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Paul can't you start the engine with the radiator cap open and watch the level go down as it gets hot and add as needed? This is what I have always done. I didn't realize that maybe I was doing it wrong???

Okay which one should I get? They range from 160 all the way up to 195 degrees. This is going in a 2wd DD I-6 300cid truck. Then one I got in there now seems to be stuck closed as of this morning. :mad: So any ideas would be good. :) I will be getting this soon! :)

Black for sure! However I am anti-chrome... :)

Thats what your hand throttle is for. :) j/k Although I do like using mine sometimes instead of the pedal. I will check mine out during its re-build here.

I used to have center caps. Then they looked stupid so I yanked them and used some good old Black spray paint. :) Made it look a lot better then that chrome stuff!

Wow they torched those right off eh?

Betcha it was a tranny fluid overflow or leak. It got on the headers or exhaust and went up. :(

Hey all, any ideas on how to get those stupid little bolts from the front diff off? The ones that connect the drive shaft to the front diff? I need to get these off and I just land up slipping on them or if I try to use the Torx pattern I can't get enough leverage and I slip. I don't want to...

LOL well it really wasn't by choice. It was A) swap out the entire front end and make the explorer run. B) buy a new truck that costs around the same amount and just have something that I can keep driving every day. :) Life is fun eh? Lets just say I was driving home in the Explorer and...

Cool that is what I wanted to hear!:) We will see how I run mine... LOL I am contiplating getting a new DD, or just doing this in a weekend and being "done" with it.

Jon, What's the newest here? I have bad balljoints on my truck and am running 235's on my 5.5" lift just to get by. I think I can locate a EB 44 for cheap and I just need to be able to get the axle in, in one weekend. Think its doable? :)

Its a 2000 XLT Loaded, no leather but thats about it. :) No mods for a while, however a Cat-back may be soon. :) One modified truck is enough. :)

Yup we sure did!!!! It was a bit of work but in the end it turned out a bit better. Swapped the engine out for a 4.6L and the body out for an Expedition. :D Okay so we just traded it in. Got a pretty good deal too! :) We are happy.

How does Mine look? :p I hate long threads where the only thing that your scrolling through is the sigs. If your sig is longer then your average small post them maybe its time to think about changing it up and just linking up to it. If I care enough to check out a link I will click on it. :)

Yup, you gotta say its "worthless" when you ship it. Or find a way to send it as a "gift". Otherwise you have to pay duty fees!

You can usually beat those brackets back into place. However it makes it much easier for them to bend the next time its hit. I did that a few years ago on a "beat" bumper I got from Matt. :) Once I "fixed" it he couldn't tell it was the same one. :)

It does tick when starting up. Man I sure wish I could bring it by you just so you could see if it has all those same parts. I may be down south this Sunday maybe there is a chance we could hook up so you could possibly point out some of these parts? :) It would be SOOO helpfull. :) It's...

Hmm that would make sense. Once in a while we get a rotten egg smell, and its only when it does this. I didn't realize they could get stuck.

You know that was going to be my next guess. I guess I need to get a chiltons and just find out how to do that one. I have the factory Nissan manual but its nothing more then how to read the factory Nissan code reader. Sorta useless.. :(

Opps, Yeah its a Nissan Quest with ~120k miles. It has a Nissan 3.0 V6. Stephen I found that site the other day and have posted over there also. Thanks for that link. :) I have no idea on maintence of it before we got it. I have done regular oil changes and all that good stuff...

This van is going to drive us NUTS off the cliff! When driving it we get a surging when going just about any speed when the rpms are lowers the 2200 rpm. It doesn't happen as bad if we keep the RPMS up. However when driving that's not always possible. I have done Plugs wires, distributor cap and...

LOL Probably some how or another its leaking or burning oil if it has the stock engine! :) I used to drive one of those. They are low enough stock, I don't know why anyone would do that to one! Plus those really can't get out of their own way. I think I timed my 0-60 time in mine at around...

It's sorta like when people say ABS is better then no ABS. If you know how to drive you know that's not true. Specially on the DRY stuff. Wet it may help a bit but again if you know how to brake you can get em to stop. :)

DANG!!!! There was a Dodge cummins last year at Truck Fest in Bandimere and it was a 4x4 3500 (I think). It had BIG HUGE slicks on the back and some very long anti-wrap bars. This thing had dual exhaust and would smoke WHITE smoke idling there. Pretty sweet! Then when it got up to the...

I have a KKM and it passes every year! They really don't look that much at mine either and my tailpipe is a real PIA to hook up to the tester. :)

No, that would add even more wasted dollars onto the whole ttb fiasco! :p

Honestly I would buy the parts first. Buy the Explorer next. :) I betcha he can find a real worn out Explorer for a good cheap cost. Since its all going to be replaced that doesn't matter anyway.:) As far as what parts to buy, I really can't answer that. :)

EB?

Yup, lost the bushing. It had a locknut on there that was on tight. The only reason it fell off was due to loosing a weight on the wheel which made it bounce big time. So... :) Either way axles in the yards are cheap from what I have seen. You may have to look but I know they would be...

So what kind of project would this be? You can't come on here and post a question like that and not tell all. :)

I have about $1800 worth of parts in the front of my TTB. That is without a front locker. Its also with all the bearings and grease and any other minor thing that you have to purchase ALL the time. Personally I think you can do a solid front axle for cheap. I think when you start from...

Skip em both and just go solid axle. :) Same relative cost in the end. Except you probably will spend less time swapping out parts.

You can't loose that much head room. With a custom floor like that you would think there would be some custom seats in there too. I think the seats in my Explorer are sitting up pretty high. Hmm... That is what this other guy did with his BII with the floor. It sorta looked like that too...

They will make it. After all it's Dodge not Ford that we are talking about here. It may not look exactly like that but it will be close. :)

What does he mean by body drop? Does he cut the whole floor out of the Explorer and move it all up? Or does he move the body mounts up??? This is one of the things I have always wanted to do with mine. Lower COG. However I have only seen one other person in BII body do it and he made his...

No more being 2 year olds please. I really don't want to have to actually mod something here...

Any specs on the tube you used for your relocated air cleaner?

A guy I know has a kit on his Chevy truck. He is going to give it to me as soon as he gets it all ripped out. Eventually it will go in the Ex. Probably along with a 302 or a 351. :) LPG rules. There are tax breaks for running it depending on which state you are in here in the US. I don't...

You got $20 out of your wife for a tow??? I can think of much better payments but thats just me.... :D

I guess I was just thinking of more of the linkage stuff and the under the body parts rather then the inside stuff. I hadn't really thought about the inside. Maybe from another ford product with the floor shifter? Tarus, or a Coutour or something like that, that has the floor shifter.