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    Noise in 97' help - Timing?. Video clip included.

    Alright that would make some sense for their labor. Because it does say remove engine and reinstall and then a separate charge for the timing replacement labor. They don't say which chain is bad but it does list that we need two replacement chains so I'm assuming they believe both are.
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    Noise in 97' help - Timing?. Video clip included.

    See, I wondered about that. We're in Poland, don't speak Polish so we had the service set up through the embassy where my husband works. Supposedly the shop is one they've used for the past 15 years. We have a third party who is hired by the embassy that escorts the vehicles and maintains all...
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    Noise in 97' help - Timing?. Video clip included.

    So three weeks ago we took our 97 XLT 4WD to a mechanic for ticking noises under the hood and a bad front suspension. DX: was bad tensioner belts and new upper control arms for the front. We decided to to buy what we needed online (We're overseas in Poland right now) but had them replace the...
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    So many issues - just one post :)

    Perhaps I'll crawl under there and just remove it then, if it's a source of ruckus. I don't recall hearing it before I heard the front end, minus speed bumps. Regarding the VIN, I just took a second look at my number. I think I wrote down one number too few, as the seventh letter is infact an...
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    So many issues - just one post :)

    Hmm... alright, so there's no way to know without having the vehicle physically. Unfortunately it's not out of the shop until Thursday. I want to order the spark plugs/wires now though. Maybe I have it on some paperwork somewhere. How about the upper control arms. Are those correct...
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    So many issues - just one post :)

    Hello Hello I purchased a 97' Ford Explorer in early December. It's made it two months before it decided to take a turn for the worst. I own a 97' 4WD XLT. V6 4.0. How do I know if it's OHC or SOHC? I saw something about eighth digit into the VIN. However Eight digits in there is neither a X...
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