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Still haven't gotten around to f'ing with the Xploder after it pissed me off last time, LOL.. maybe I will dive back in soon :D

Yeah, let me know... I may get around to pulling it apart and working on it some more but it's been super busy with work and other projects so it's just been sitting hooked up to a trickle charger since August when I got tired of messing with it, for now, lol. I'm in New Braunfels right by the...

Unrelated to the Explorer but we had a cool annular solar eclipse that was viewable by my home here in Texas a few weeks ago. I've been working on improving my photography skills a bit and captured some photos that I put into a short "time lapse" video. Used a 16.5 step solar ND filter so as to...

Somewhat frustrated with everything hence the lack of updates. Haven't messed with the Explorer since parking it after the noise and what not from August. Hopefully build up some willpower to dive back in sometime. Ended up buying my oldest a 2014 Impala Limited to drive as I can't count on the...

I'll try to take a closer look sometime in the next day or 2. Initial issue from a few weeks ago was noise from the balancer/crank area. That's when I replaced the harmonic balancer/crank pulley and crank seal. Fired it up and had sound from the water pump and compressor. Bypassed the...

Nice! The Meziere was originally added so I could fit electric fan setup years ago. The sound seems to come from below the water pump around the crank area and not from the water pump itself as it was before replacing the waterpump idler bearing via listening around with my stethoscope. Pretty...

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For sale is my modified 2000 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0 v8 AWD. I need something reliable and cheap for my kids to drive. I'm out of time and patience working on the Xploder, sadly. Located in New Braunfels Texas (between Austin and San Antonio). I've worked on this car on and off for many years...

Yes... Got the idler installed in the waterpump idler housing and everything reinstalled. Re-routed the serpentine belt to bypass the ac compressor... started car up and it sounded great. Drove around... perfect! Zero issue. No leaks, no weird sounds, nothing! Woohoo! Well... that is.. until...

Had a sliver of time this evening after it cooled down a tad and pulled apart the waterpump and removed the old bearing.. wow... it was SHOT, lol. Thankfully I could pull the idler cover off and remove the idler section without removing the pump. Hopefully will clean it all up and install the...

Ok.. Meziere responded super quick and mailed me out a new bearing for the water pump idler :D $25 and it got here in just a few days. They said the idler IS user serviceable if I so choose and to apply some heat and then I can remove a few screws and pop the idler off and replace the bearing...

I sent Meziere an email.. perhaps the waterpump needs a rebuild especially regarding the idler on it. Seems like it's not a user serviceable part.. Not sure if I can "lube" it up or something on the inside, LOL. There is NO sound when the belt is off the car so internally the waterpump seems to...

Well... some more progress... good and bad, lol. The good.. I poured in some AT-205 "re-seal" into the oil and... it seems my oil leaks is gone (for now). The bad... lots of noise coming from what sounds like my Meziere waterpump and also from my AC compressor. I installed my shorter belt and...

Decided to dive in today and look around to isolate the sound... Took out my trusty stethoscope looking device with a probe thing on the end. Started the car up and.. no horrible sound... So... dunno what's up.... Didn't hear anything crazy abnormal like a few days ago. Ran it for a bit and...

To me it sounds almost like a tapping sound or something.

Googling around and talking with some people and they suggest possibly the cam sensor and/or cam sensor synchronizer.

Well... unfortunately.. bad news. Got the new belt on with the new pulleys and new harmonic balancer.. put everything back together.. started it up... Car is making the same ticking or clanking sound as before prior to replacing everything. Initially the serp belt ripped and 1 rib ripped right...

Awesome :D I will hopefully get fans back in and everything else and see if it doesn't explode when I start it, lol :D

Installed the harmonic balancer/crank pulley... Went on pretty smoothly. I think I did it right, lol. Added the proper sealant stuff in the keyway as per the service manual, lubed up with new motor oil, lined up the key way and slid it on. Put in the crank bolt and washer and torqued it to 130...

Crank seal did seem to be a bit beat up so... I replaced it... and regret it! LOL. Total PITA to remove the old one and install a new one... until I figured out the best way to tackle it. Initially I tried to use a screw driver or a mini pry to get the old seal off and it was NOT working at all...

Got back from a trip to TN for my wife's 20 year HS reunion. Hopefully have time to finish up the harmonic balancer stuff this weekend, finally.

The balancer just overall looks like a total mess. I did see a bunch of oil oozing around where I pulled the balancer. The seal that goes right there where I believe they call the key or whatever goes into doesn't look to bad, just pop/pry off lightly and then push in a new one and press it in...

Well... Took a number of hours but finally got the harmonic balancer pulled off the car. Total PITA. Could not get the crank bolt out until I decided to just go ahead and try to bump start the car with a breaker bar on it and.. it came right out, no issues. Lol. The balancer is pretty nasty on...

I think I will go ahead and replace the harmonic balancer... Does anyone have a recommended puller tool? It looks like our balancer is the 3 bolt hole kind but I see a number of different kits to go with on Amazon with various screw sizes for different applications.

Ok.. found an entire rib worth of the belt shredded off the belt and entangled with the crank pulley... removed all of the pieces that I could see and installed my leftover bypass belt and started car up and am now getting a lot of sound coming from the crank pulley... Ugh.. Looking under the...