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hey guys, my explorer has been making a humming noise when turning left, . So my first instinct was wheel bearings on the passenger side, hence the turning left part. So I tore the passenger side apart, installed new packed bearings and races, still making the same noise. Definitely sounds like...

hey guys, just replaced the headgaskets along with upper end gaskets, fired it up and ran good until it warmed up, then started getting a random miss at idle, it would sort of stumble, then it would go away, if I revved it while missing it would stumble then clear out and run good. Seems to be...

hey guys, in the middle of reassembling my heads due to bad headgaskets. The question I have is can I torque down the heads before I install the lower intake manifold? I read somewhere that the need to be torqued at the same time or something like that. If so can someone give me a clue as to...

Hey guys, so recently I was driving home and I down shifted from 5th to 4th, and as I did so I must have pressed the clutch too hard and I popped the clutch line out of the slave cylinder. So I got it home, and I cracked the bleeder on the slave cylinder and put the hose back in along with the...

Hey guys I just picked up this explorer, and I'm doing front wheel bearings on it. It's got the warn manual hub conversion kit that has receipts from les Schwab putting them on, but while taking them apart it seems there isn't a locking key for the spindle nuts to stay tight? Am I missing...

Anybody here ran a DC to AC power inverter to run a small air compressor in their rig? Been tossing the idea around lately as I have a small 3gal compressor that just sits around and I have been wanting on board air for a little while but don't want to spend the money on the kits or lose my A/C...

Hey guys I just replaced my heater control valve in my 94 cause it was leaking. So that required me removing the heater core hoses front the control valve. Now when I let it run it doesn't get fully to temp and the heat doesn't work all that well. I tried burping it for a minute but i don't have...

hey guys been thinking about building an overland/dd rig. i Already own a 93 explorer, but my question is would it be better to have A4LD trans? or go with the manual. I would convert mine, but i use it as my daily driver and cannot afford to have it down for the swap. so my choices are to buy a...

Hey guys, im getting a loud clicking or popping noise coming from the front end when in 4hi or 4lo. it almost sounds as if its coming from the hubs? any help would be greatly appreciated. just replaced the radius arm bushings along with wheel bearings and the drivers side balljoints. doing the...

Hey guys, Im trying to find a brush gaurd to fit my 93 XLT. Ive been searching for hours and havnt found anything, im looking for one like the Manik 4x4 push guards. anybody have any links that i can follow? thanks for any info! ive searched the forums but havnt found any links

Well I was taking my antenna off because it was bent, and the male end broke off inside the female part of the antenna. Its too small for any of my screw extractors so I was curious if I could remove this and get one from a junk yard as a replacement. I removed the base of the antenna from the...

hey guys, just recently started having trans issues with my explorer. So if I'm driving for a little on highway and I come to a stop my tans won't engage 1st gear and acts as if its in second when I take off. But if I put it in nuetral then back in drive i will start in 1st gear. And I can still...

Hey guys been thinking about upgrading lately. Really liking the 2005-07 rangers just curious as to how reliable the 4.0 sohc is? Never messed with this motor before as I have the 4.0 ohv in my explorer and my trans just started acting up. Any input would be great. Looking at used trucks with...

hey my fuel pump quit working the other day, put in a new pump and it still wont prime. Ive replaced the relay and the fuse for the fuel pump and ive also checked the inertia switch, unplugged and plugged it back in. still nothing. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

Hey yall thinking about picking up a 5.0 explorer. how capable are the 4r70w transmissions? going to lift, probably onto 33s. for an adventure rig and weekend warrior. i dont know much about these trannies being i own a 93 and its got the boat anchor A4LD. i know the 5.0 capabilities pretty well...

The fan blade on my clutch fan is cracking, ive got the new blade but i cant get the bolt broke loose. like its rusted on. can i just buy a new water pump and assembly? since the water pump i have now slowly leaks anyways. ive thought of heating the bolt up but that would ruin the bearing for...

Hey guys, curious as to where yall buy your gears from? looking to get 4.56 gears with the front being the ttb reverse gears.

hey yall, stocking up on parts for my ex for when i do my lift, im running with the A4LD and want to minimize stress as much as possible, its my DD, ive got a aftermarket tranny cooler to install too, but what gearing would be best with 33s? ill do minimal wheeling, mostly mud, and snow of...

hey yall just wondering what the easiest 2" lift would be, im thinkin coil spacers and shackles? and with the shackles where can i buy them? ive looked everywhere, would i have to have them fabbed up? thanks for any info! really appreciated

Hey just curious on the amount of people running the A4LD on lifted expos. how do they hold up to bigger tires an stuff? Thanks for any info

Hey yall, new to the site havnt quite figured it all out yet, but im curious if there is anything i can do to solve the A4LD problem? would a HD kit fix it? pretty much looking to build it instead of swapping to a 700r4 or manual tranny deal. id only do the manual tranny if i found a wrecked...