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Haha alrighty. What was the cruise control recall?

We're trying to sell our Explorer (i'm sorry guys) and was asked if the injector spider was replaced. I know what it is because i'm rebuilding a 4.3 Vortec for our S-10 right now but never thought of the Explorer's. The guy interested asked if it had been replaced because they'll leak and...

Wow. Those guys literally need to die. In a fire! Fight fire with fire, right? That's means to find out who they are and light their cars or trucks on fire. Their spouses or family's too! Roast them all! Good luck with everything man. :(

It started off with a friend pushing the button up and down and then the window motor started making noise, but not going up. Only down. We have to push up and have someone manually slide the window up. A few months down the road the other side did it. I took open the doors and didn't see...

I know my front rotors are starting to warp again... and am going to replace them soon. I am also going to replace pads, and in the rear the rotors and shoes. Front calipers also. These rotors are only a year old or so :(

When I head off to work in the morning the brake light will come on. As soon as I stop it'll go off. One morning it was raining and I was only going about 15mph. Even at that slow, easing on the brakes my rear end locked and slid. I notice that during the day when it's warmer it won't come on...

Yeah that's no good. I get paid on Monday and will pick up a new thermostat. I go OEM with everything on my MR2, do you guys think an OEM FoMoCo thermostat will be worth it? Or just one from Kragen or something?

Hey guys. Since I got the Explorer, the tach will not work. On my old battery, when I would crank the engine to start, the tach would literally spin around a few times and settle at 3k rpm. When I go it'll only move a little bit. I was looking at the manual and it shows that the cluster comes...

Alright small update: Definately no more coolant smell in the cabin. Took for a couple drives. Got to temp in usual time. Make 2 stops with no dripping. Went to another and there was a few small drops. Smells of coolant outside of the Explorer when its running, but not a lot of dripping. On...

It's raining today so I can't go check to see if it's leaky still, but I have the next 3 days off :D

That was a sweet write up. Gonna come in handy as I haven't done a hc before (and have to do one in my gf's 98 S-10... ugh) Tomorrow i'll try the paper towel trick. They seem a little far forward for where the leak is, but it's all worth a shot. I'll also crawl under it tomorrow and take some...

If it isn't the core after all (although I think that was part of it), what else could it be in that region? I figure if it were a freeze plug it would pour out pretty good, which it doesn't. A BHG wouldn't leak outwards would it? The exhaust is still clean and smokeless with clear condensation...

Yeah it has a bit of gunk on it that I noticed the other night. I'm going to get that flushed (for free heh) when I find out this problem as well as a new radiator cap and thermostat. I just got done looping the hose. It now goes from the bottom of the water pump to the top. It was a PITA to...

Awesome thanks :) I went to took off the intake piping, removed the belt off the alternator, and unbolted the alternator so that I could get to the thermostat housing. The hose came off at the heater core really easy, but I can't get it off at the thermo housing. My friend is bringing an awl...

Thanks for the help guys. I'm just really sweating it right now with the Explorer as my daily and my MR2 now won't keep the battery charged and it makes getting around really tricky haha. I have to run to town later so i'll make sure to get something to connect the hoses together. I sure hope...

Hey guys. I have a serious problem on my hands. My 92 Explorer never has a problem overheating or anything. The needle is always perfectly vertical. Yesterday morning I was on my way to work and noticed it would go up to about 3/4 of the way, then cool off to almost completely cool, then go back...

My local junkyard is free to get in. Parts can be really costly though. I love the idea of that 1 dollar item deal. There is a ton I would love to get haha. Well, put a new vacuum cap on the leak. FIXED. WHOO! Put a new, used regulator on the alt and put everything back together. Started up...

Yeah I don't know why I keep it either lol. I found a regulator at a local junkyard but I didn't have the right size torx and it got all but 2 off. And they closed. Sucks. Going back in the morning to get it. Hopefully it'll work because I need my Explorer running by tomorrow night at the...

Well the Chilton's is completely pointless. Should have seen that coming. All it shows is how to remove and install the brushes and regulator. Not test it. So I took my DVM and tested the ohms on the regulator. Are these okay? A - 199.3 S - 79.8 I - 80.4 Seems like A is way up there. Or S and...

The battery read 14.89v while running. I removed the alternator and took off the back of it. How do I test the resistor? It has the letters A S and I on it. I did a search and nothing came up. I would look in my manual but I can't find it as we're still unpacking from moving. Brushes looked...

Well... got a problem solved only to find one more. Sorta. Turns out a vacuum port on the intake needed to be capped. Guess the old one cracked and fell off. Got new cap. Runs excellent again. Battery gauge still reads maxxed out and when I rev it the battery light comes on. Yikes. Maybe the...

Oh I forgot too. When it's running, if I have the door open, the door chime will chime as usual but it'll end off weird. "Din-kussh Din-kussh" Thats the best way I can describe it lol. its definately not the normal chime.

I'll look up the key method. I'm assuming it's the on-off-on-off so many times (probably around 5) in a few seconds? Car doesn't lunge in park or reverse. Then again I had the e-brake on as I didn't want to be in front of it and have it lunge at me. That would not be favorable haha I'll...

Alright well I finally got a few minutes to check it out. Found out a few good (but not-so-good) things. First off. I started it and since this started, when I start it it'll run rough then shut off. Check Engine light will come on as well as the battery. Start it back up and it'll keep...

Thanks for the quick replies guy. Yeah when it's driving it's fine. Just when slowing down and stopped. Luckily my friend has a 92 2wd that has a bad trans. I'll get ahold of him and see if I can borrow the MAF sensor.