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So after just about a year of driving we've encountered the first real problem. The EX started to overheat last night. My daughter made it to my house. And it was low on coolant. It was late and dark but I can see coolant is leaking from somewhere. But very slowly. But I have to chase this down...

I'm late to the party here, but that's a nice looking explorer. Great find!

Have you inspected the main wiring harness that attaches to the trans? I've had a couple explorers of that era that I have rebuilt the trans that I've had to replace that whole pigtail because most all the insulation had fallen off. I believe Rostra makes the replacement pigtail. Also is this...

I ordered an ST in November of 21. It arrived end or February 2022. We added the 2nd row bench seat. We drove it to Salt lake City Utah for the ST driving experience. about 477 miles each way to and from Vegas. I found it very comfortable. The bench seat is good for the extra people in our...

An important tool for every tool box!

You know me! I throw unneeded parts at cars all the time with the parts cannon!!

Whatever it takes to get the job done!

It's doing well! Glad you hear you are getting things done on yours! Progress is always good!

Easily?? hehehe.. my best friend and I really turned the needle on this EX. But my daughter is having all the fun driving it!! I took it for a drive before and after the brakes....wish I had built it for myself...

Next up is the cam position sensor. Which was discussed a few weeks ago. After that will be trans fluid/filter and a Jmod. Then there really won't be any old up keep to deal with. It will all be post Driving/restoration.

Changed all the pads and rotors this week. As well replaced the parking brake shoes and did an oil change. Good news is after 6 months, the EX didn’t lose any oil. Shows no signs of leaking on the engine or rear end. So all the work done to date is holding. Everything looks good.

Thanks for the input guys. When I did the timing cover I had discovered that someone had previously broke one of the left side water pump bolts and just left it there. Other than removing that broken bolt nothing else was much trouble. So I think I'll be alright. Probably do this job in a few weeks.

The engine was not rebuilt. I went through about 90% of the entire Explorer. It's well documented in this thread. I used the word rebuild because most of the folks that have already read all the posts know what I mean. I apologize if I'm being confusing. In this Explorer, I replaced the oil pan...

So the EX presented codes p0340 and P1309 for the camshaft synchronizer. I'm going to get a new cam synchro. But I'm considering replacing the intake manifold gaskets at the same time. That was one of the things that I didn't do during the rebuild. At the time If I had known in November that I...

Happy for you! Enjoy!

That is really nice and clean! Congrats!

That looks great! Same color combo as the one I almost bought before Christmas! Very nice!

Exhaust clip number 2.

Exhaust clip.

Its been several months since this project went into daily use. My daughter came by tonight, i checked the oil and it hasn’t lost a drop since it hit the road again. Very happy about that.

You are taking my comment the wrong way. I'm not telling you to pound sand. I've enjoyed your comments as well as everyone elses during this build. Please keep in mind I said the pinion seal was absolutely leaking. If it wasn't I'd have left it alone. I also didn't say you were wrong or that I...

Done them 100's of times. It was leaking and needed to be replaced before the bearings were wiped out. Don't forget I'm a professional mechanic. It's all good.

Latest update. No pictures. Yesterday we changed the pinion seal, axle bearings, axle seals and gear lube on the EX project. Everything went smoothly. The pinion seal was leaking. But thankfully the pinion bearing looks very good despite the leak. The axle seals weren't leaking at all, we just...

My daughter is enjoying the EX. Next we’re gonna replace the rear axle bearings, seals, pinion seal and gear lube.

It sounds nice. Its smooth, with a good tone. Sounds like a Fox Body 5.0.

Yeah, that's about right. Parts total was like $475.

Got new 2.5” cats, magnaflow DI/SO out muffler. 2.5 in 3in out.

The EX project went for new exhaust today

We picked up our 2022 ST on March 6th, it has the rear heated seats. No blank plate.

I don't have the specific info on the 2022 explorer your looking for. But as to why someone would want RWD versus 4WD, I'll say this. Generally 4wd costs more to buy new, over time costs more to maintain, and if one doesn't "use" 4wd, do you need to pay for it. Also I'm sure if you like to go...

Then it must be on a train or transport at this point.

Our new Explorer showed up this past week and It is an ST and it has one bolt...

FYI the massaging seats are really nice! We have the High brake package and those things really grab. I need to relearn my braking style to accomodate them. Because when you put your foot in it can make your head hurt slowing down. FYI while I love driving fast, I'm very measured behind the...

It's pretty wild in person! We are still in awe of the whole thing. It's been almost 4 months, We sort of don't believe it is here. It's like an alien spaceship in the driveway...

We made it home! This thing does 90 mph without even trying. Have to concentrate on going the speed limit..

Yeah, that was the first picture off the truck before it was cleaned.

My salesman sent me some pics. Intial prep and detail is done. Going to pick it up tomorrow at 9am. Looks impressive to me.

Awesome!