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    quick ball joint question(yes i searched)

    anyone know what size 12 pt. socket i need to remove the pinch bolt on the upper balljoint? its looks to be around 13mm(assuming its metric, most everything else is) but i want to make sure before i go and buy one tomorrow. is a deep socket necessary? new question: anyone ever round off the...
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    anyone else ever break the studs on the knuckle?

    the ones that spindle slide onto? did you get new studs from somewhere or did you replace them with bolts? if so what did you use to hold them in place when you tightened up the nuts? P.S. yes i was using a torque wrench......
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    can i get some help from someone who KNOWS what there talking about?

    92 explorer XLT 4x4. whats the deal with brake bleeding and the RABS valve. after much searching it seems that half the first gen owners insist that theres a bleeder valve on the RABS module and it must be bled for it to work properly. the other half insist there is no bleeder and that the...
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    am i missing something here?

    just noticed today one of the lines coming of the vacuum tree is plugged with a pencil, is my truck missing something? aditional pics that may be helpful
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    whats the secret to getting the evaporator out

    spent 4 hours today try to get it out. pulled the airbox, heater core, the plastic tupperware underneath. both A/C lines. the accumulator. and all the nuts and bolts i can find holding it to the firewall. the haynes manual is friggen useless for this thing. theres something holding it somehwhere...
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    stupid question

    what is that silver box behind the rear passengers side quater trim panel in my '92 its a aluminum box that looks like it should be a amplifier. however it has twice any many wires as any amp should need. also my haynes books diagram has the HU wired straight to the speakers and i have an XLT to...
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    using a needle fitting to lube the slip yokes

    yay or nay? poke a hole, pump it in then seal it up? can i get away with that or will the lube not get to where it needs to go? i'd rather not risk tearing the boot and breaking those clamps if i can avoid it.
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    will the 5.0 P/S pumps bolt up to the 4.0 OHV?

    92 explorer xlt 4x4 auto P/S pump feels like its going out and i've heard the ones on the 5.0 with remote res. are pretty beefy. will it bolt on, or would it even fit? not afraid to fab up some bracketry if needed.
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    what will happen when my shackles collapse?

    92 ford explorer 4x4 i figured since the snow was gone i should check and see what old man winters toll this year was and while poking around with a knive i put a hole straight through the middle of the rear passenger side shackle. how dangerous is this? if i'm goin down the highway and they...
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    jack won't go down

    stock jack that came with the 92 explorer xlt 4x4 is stuck "up". first time using this POS but it went up fine. now only will go down half way but still goes all the way up. tried it loaded and unloaded, whacked it with a hammer, jiggled it, wipe the shafts clean, wd-40, and a big pair of pliers...
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    screwy tach on 92 explorer

    key off) 0 rpm key on engine off) usually around 4k key on engine on) drops down to about 3.6k even though engine is at idle every once in awhile it seems to fix itself for a few minutes but then proceeds to start misreading again the wiring diagrams in the haynes manual i have are...
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