!! I wish it were that easy! Calling the sales person is on my Honey Do list...

Thanks to Kidd7 there are nice armrests on the way! I own a lot of car parts and stuff. Moving has been tough. Guess I'm getting old. Should be back on the EX project by the end of the week. At this pooint I only need one day to make it run again.

We opted for the Pack add on. Guess we will see how it goes.

Hoping for the best. We are waiting on a Forged Green ST 401A as well. My wife is bugging me constantly...

Well I'm moving the next couple days. Gonna have to wait till Monday to start wrapping up this EX project.

Just realized you mentioned TCCOA. Now i get it....Kidd7. hahaha.

Yeah I’ll take all four if you have them. 20 plus shipping is awesome. Just let me know when you’re ready.

That's fantastic and very helpful! Thanks! Arm rests look good! Are those front or rear? How much?

Thanks, I did see that part. But I didn't order it because I thought I'd be done sooner than now. It was more important to get the plenum back on yesterday than wait. I wondered that as well about the two vac sources. Maybe the engineers wanted to be sure there was little crankcase pressure.