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    No longer an explorer owner,due to engine failure...sold and upsized to an expedition eddie...

    No longer an explorer owner,due to engine failure...sold and upsized to an expedition eddie bauer.. do i need to cancel my membership here now?
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    Lifter noise problem.

    Possible Valve noise on 5.0 Explorer?? After going up hill, long hill home from a night out...my pinging noise started to become a steady tap, now it seems to ease up once warmed up, changed oil as told by ford service manager..pulleys seem ok, but using a stethoscope on each valve cover..no...
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    Strange issue, shifting/ engine control module

    Does anyone know what color wire goes in the bottom of the under hood fuse box that controls the horn and pcm memory?? I want to remove the pcm memory wire and keep the horn since that is one thing i really need, putting in the fuse results in hard and rough shifts...without it, flawless...need...
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    Strange issue, shifting/ engine control module

    Update - I removed the horn/ pcm memory (20amp fuse) in the under-hood fuse panel and now have seamless pristine shifting as well as nearly doubled fuel mileage! I used to get 9-10/11 ish in city driving and about 12-14 highway now getting 19-22 highway at 65mph+ driving....now can also shut...
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    Strange issue, shifting/ engine control module

    The fluid/ filter was changed a year before i got the truck from its orig. owner... and was driven less than 6 months after.. The thing is, everytime i disconnect the battery when i come home, then reconnect it before going somewhere, it shifts and drives beautiful and smooth..better than most...
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    Strange issue, shifting/ engine control module

    :exp: I have no idea to begin, very familiar with V6 and 4cyl Fords but my 5.0 Explorer acts like a red headed step child at times! If i drive it like im in the nascar races it shifts smooth and nice...drive normal and try saving gas? it holds onto 2nd gear and hits higher RPMs before shifting...
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    2013 All Ford Nationals @ Carlisle, Pa Jun 7-9

    I live locally, where is everyone trailing? i would love to take my beast out in the woods and see just how good new firestones and my all wheel drive work!
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    97 Explorer Eddie Bauer - question of wheels??

    Recently i traded out my Ford Focus for the 97 Eddie Bauer explorer i have now..LOVE it..has all the goodies and i even managed to ditch the factory stereo, but keep the factory amp/ sub and speakers.. I noticed i have these 5 spoke wheels, which at first thought where alloy? But they are steel...
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    A way to install a HU without running speaker wires?

    I'm not sure if anyone else would be interested, but i have a 97 Eddie Bauer Explorer..JBL system with sub in the back, I located the speaker wires behind the passenger side front kick plate at the bottom of the dash (for speakers to headunit) and used the wires closest to the door then ran a...
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    Help!!! After going up hill, long hill home from a night out...my pinging noise started to...

    Help!!! After going up hill, long hill home from a night out...my pinging noise started to become a steady tap, now it seems to ease up once warmed up, changed oil as told by ford service manager..pulleys seem ok, but using a stethoscope on each valve cover..no tapping noise but its heard...
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