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how would you explain how it starts when left for awhile and stays running until you shut it off and try to start it again? i've never had ANY problems with it starting before this and its been a hell of a lot colder. where is the voltage gauge supposed to read while cranking?

any reasoning behind that

ok, got back in town today and tried to start the explorer. started right up on the first turn of the key and ran fine for 5 minutes and was fine when i revved it up. turned it off and it would not start again. anyone have these same symptoms that could fasttrack what i should check? thanks.

any other ideas?

ugh, i hate dealing with electrical ****, i never know if i'm doing/reading something correctly.

the check engine light does come on when i turn the key. also i am not sure if my fuel pump is priming, i know what it sounded like on my other car but all i hear on this one are a couple relay clicks and a static-like noise when my radio is shut off... where is the crankshaft sensor on...

i've read through a few of the other ones and still no luck. here is what happened: i left the explorer (97 5.0) for a weekend at a friends apt. when i came back to pick it up it started just fine, maybe a little hard but it was cold so i didn't pay attention. anyway i started driving away...

the driveshaft was out when i got the truck so i don't have that benefit, there is no hole in the boot tho.

so whats a tell tale sign the CV joint is bad?

how much movement? it almost seems like the cv joint is too loose, it freely turns except in one position where it sits down a little further and even then i can't get the cv joint over the nubs.

is this supposed to be easy? this is turnin into a real *****, i need about an extra 1/2" but it won't go back any further. the cv joint feels a little loose, could it possibly be out of the joint and won't push back in far enough?

how far is the rear suppose to slide into place? am i supposed to grease it?

when i bought my explorer the owner had removed the front driveshaft before the sale but included it with the bolts. the vehicle is a 97 ford explorer sport. i am having trouble getting it back in place, it seems slightly too long, any ideas or pics of someone else's install?

yah i had looked at it before but i disregarded it as i didn't think a sport would have a premium JBL system. i'll take the panel off and see what the amp looks like.

ok so i cross referenced the JBL premium system and found some of the colors of wires i have on it but not all. there is no sub so i am guessing it blew and the previous owner hacked it up and just removed the sub. looks like i might just have to run new speaker wire for all of the speakers...

even if they are running to an amp it doesn't explain why they are all different colors except 3 or 4 of them. is it possible it has a dash harness from a different year?

So here are the ones not accounted for on the stock harnesses: Red/White (Thick) Lt. Green/Red Orange/Black Gray Purple Dk Green/Black (Thick) Red/White Yellow Tan Lt. Blue/Pink (x2) Lt. Green White/Orange Purple/White Lt. Blue/Black Black and here is what accounted for on...

here are the wires colors that i found in the dash: Red/White (Thick) Lt. Green/Red Orange/Black Gray Purple Lt. Green/Black Dk Green/Black (Thick) Red/White Lt. Green/Purple (Thick) Yellow Tan Lt. Blue/Red Lt. Blue/Pink (x2) Lt. Green White/Orange Purple/White Lt. Blue/Black...

i agree is looks like something else was swapped in but not in the way you guys are mentioning. the colors on the plug that are there are all correct, its the wires BEHIND the spliced harness that are different. i'll go out today and write down all the colors of it.

but can anyone explain why the wires are different colors than the ones of the stock harness. i found 3 today, the green/purple power, black/green ground, and green/black other one i can't remember, otherwise they are different colors that are on neither of the stock harness plugs...

anyone know?!?!?!

ok, i pulled both harnesses off and labeled all the wires on the smaller harness matched up to the colors of the radio wiring harness but the wires they were connected to. i only found the ground and yellow/black wire, which is either illumination or fused ignition. can't remember right now. why...

i took off all the twist caps and am in the process of labeling and reattaching wires. hat i am wondering now is how many stock plugs are there. as you see i only have two. theres seems to be a lot more wires than there are from these two plugs, i removed the square plug as i believe it is just...

the deck i removed was aftermarket and it was connected correctly with a wiring harness, but behind the stock plugs it is hacked up and reconnected, there is even a wire completely stripped just hanging there as you can see in the pics. how many plugs is the aftermarket harness supposed to plug...

so i recently bought this 97 explorer sport and i went to install my new navigation system and when i took out the CD player (which worked) i found this, i tapped into the plug that was hanging off the smaller connector but i didn't get any power to the unit. what can i do to clean this up...

we spell "cheque" check in the US :)

well i lowered it, took off the roofrack crossmembers,, using stock width tires. the engine is remanufactured and fairly low mileage

what kinda mileage could be seen out of an ohv with all those mods or even just i/h/e?

well it could potentially uncover any problems that were caused from the use of whatever kind of oil to use and they would be able to tell if you have indeed been sabatoged somehow thats their thing, i'm sure they've seen it before and could point you to an oil and what interval has worked...

send a sample to Blackstone Labs http://www.blackstone-labs.com/ if anyone could tell you what happened for sure, its them

i think you need to get a bigger deer rack haha

what kinda oil, changing it religiously means nothing if you are using ****ty oil edit: i realize it may be "devastating" to you but i guess i have a different meaning. having a 3k honda with 15-20k of mods and having it get stolen while insurance cuts you a check for 3k is devastating in my book.

thanks for the link, i looked thru the evap system but still am having trouble finding the piece in the system

like i said joe dirt, i've seen that and thats not the piece i got. i need to find out where the piece goes that looks like the one i got. it is definitely a piece of the EVAP system but its not that piece or anything under the battery tray

i looked around that area but saw no canister, after a little google searching i am lead to believe the canister is above the spare tire and the switch is close to it or in line

the part i got is the on the far right and it says on the box canister purge valve. it has a plug for the harness on it and a T

ok i've seen this and it did look promising but the plug on it will not fit the plug...besides it doesn't look anywhere near the same as the new one. from the previous post it looks like it will have to be accessed from the fender well

ok, looks like my thread has turned into a gen discussion, which i think is pretty self explanatory, anyone else know?

thats what i thought jtsmith, i didn't really see anything that looked the same. i think its getting confused with the PCV valve. heres a pic: http://www.partsamerica.com/product_images/img/nie/fs3506-1.jpg

whats the best way to replace it, can you pull it up or is there room to unhook it and stuff there?