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    over heating

    Hey again everyone, I am having an issue with my baby over heating. After driving about 5 miles my temp gauge goes past red and when I pop the Hood I can hear it boiling. I am running straight water for now, blows out real hot air still.. What can be going on? No leaks either
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    pulling issue

    Idk What's wrong now, when I turn left around corners it wants to turn right and vis a versa, pulls alittle going straight down road....wth could it be? Bearings seem good, just started happening...
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    cat question

    My catalytic converter is going bad or just clogged not sure, it is the original, new ones are expensive! Can I run her withought one or will it f*#k **** up??? Emissions are not regulated here, Indiana
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    Someone please help!!!

    I have a 94 explorer. My problem is that when I am driving (at any speed) I hear I kinda thumping sound and a grinding sound together. I have checked the wheel bearings and re pact them but its still there. Now for the stump-er, when I turn right, the noise goes away completely but when I...
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    annoing noise! please read!

    Hi, I have a 94 explorer and just recently I have been getting a real load noise coming from the front end. It almost sounds like the growl of big beefy tires on the road but I have regular tires on it. When I drive strait you can hear it and when I turn left it gets even louder but if I turn...
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    Rough idle problem.

    I have a 94 ford explorer with 197,000 miles on her. Every once in a while when I start her she stumbles and idles real rough until I start going, in drive or reverse and after hitting the gas. If I just stay parked and rev the engine it won't stop, but as soon as I start going it goes away...
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    Thumping sound please help!!

    I am getting a "thumping" noise in my front end of my 94 XLT. It seems to be coming from the driver's side. We have replaced everything except for the tie rod ends. It has new ball joints, both sides upper and lower, new brakes, new bearings, new u-joints, manual hubs. Everything is pretty much...
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    Someone help PLEASE!

    I have looked EVERY were! I need a picture to show EXACTLY were the speedo cable hooks to the tranny. I need to replace it but I don't exactly know were it goes and I want to know for sure before I start pulling crap apart. And PLEASE don't move this thread as has happned before. Thank you everyone!
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    94 battery problems

    I have a 94 and lately when my lights are on (low or high) beam my lights dim when I brake, it also happens when I turn my heat on. Can this be the battery going bad? Its almost 3 years old. I had the alternater checked and it is good. Any help? Thanks.
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    blower motor question

    I need to hook my blower moter to a relay. What wire would be best to "tap" into? I just hooked up my fog lights to a relay and used the headlight wire but what wire should I use for my blower motor? Any answers will help thanks!
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    94 thumping?

    I have a 94 explorer and latly I noticed a sort of "thumping" noise. It seems to be comming from the front drivers side under the floor board but my father-in-law noticed it in the back seat when I started to gain speed the other day. It seemed fine on a smooth road but when the road is a little...
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    Fog light and off road lights question.

    I have 2 baja fog lights on the bumper and 2 on the roof rack for off road lights. My question is can anyone tell me were the best place to hot wire them too? I had them hooked directly to the battery but my brother-in-law said to tie them into some were else because it causes too much stress on...
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    electric folding mirrors?

    Just curious, is their a such thing as electric folding mirrors you can buy to replace the electric mirrors on a 94 xlt?
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    Few questions

    I have a 94 ford explorer, and a few questions. I just went to clean my MAS with MAS cleaner. The MAS is really dirty. I used almost the whole can on it and it is still a little dirty (not as bad) I was wondering if it will hurt the MAS to soak it in the cleaner over night? Also, I took off the...
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    ABS help

    Ok, so I just replaced my ABS sensor on the left front, my ABS light in the cab went off (good thing) it was always on before, anyway... I tested it out on a little ice but the ABS still didn't seem to engage. Does it need to be re-set some how? / And does it to it by itself or do I have to...
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    were the heck can I get this?

    I need a driver side ABS sensor, the auto parts said that all they can get is one for the passenger side. Tried the local junk yard but couldn't get it off any of the vehicles because they were too rusty, and I would rather have a new one any way. Can't I just use a right side ABS sensor...
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    what size socket is needed? 96 limited

    What size socket do you need for the axle nut on a 1996 ford explorer? We are tring to replace the wheel bearings on the driver side.
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    Heater problem!! HELP!

    Ok, so here is the problem, about a year ago my blower motor stopped working, or at least I thought it did, when I turned on the fan from the switch inside it wouldn't do anything, a mechanic told me to try tapping the blower motor and if it kicked on it was the motor, well.... I did that and it...
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    manual hub question...

    I have manual hubs on my 94 explorer, One took a **** so only the driver side was actially locking in. Would that make it to ware my 4x4 wont work at all or would I just have 3x4? thank you.
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    WTF? ABS not working??!!

    Ok, so I just replaced the driver side u-joint. Now my ABS isn't working?! "WE" didn't brake anything and put everything back EXACTLY as it was. waht the f? What could be going on now?
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    Mass Air Flow question

    Ok, so here it is, I noticed my truck acting up at start-up. I checked the forums and found out how to test and clean the mass air flow sencor. True enough it was dirty. I unpluged it and the truck ran exactly the same pluged in or not. Cleaned it and the truck ran ALOT better. After a few weeks...
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    radiator leak

    Ok, I have a 1994 ford explorer. I filled the cold fill reservoir up, drove it all day and was fine. Checked later that night and cold fill was empty, so I filled it once more. When I started her up today I let her warm up for 10 minutes or so (cold here) backed her out of the garage and put her...
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    lights dim?

    ok, when I goto stop my lights dim and my battery gage goes all the way to the left. This only happens when I stop and have my heater (blower moter) running. If I shut off the fan all my lights come back and battery gauge goes back to normal. Any thoughts?? thank you.
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    ABS always engaged???

    Ok, my brother-in-law has a 96 ford explorer limited. When they go to stop the ABS kicks in no matter if they are on dry/wet pavement. Anybody have any ideas why this is happening?????
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    ABS code??

    Ok, so I think my ABS might not be working right, I just checked for codes by using the test connector under the hood. I got 8 flashes. Can anyone tell me what they mean???? Thank you!
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