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    making 2wd manual trans 4wd

    My transmission and slave cylinder took a crap so I dropped the trans and I'm having trouble fiinding a 4wd replacement unit. My friend said we can get a 2wd trans and remove the extension housing on the end and it will bolt right up to the tcase. I really don't think that's true and its...
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    Ugly Purple Ranger

    Since my explorer is in pieces I guess I'll put a registry up for my new rig. Got this one for a steal and only needs valve cover gaskets and slave cylinder. Specs: 1994 208k Purple 4x4 Bone stock Thrush Muffler Black Fender Flairs Black grill and accents Deleted Mud Flaps Added 4 Hella 55w...
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    Cracked my engine block

    I cracked my engine block last night when I went wheelin. Basically my engine has been running pretty hot lately do to a leak radiator, I try to refil it about once a week. Anyways it was running on about A in NORMAL on the gauge and I went through a big puddle from a lake that leaked on to...
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    Interior Lights Fuse

    I was replacing my Head Unit the other day and when I installed the new one my 12v lead wire stopped working so I ran another one directly from the battery. Anyways at the same time all of my interior lights stopped working when I open the door or try to turn them on from the HL switch. Fuse...
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    A4LD Swap

    I got a great chance to get another X for dirt cheap, all thats wrong is the transmission (so they say). If it is the transmission I can just drop that garbage out and put another in (gotten from a junkyard for cheap) ? Just grab the torque converter and transmission and swap it on in? If its...
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    Cooling Problems AGAIN

    If you remember my last thread I flushed my cooling system and put in a new heater bypass valve. Well this helped for awhile but it started overheating again so I flushed the system and I noticed a very steady stream of water coming out under the engine block coming down and hitting the...
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    Budget Lift

    So after reading I'm sure this has been posted a million times but I could do a budget suspension lift using the following SOA 5.5 Springs Shock absorbers all around Pitman Arm radius arm brackets Extended Radius Arms Extended brake lines Alignment? I feel like if I pieced this together using...
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    Please tell me this isn't a cracked head gasket

    When I bought the explorer I noticed this clay colored spray all over the passenger side engine compartment. I shrugged it off and didn't think about it. Well I cleaned it off and I open my hood today and its back and I notice one of what I think is a radiator hose is cracked and spraying...
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    Engine Bogging

    Okay so I started to notice a problem recently after wheeling a little bit the other day. I had been flooring it and keeping the rpms high, then when i was finished i went to leave the area and if i punch the throttle i get no response just engine bogging. I already have HORRIBLE throttle...
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    94 Sunroof

    When I bought my X about a week ago it had no sunroof and I have no idea what I should do to make it water proof. I had a piece of wood cut to fit in it but I think maybe a piece of plexiglass would be better, but I'm wondering If i could take it to a glass shop and have them fix the whole...
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    Auxillary Air Pump

    I suppose this would go here or in audio but If I'm wrong mods please move it. Anyway I want to hook up a small air pump I have and mount it in the back just for you know whatever. Anyways it used to plug into the lighter socket but I cut that and stripped the wires and put some connectors on...
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    NC trails/ places to ride

    Anyone know any good trails or something thats within 4 hours (or if its just that good I may go farther) of Eastern NC more specifically the Northeast near the VA line. Tried searching and reading a lot of threads I've had no luck :/ I'm an hour from: Norfolk, VA Outer Banks, NC...
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    94 X Sub Bolt Question

    Seems like this may be a dumb question, but how should I bolt my sub box down in the back? I don't have a problem installing and hooking it up I just don't know how to bolt it down like where to drill through and what not. Any suggestions? When I install it I also plan to a write up with...
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    new guy w/ 94 X

    Hey guys I thought this might be a good place to get started and meet some people up here. I just bought a used Explorer and thought I would do some work to it and a few minor repairs and thought maybe some other explorer enthusiasts would be of some help. Id really like to get into some...
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    94 Lift Idea

    Hey guys, I plan on puttin a cheap lift on my explorer I just got sometime next week. I was thinking some warrior shackles and some coil spacers up front since Ive read about both a lot on the forum. Should only cost about 100 dollars and take me a day right? If I'm right this will give...
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    94 Explorer Project

    Name: Keith Year: 1994 Model: Explorer XLT 4x4 State: NC City: Elizabeth City Email: ehrkeith@hotmail.com EDIT: Explorer is now scrapped due to a cracked engine block. Warning for anyone else if your engine is running hot fix it immeaditly. Was a great truck I took everything I had on...
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