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@CDW6212R Well, the break-in run didn't go as planned. Didn't make it to the islands, drove 65 miles out like art, turned around, and drove 65 miles home on 5 cylinders. My cat hates me. The wires looked new, no heat discoloration or drying, so I checked the connections to coil and plug, and...

Update concerning the clicking inside the dash: it seems to be associated with running the A/C temp close to the external temp. Possibly short cycling and/or alternating between A/C and heat? Not sure, automatic climate control isn't something familiar to me. I ran the heat on a cooler day...

@donalds Well wrought! That's the future, right there!

@relgro I couldn't tell you what would be involved on 3rd generations (I only know 2nd gens) but a few searches could probably get the answers to any questions you'd have, concerning the front ends. Good, on new hubs, that saves you some worry there! Since you'll be under there, you might as...

@relgro Good that you got that figured out, definitely clear the codes and see if/when they come back. If they don't come back, good! Still strange that a misfire code wouldn't be identified by your scanner, and that a misfire could occur without setting a code... No idea, there. Absolutely...

@TrekAngel Welcome to our collective backyard! Hopefully you'll enjoy your Explorer as much as the rest of us here. Brand new only lasts a short time, so make sure you enjoy it and keep 'er nice! Got any pics?

Bit the bullet and had the plugs and wires replaced by a garage... I didn't want to risk breaking the stupid things and having to pay to get the Vulture towed to the garage, and then pay for the broken plugs to be extracted while I wait for an available slot to make an appointment. Yes, it cost...

Well done!

@donalds Yeah, big congrats on ECU! I've been through that general area a few times, it is a magnificent college. Now the cost makes sense, family is worth more than money. Look at it this way, Don - your daughter going to college on your birth day is her gift to you. My sister's gift to me...

@CDW6212R Helpful information there, will definitely be useful in selecting the hardware. As far as "redundancy" goes, I'll be ditching the factory parking brake in favor of this emergency brake, if/when the time comes, and hopefully rig it to the factory pedal. Brake failure is one of my...

@Mbrooks420 Somewhere in the scope of 18 months to 3 years ago, I don't recall exactly. It's likely that the CoViD-19 fiascos have jacked up the prices on these things as well. @donalds I guess I was lucky or blessed that I had to get it done when I did! But it's good that you got 'er done...

@CDW6212R I agree, people with no understanding of the difference between a parking brake and an emergency brake irritate me as well. The factory brakes are sufficient for the 33's on The Vulture; I can dead stop all four wheels on dry pavement (ABS kicks in). When they wear out, I plan to...

@DemonMudder speaks truth, I forgot that the tail lamps were also different on the 95-98's than they were on the 99-01. Good call! (I also tend to be partial to the older style of hatch, and in fact the first-gens, with the twist handle in stead of the pull handle. I've had some problems with...

@donalds Sheesh, $325 for that? When I had the Sport's wind shield reseated and resealed by Eastern Auto Glass, I don't remember it costing anywhere near that much. I want to say it was around $200 for that, and they said for an extra $60 they'd throw on a new wind shield (mine had a tiny chip...

Observe the bottom trim piece on the Limited, absent from the Sport. To help, notice that the small ridge on the side continues behind the rear wheel well and across the hatch on the Sport, but is covered by trim pieces on the Limited. I believe Eddie Bauer and Limited shared the same fender...

@Zackie I have a '99 2-door and a '00 4-door, can confirm that the rear hatch is the same, but note that some trim pieces may differ between the two, for visual purposes. As I recall, the 95-98 hatch and bumper do bolt up to the 99-01 body, and vice versa, but be warned that the rear contours...

@CDW6212R I saw a lot of line-lockers on the Jeep forums who had switched to Ford 8.8's, because of the 8.8's weak parking brakes, but a line lock is the exact opposite of what I'm looking for. I require an EMERGENCY brake, not so much a parking brake. A drift brake with a ratchet handle...

@CDW6212R Thanks for the recommendation, might look into some thing of that sort! I've been toying around with upgraded parking brake options for years on The Vulture, but never did any thing because that one still works correctly. Now I might just have a reason to mess with it. For those...

It has to be possible. There's no way I'm the only one who has thought of doing this, but I haven't been able to find ANY information on this type of "performance E-brake" on the whole mass of the Internet. Honestly, why don't companies just make them like this from the start...? Been...

@DemonMudder Don't tempt me, I've been toying around with this idea for years, just never had any real issues with the weak factory brake on the Vulture. If I installed a ratchet handle besides the kick lever, I could have two parking brakes set up like this, one for the front and one for the...

