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Its time to bring the old Exploder back to life. You have this unique opportunity to give advice, spells, potions and wizardry. Help bring back an old Explorer that has been dead and unstarted for over 4 years. All suggestions and comments, directions to other threads or books are welcome. 1996...

Which Exhaust manifold or header can I buy for my 5.0 L that will be an improvement over the stock ones and won't break my wallet? First, thanks so much to you guys that post AWESOME threads about fixing and improving your Explorers. (Yes I do search and read old threads to find answers...

Thanks for your continued support, guys. To those of you suggesting drilling out the broken off EZ Out (Jcat and Osteologation), my first thought is all the drilled-up dust will end up down the cylinder and I will have to get that out or keep it from going down in the first place, right? How...

I'm open to all suggestions. Especially those that don't involve removing the head. It looks like a major pain and time that my wife doesn't want me to take. But, it is what it is. Forum thread links and video tutorials welcome. thanks.

PS. I seriously considered removing the exhaust manifold to get at the plugs better. Of course I would then want to replace the nasty old manifold with something better than that bent up and squeezed up OEM junk. Then I discovered the cost of those pretty chrome ones from the dude in Michigan...

As for the JB Weld, I don't expect it to hold well enough to get the stubborn spark part out, but perhaps it would hold enough to the the EZ-Out out. Then I would get another, better EZ Out and try again. My thought is to use a cutoff disk on my drill to take off the top of the strut bolt to...

Even bigger problem now OK. The saga continues for the Exploder and the siezed/stuck spark plug. Thank you guys for your help and advice, especially Joe Dirt for the link to the helpful thread. Here's what I did: First of all I sprayed the stubborn spark plug generously and often with PB...

Hi Serious Exploration People. Please help. I have commited a sin, serious mistake, or bone-headed move. In an attempt to change a spark plug I have totally rounded the the thing. I didn't realize how rusted-on and siezed the thing was when I first gave it a try and now I'm in this...

Hello Explorer enthusiasts!! I drive daily (when it runs): 1996 Ford Explorer XLT Black and rusted exterior Grey Cloth interior. 5.0 liter 302 V8 AWD I don't know why I haven't found and joined this forum until now. I was a Ford Trucks Forum member some long time ago. Sadly, I'm...