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Hi, So after diagnosing that my transfer case was indeed at fault i want to replace it. budget being an issue for me at the moment, im opting for a used one. since im buying it private party i want to make sure what i get matches up, but im running past my normal range of knowledge. My TC tag...

ok so i filmed it. its of course a crappy phone video. i will upload the video and post a link. for a few additional details that i noted when driving home. it happens every single time i let off the gas above 45 mph. and it doesnt start happening till about 2k rpms. it also happened on my way...

252k on my 98 xlt v6 sohc all original

ok, basic info, 98 4.0 sohc v6, automatic trans. 252k miles, original engine and transmission. no previous transmission work needed other than flushing. this morning i was on my way to work driving down the freeway and everything was normal. once i got on the freeway and i needed to drop a few...

well, started good this morning, but since it was intermittent i cant say quite yet that its fixed, but so far so good. started up at about 1500, and within 2-3 seconds dropped to about 1,000. edit -12:11 3rd start now, ran an errand on my lunch just now and boths starts had same good start...

Ok I cleaned the iac and it's drying now. I also cleaned the throttle body. Iac didn't seem particularly dirty using throttle body cleaner it was clear in moments. I tried to remove the black cap and clean the felt filter but couldn't get it off. I didn't want to break it so I gave up. Throttle...

all right, im getting my oil changed today, (funny ill do expensive jobs that involve hours of labor but am too lazy to change my oil myself), while the lady is driving me around while they do it ill pick some of that up, and clean my IAC and TB when i get home and the engine cools off. i'll...

ok, i'll be cleaning the IAC today, i read around on a few of the links posted (thanks for those by the way, very helpful) my one question, is there a preferred cleaning chemical? some of them said they use straight ether, some used electronics cleaner, some used carb cleaner, opinions?

i have an issue when i start my explorer. about 1 out of every 6-7 starts my car will go from the normal 1200 or so rpm up to 2500 rpm. its 70 degrees at night right now so its not a being cold issue. about the same time i noticed that my mileage dropped a bit, not a ton, but about 30 or miles...

Yep. Did my test drive about 5 pm. Not a drip. Still smell a little hot coolant but I didn't get all of it off the block under the intake cause it was hard to reach. It'll burn off in a day or two. Thanks for all the pointers man, I appreciate it a lot. I can't upload a picture here from my...

Once I got into tearing my car apart, I noticed the coolant was running down the side of the water pump from above. Once I could get in there and get inside feeling around the coolant was coming in from above so instead of checking the water pump I went in for the thermostat housing. Once it was...

http://youtu.be/S5PeGmWe7eQ

ill go shoot a short video of it and post it here

well its looking like its the water pump.i drove it till well heated up and then popped the hood like before i couldnt really ID the spot. so i turned it off and towel dried as best i could all of the coolant drips. the first point to be wet again was a little below and behind the water pump...

you said a few comments back that you were working on another issue with your car right now, whats on your plate?

ok so saturday will be my next chance to work on it. going to try and work on it. even though im off with some daylight i have to be watching my son tomorrow starting about an hour after i get off work since my girlfriend and i work opposite schedules and finally have a mutual day off. so ill be...

It wasn't leaking like this yesterday and it wasn't leaking this way before my test drive, so it must be leaking after it warms up. I'll try and do some more looking tomorrow since I have the morning off. I can't see any coolant leaks from above so I only loaded the video from below. Since there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqo9K2YXz4k&feature=youtube_gdata_player Loaded the video on YouTube.

Ok so I drove around for about an hour made some stops just cause I was driving around everything behaved fine. When I got back home to check the fluid levels it had used about 1/4 of the reserve. I looked underneath the car to look for fluid drips and saw a couple places with slow drips. I...

Ok so I just got home from work and a part store on the way home. I replaced the cap, and as you said there was noticibly less resistance as there was in the new one. I also replaced the hood struts since I've had to prop the good up during all this. Not that it pertains to this. I pulled out...

thanks for the pictures! i dont recall seeing the jiggler valve on it but i will disassemble today anyways to check when im flushing the reserve tank and replacing the cap. appreciate all your help!

i havent replaced that cap since ive had the car (4-5 years) and i cant say if it was before i owned it. but this car is almost original everything. im about to break 250k, and the engine has never had a problem or the tranny, from the paperwork ive seen the only major part replaced was the...

i haven't tried that. i inspected the rubber when i had opened it but saw nothing wrong. I didn't actually think that there would be anything else wrong with it. i will definitely swing by a part store on the way home and pick one up. I'm all for starting with the little things. and where i live...

Hi, i have a 98 explorer XLT V6 4.0 SOHC. About a week or two ago i replaced the thermostat in my car. it had been giving me all the signs of a bad thermostat, taking forever to warm up, going well above normal operating temperature before rapidly dropping to normal operating temps. so i did as...