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    How much is a 1998 worth?

    Paid $1,300 for my 99 EB 2wd v8 almost 2 years ago...
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    I got the water-pump blues!

    Pulling the timing cover isn't bad. I had mine off and back on and running in a weekend to fix a leak on my 99 5.0. The previous owner had pulled it once and didnt put a gasket back on, just some rtv around the water ports. But like you i gave $1,300 for it 2 years ago and have driven it to...
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    Remove Roof Sunshade?

    I used a shopvac and brush attachment to rid myself of the foam dust a year or so ago. I claimed for a long time id recover it but still havent bothered with it.
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    Help with double-din dash kit

    http://www.metraonline.com/part/95-5817
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    94 CD Player

    it is probably a dead display on the unit itself. did you see it working before purchase? ford factory radios for years have had issues with display failure especially in the 90s
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    Explorer rear wing/spoiler remake

    $500 is almost half of what i paid for my Explorer
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    Back to Exploring. Did I make a good purchase?

    My 99 EB 5.0 has over 220k on it and still going strong for my 70 mile round trip every day at 20mpg average all highway driving. Fastest way to see if its awd or 2wd is just look under the front bumpern. If you see an axle then yes or no axel its 2wd. Only takes a second to look that way.
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    Passenger door wont unlock

    My rear driver side door does this every once in a while also. A few quick pulls up and down by hand has always done the trick.
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    Water Pump Going Bad???

    I noticed mine spike then drop before leveling out like this for the first time a few days ago at around 18 degrees outside. I credited it to the rush of cold coolant as the thermostat opened allowing circulation. Twas just a 5am still half asleep guess though.
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    1998 Explorer with a 5.0L. Engine shakes at idle.

    Might be a long shot but when is the last time your throttle body was cleaned? Ive seen sever different vehicles idle rough due to a restricted idle air port on/at the butterfly plate. It smooths out when given the slightest bit of throttle due to air freely passing by at that point but idles...
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    98 Explorer Value / problems?

    205k on my 99 EB v8 and still kicking strong.
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    My DIY 6x8 to 5.25 install

    i had some old Alpine Type S SPS-500 speakers laying around and decided to throw them in my front doors. A pair of adapters is pretty cheap around the internet at around $9 or so but keeping in spirit with the rest of my dirt cheap system build i decided to go at it from a different direction...
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    Is this amazing?

    If it dropped in that easy odds are its because you forgot to do something and will have to repull it. Going in the 2nd time will take years of frustrated attempts and Jack Daniels.... At least that's my experience on things like this.
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    Forscan Adapter

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EQ57BE8/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_1upBwb6XHNHA4 I have this one and it has worked fine with every app ive tried in multiple vehicles mostly using torque but forcan lite works fine on my 99 Explorer aswell.
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    5.0L Water Pump

    You are still at the easy part. The real fun starts when you put it all back together and hope there are no leaks. When i did the wp on my 99 5.0 i put it all together to be greated by water spraying out behind the timing cover. Someone in the past had from best i can tell installed a new...
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    Junk yard finds for my EX.

    i don't need one, i'm going to pull mine out and toss it. amp works and the factory sub isn't blown but i have no use for it since i have 2 15's in the back.
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    Electric fan vs stock fan...

    I ran a dual contour fan on my wife's old mud jeep. Snagged it cheap at pick n pull. Those things are great if you have room for it.
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    Junk yard finds for my EX.

    What are those sub boxes going for? I am about to pull the one from my 99 to relocate my amp into its location.
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    Why did you buy your truck?

    Around june last year I scrapped my beatup 95 caddy when the transmission gave out coming home on a Friday, found my explorer for $1,300 on Craigslist on Saturday.
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    a/c blows hot air

    Is the blend door itself broken? My actuator is fine but it just spins within my ghetto rigged broken door. I manually control my heat/ac now at the door itself.
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    power steering hose

    i replaced the pressure hose on my 99 v8 ex sometime last year and on the way home tonight i began to hear that all to cringeworthy whine turning off the highway. there have been 0 signs of a leak until tonight and fluid is leaking from the rack end of the line. its been so long since i did...
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    Timing chain replacement

    Ah that sucks.
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    Odd radio issue.

    Huh? On after market radios yellow goes to constant power (battery). And red goes to switched power (ignition) and as usual black is ground. If those 3 are hooked to their proper place it is fully functional. A blue remote wire would send a signal to raise a power antenna/amp or such when...
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    Timing chain replacement

    Is it really impossible to do it in the vehicle for the 6cyl? I can remove my v8 timing cover with just pulling nothing more than the fan and balancer.
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    My budget build

    I'm on mobile and pasted this so the formatting is off, I'll fix it later if needed. Before you say its cheap crap i'd like to note that i bought it because after plenty of research i found its some of the "best" cheap crap! Its all in my old beater [99...
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