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driving in the corall canyon ohv yesterday, first time there, not really sure what trail i was on, other than that it was extremely long. right at the end a rock hit the transmission front seal to the back of the engine and it started pouring out atf. being in the middle of a narrow trail...

hey ive got a 94 with the rear disc swap and today while parking my parking brake cable went all the way to the floor with no bite. expecting a broken cable i went to look and it just seemed like my cables had gone slack. everything was hooked up and connected, but all of a sudden there...

my 94 explorer just started getting really bad with its idle and stumbling under throttle. i think ive replaced almost every component besides the injectors themselves and this problem continues to plague me. things replaced new: fuel purge canister, fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump...

this is the third time within the past few months ive bought and replaced the rear hatch openeing assembly and had it break after a few turns. this time the tail gat is shut and the handle spins freely without engaging the lever to open the gate. how do i get at the mechanism with the door shut?

So after running my top end rebuild for almost 5 miles, last night it occurred to me maybe the reason my temp gauge seems weird to me is because I may have installed the thermostat backwards. Yesterday I was looking in the engine bay after a day of driving and normal operating temps and I...

I've got a 94 with a 97 rear end disc conversion and lsd. I also have a solid diff cover that claims it can hold an extra quart inside. Since the two years I've put it in, the vent tube continues to leak disgusting stinky diff fluid. It's a very slow rate.. maybe a couple drops a day. I tried...

i removed my leaf springs, put in an add a leaf and had a shop press in new ford brand leaf spring eye bushings about 2 years ago. now my passenger side bushing in front of the axle never stops squeaking. the bolts are tight and theres no loose hardware, but ive tried everything to stop the...

my drivers side window controls wont open the passengers rear window, but that window will work from its own control. where should i start testing the connection?

Awhile ago my heater started working erratically. Eventually it just went out. I've replaced the heater core, heater hoses, blower motor and blower motor resistor but it still won't turn 9n. How can I troubleshoot fro here? On a side note, my ac compressor is deleted and there's a hole is the...

i need to know how to adjust a door to sit correctly. my door is straight and sits level horizontally but it sticks out from the car and rattles. the striker is fully engaged but i can still push on the door and it seems like it needs to grab harder or something when i replcaed the bushings...

so with less than a thousand miles on my top end rebuild, i noticed that i have some serious oil leaks from the rear main seal, which i know i cant do anything about without removing the transmission. i noticed a slow leak from the crank pulley seal too, which is new but might go in hand with my...

so today i realized that i used 85w 140 non synthetic lubricant in my front and rear differentials. i thought i used 75 w 140 but i happened to look at the title on the leftover lubricant jug..... so yea. ive put about 10000 miles on them since two years ago when i was doing my suspension...

So I recently noticed that both front door elbow rests are broken. It looks like the elbow rest 8 a plastic piece with the vinyl pulled over it. My plastic piece is broken. I've seen people re upholstery g their door panels but I couldn't drag up any links. Has anyone been able to tidy up...

just wondering where you expect your guage to read. last night i found that if i was going uphill and keeping the rpms at about 2500 i could get the needle to raise steadily upwards. it has pretty much a brand new cooling system and usually reads at the r of normal. wondering what the...

thanks to the help of this forum ive brought y tired 4.o from the brink of death back to life. my other thread about engine knock after my rebuild has ended successfully and now its time for the next hurdle: passing CA emissions. today i went to get a smog and failed the emissions portion...

title says it all. i started up the engine tonight and right away there was white smoke and a loud knock coming from the passengers side. i can hear the engine sound underneath the knock and i think it sounds okay.. but after about 2 minutes the engine starts smoking from the passengers...

just picked up my power steering pump from autozone and when i removed my old one and looked at the shaft i noticed that the new pump has an internal threaded area and my old one has a nub sticking out with an o ring on it. nothing mentioned in the haynes and i searched the site. do i just...

So last night I got the power steering pump and ac compressor back on the head after my top end rebuild. I looked in the power steering pumps well and it was dry. It's had a super slow leak for awhile now but is this from sitting tilted forward for a month while I was doing a teardown or...

So I'm at the point in my rebuild where I can stick the accessories back on and add fluids to be done..... but I purchased a timing chain, to spr9cket, guide and tensioner. I know removing the crank pulley is the biggest obstacle and I've read about people "bumping the starter" while using a...

as i was hooking up my tb lines i noticed that the tube is broken. now it wouldnt be that big of a deal but i noticed that the vaccuum line has a hard plastic inner lining and that i leads to a white plastic module where it splits. the line from the tb to the white plastic module is...

was torqueing the lower intake down to about 40 ft lbs and the front stud bolt snapped. what now?????

title says it all. i cant get my t55 bit and torque wrench to fit under that box. even though my ac system isnt working, its still pressurized. since it doesnt work can i cut a slit in the box for clearance then rtv and duct tape it afterwards?

so i finally cleaned and re lubricated my lifters and when i put them back in, a few were sticking up and were not flush with the block. i put the head and rocker assemblies in place on the drivers side and when i looked after i tightened the rocker assemblies, i saw the lifters had all...

hey guys, so after having my heads off for about two weeks waiting for a friend to clean the intakes/valve covers/ exhaust manifolds, i suspect that a lot of debris has fallen into the cylinder bores. also, when i removed the heads i cleaned the crap out the the piston heads with cleaner and...

i bought my set of twelve rocker arms from sealed power and one of them has a piece that doesnt sit flush and wont swing freely past the rocker arm mounting brace. its a flat ground bottom and its literally one millimeter too thick. can i just sand/ grind it down a bit and stick it back...