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so i had been noticing recently my gas pedal had alot less distance between idle and the pedal being on the floor, well yesterday about three blocks from my house, it stopped doing anything all together, i pulled over and teh gas pedal had come off completely!!!!!!!!!!!! well i improvised and...

what would it take to make my 96 explorer sport ohv a push button start? i know the basics but would it just take cutting the wire from the ignition that cranks the starter and running that to an instantaneous switch? or is there more to it? thank you in advance, i know the help from the...

i took the center console completely out of my 96 x sport and now i want bench seats.....i'm not sure if it's possible....... if not i think i'll just make a short center console that is the length and height of the seats and pad it so people could sit on it....but would it be possible to take a...

ok i need to change the head gasket on a 4 cyl. 88 mustang, i need a step by step "guide for dummies" wether it's pre-existing and you direct me to it or you make it yourself....the help is much appreciated

i just got the hookup for some rear leafs out of a 86 bronco real cheap now my question is will they fit my 96 exploder sport? i know if they do fit it will make the rear a little taller but i can offset that with a little tt and solve the problem...but my question is will they fit and if you...

ok so i have searched the forum and internet and can't find this so i want your help my story i bought a new head unit from my friend for dirt cheap, mainly cuz we're good friends and he owed me a little money, it's out of his old truck so there was no installation manual left, anyway i can...

ok so i blew a fuse the other day and the radio went out i decided i could live w/out music til the next day when it wasn't going to be busy....later that day it started raining and the wipers didn't work...EITHER OF THEM so i looked through my owners manual and checked all the fuses that could...

has anyone ever relocated the a/c controls before....i want to install a cb the only place i can find to fit it is where the a/c controls are...so does anybody know if the a/c has been relocated i'm looking to relocate to the glovebox...only thing that looks to be a problem is extending the...

ok so my seatbelts, they will click into the receiver but it's not firm at all...they will come out when i jsut lean forward to change the radio, it's not good!!!! has this ever happened? if so how do i fix it? or do i just need to buy a new buckle receiver?

so my bumpers are covered w/ rust...i know how i want to prevent rust (i'm planning on getting them proffesionally coated with three to four coats of truck bed liner) but i have to get rid of the current rust first...now i don't have a grinder or a welder but someone suggested sandblasting...

ok so i got to ride in a 2007 explorer today w/ the 10-way seats....oh my god!!!!!!! just amazing!!!!!!!! now for the question can i swap them into my 96 sport? are the bolt patterns the same...will they even fit as far as width goes? i didn't look at bolt patterns because i just thought...

ok i am wiring up aux. backup lights I already know how i wanna do it but i have one problem...the relay...i am searching with a relay that has three prongs i want a relay that when it receives power from the stock reverse light wires, will complete the circuit and light the aux. reverse...

who'll be the first to put the tires from the vehicle on the right onto the vehicle on the left?!?! ha ha just ran into this pic looking through the pic gallery

every time someone even so much as nudges my kick panel on the passenger sides speakers go out sometimes it's just one speaker sometimes its two or three sometimes it's all of them...it just takes a good kick and some luck to get them all back again but i can't figure it out..someone wanna help...

i've been looking and searching for a while now and can't find anything and would like to suggest someone make it happen/find it what i want is a list of every option for the 95-01 model years as well as what options you could have only with other options or what options were not possible...

ok I'm building my own box for my subs...and i have a question...how do you cut the holes, because i can't, for the life of me, think of how to cut a perfectly round 12" hole thank's in advance for the help

ok i personally take things on my explorer apart all the time...i just get a kick out of taking stuff apart and putting it back together but how often do you take parts of your explorer apart?

why does the back of my 96 explorer sport 4x4 look so "bogged-down"??? it almost looks like i have a load of bricks or something in the back...is this an issue you guys have encountered? how do i fix it? is it just old leaf spring? will new leaf springs make it look even? would old...

ok what color wires go to which speakers, etc on a 96 explorer? does anyone know? thank you in advance

ok someone needs to do that!!!! http://www.usa6x6.com go to the galleries....someone please do it!!!! ha ha

my friends offered me two alpine type-r 1221d's for 50 bucks...they're a little cosmetically damaged (not as shiny as they could be and one has a slight scuff mark on it) but work fine so is that a good deal? i have no idea i've never bought a sub before just wired them and made boxes for them

ok so can i just basically swap the a4ld out for the mazda 5-speed out of an explorer of the same year and same engine...obviously there will be the need for some cutting for the shifter and clutch but other than that will it work?

ok so i have the stupid long console on my explorer that goes from the seats all the way up and connects with the lower dash....i've heard rumors about their being a short one out there so my questions are 1)is there a short one at all? 2)if i get my hands on a short one will it just bolt...

so i'm an idiot and i have no clue what tt shackles are....could someone please please please infrom me......get me edumacated

has anyone ever painted the stock rims...i want new rims but dont have the cash for it i'm thinkin about painting the stocks for now but i wanna see if anyone has done it before? have you? do you have pictures?

what are the cheapest headers that i can get for my 96 v6 ohv? or if anyone has a v6 sohc wiht headers, or a v8 302 with headers thye'd sell me cheap that would be nice too

ok i picked up a 4-pin today, it's got 5 wires coming out of it...what do they all do....i'm talking of the wires going to the lights on the trailer

i broke the stock radio yesterday trying to extend my wiring harness for the 6 cd changer....oh well it's a good thing my dad has his stock radio from his 05 ram1500 laying around, he bought a new one first thing when he bought it. anyway why did the stereo stop working, the fuse is good....but...

alright so i have two issues with my explorer i've been meaning to post for a while now but just keep forgetting just to let you know it's a 96 sport issue one!!! back when it was snowy/icy here in nebraska i had my explorer in 4wd and anytime i got above about 35 mph both the "4wd"...

ok so i have a lot of stuff i've gotten ideas for things to do with my explorer recently(most of them from this EXTREMELY helpful website) and they will require switches unfortunately i want all my switches to be together and can't find anywhere to put them all together (about six or seven of...

ok i know what a SAS is but have many questions about doing one 1) is there a SAS how to on this forum? 2)if there is a SAS how to why isn't it a sticky? 3)do you have to do a SAS in order to lift your truck? 4) if you do a SAS do you have to make a 3,4,or 5 link? or can you just keep...

alright so people commonly only see a 1st or 2nd generation explorer towing like 500-1500lb trailers, well i had a thought that amused me today, just to make people look and wonder, wouldn't it be kind of funny to put a deisel engine, like from a f250 in an explorer so you could pull massive...

so i searched through threads to see if there was any other thread about this and i didn't find any i recently put a new set of aftermarked lights on my explorer, right next to the license plate , and i know plenty about wiring, and i've used heatshrink on wiring splices, connectors, etc...

if i remove the sway bar is it going to hurt my handling? is it going to hurt my gas mileage? is it going to hurt my power(what little there is)? thank you in advance, i know you will all be very helpful

alright so i want more power (who doesn't?:)) problem is i dont' have all the money in the world to spend on it (who does? :() so my question is...does anyone know of some cheap ways to add a decent amout of power/speed? i am willing to put as much time/effort/elbow grease into it as is...

i have a '96 explorer and it had a 6 cd changer in it, problem was it was mounted in the center console, and i hated it, it took up half the console and i wanted the console for storing my stuff and i have all the equipment and know-how to fab up a new bracket for the changer but unfortunately i...

you have modified explorers right?i figured you could help me out tips&tricks please! :exporangealright so i drive a '96 explorer with the 4.0 v6 and an automatic tranny, here's what i want to do to it my plan is basically to make a good cruising/long trip vehicle that has some good...