No more word on the clicking, didn't check it out, but will wait for it to resurface before tampering (don't want to tempt fate!). There was an excessive amount of resistance on the parking brake pedal when bought, and it didn't seem to engage well (if at all); adjusted both sides, and the left...

@relgro This sounds like the best course of action. It's always interesting to find others' experiences with similar problems, to see what could be related. Hope you can get that sorted out quickly and painlessly from here! It might be a good idea to keep that article on hand, as well as...

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@CallMeSyd offers sound advice. Unless somebody tampered with your OBD wiring, no engine problem should ever throw a transmission code. Why the transmission shop would suggest that is somewhat concerning. Do definitely have one of your trusted mechanics drive it and confirm smooth operation; no...

I'm gonna second @CallMeSyd on this one, as well as the fact that ANY misfire should throw an engine code immediately (done it myself, not on an Explorer). I once needed a coil pack on my '99 Sport replaced before I had my own scanner, but a random mechanic checked my codes and immediately...

@DemonMudder I'll plan on getting some pics, but probably no action shots... going solo. I'll run with whoever's running, somebody's sure to be out there. I hope it doesn't rain, but I always prepare for the worst! @Fix4Dirt Thanks for all of your help and insight here; even if it doesn't end...

In truth, perfect odometer reading isn't "that" important. What it really represents is "number of drivetrain rotations", which is a more accurate measure of a vehicle's usage than mileage any way, just mileage is a rough idea to help people conceive of the practical distance traveled and put...

@Fix4Dirt Time will tell, I suppose! Thanks for your help here, I've been at a loss for what to do (local Ford dealership hasn't been the slightest bit helpful in fixing the DLC issue). IF you can change the gear ratio setting from the ABS settings, and IF the GEM actually does get that...

@Fix4Dirt Speed sensing wipers, nice feature I guess, but I find it somewhat annoying (at the very least, it's overly complex when a simple timer would have sufficed, but hey, if the same system is monitoring all of it, it's not like it was a big deal to Ford to make the speed affect the...

@Fix4Dirt Yep, pretty sure that's the same ones I was looking at. I'll have to go through all of them more carefully when I have more time. Kinda considering just splicing in separate DLC's at each device that interfaces with it, once I figure out where they all are, to negate the need for...

Nice. If that works, I'm down - but I'll have to find somebody willing to do that, for a price I can afford. I haven't the slightest idea how I'd go about it on my own (again, without buying afore-mentioned specialized equipment), and I can only hope it doesn't interface through the DLC...

@Fix4Dirt I've heard of the ABS method working, but never got any concrete information relating to the regear. The ABS monitors front and rear wheel speed and then there's a drive shaft speed sensor, as I understand, and it is the discrepancy in ratio from 4.10:1 to 5.125:1 (5.13's are really...

It's always some thing or other on these old trucks. I've got the same OBD-II DLC issue as before, on both The Vulture and Hazey. Last I checked, it stores codes but can't pull them; but for whatever reason(s) the DTC's haven't resurfaced on The Vulture ever since I tore the dash apart to...

Welp, got that little stinker out of the way. New nuts, new bolts, new washers, lock washers, lock nuts, (probably want to add some thread locker just to be sure this sucker never escapes, but I'm sure a few layers of dried mud will suffice) AND closed the bottoms of the clip holes... If this...

@fabianoliver Congratulations! One more Explorer in the family! Let us know what you do with it, and perhaps start a thread to show your repairs and any modifications you do - some paths are well-used, but some are new each time!

@1996B4000 Congratulations on 200,000! Yee yee for Explorer life! Like @mountaineer2004 said, expect to have plenty of maintenance coming up; major repairs/rebuilds become routine maintenance every 200k or so. It's surprising what you can get from these Ex's just by making sure the various...

Played with the air conditioner (hot, cold and defroster) the last couple of days, because of changing and extreme weather conditions, and heard a rhythmic clicking or thumping coming from the right side of the dash (behind the radio/glove compartment area), and am not sure (due to external...

I'm thinking of some kind of custom brackets should be constructed for this purpose. There's not much space to work inside the flares, and the holes are already drilled to install the flares using the factory hardware (reusing factory hardware is how I lost the first one). I've got one idea of...

Tore apart the dash at the same time as Hazey's to replace burned out bulbs in the gauge, and messed up the ground wire on the switch for my roof lights, so I've got to fix that again. Somehow managed to lose the right fender flare AGAIN, stupid thing! I went wheeling 2 days ago (minor) and it...

I can't speak for the fans, or the 1st-gen engines in general (OHV I believe); for that, I'd use the search function at the top right corner and see if anybody else has had that occur, and of course wait for others to chime in here. Lots of great folks on this forum with 1st-gens! Does it have...