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    AC on ...AC off...Cold....Hot...HELP

    What should the manifold guages read if they are correct amounts? I was also reading in the other link above that it possibly could be the clutch fan? any way of checking the clutch fan?
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    AC on ...AC off...Cold....Hot...HELP

    I had thought the same thing and actually was going to have the system drained and re charged, but throwed me for a loop that it gets so so cold in there you cant stand it and then nothing.....Im not a AC expert just scratchin the head here to come up with some kind of solution before dishing...
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    AC on ...AC off...Cold....Hot...HELP

    I have a 99 EB 4x4 SOHC and the AC is driving me nuts!!! You can turn the AC on and nice cool air, pull up to a stop light and the cold stops and you feel the muggy stale smelling air and no more cool air!!! You can take off hard and the AC will go back to be cool air again and might work for...
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    Ac On..ac Off...ac On..ac Off?? Help

    I have a 99 EB SOHC V6 Explorer with ATC...I have had some issues with the fan not wanting to kick on the front vents so I purchased a new speed controller and it fixed my problem for about a month. Yesterday we was driving on a trip and the air felt like it wasnt very cold then all of a sudden...
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    Ford Explorer with Centerline Meteor rims?

    Any one seen a set of Centerline Meteor rims on a 99 Ford Explorer 4x4?
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    Crown Vic speed controller fit my 99 Explorer

    Just got my 99 Explorer with EATC Control Blower fan to working again thanks to the suggestions from this post that led me to the speed controller. I went to Ford to purchase a new one and a whopping 138.00 bucks was crazy so I went to the JunkYard to see what I could find and no luck with...
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    Ac Fan Quit Running???

    Ac Fixed!!!! I changed my speed controller and now everything is working fine!!! Thanks for all the help. One thing I did find out for any of you Junkyard Searchers. I called Ford for a new speed controller and a whopping 138.00 for the part was more than I was willing to pay just yet so I...
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    Ac Fan Quit Running???

    My fan will blow nothing, the rear still blows but nothing from the front vents, I took the speed controller out last night and switched with one I knew was good of a friends and still nothing. You mentioned the relay behind the passenger headlight...the manual only tells me of two relays and...
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    Ac Fan Quit Running???

    is the speed controller something that goes bad all of a sudden? I have never had any issues with my ac before this...just quit out of the blue. Where is the speed controller located?
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    Ac Fan Quit Running???

    I have a 99 Explorer EB SOHC that yesterday the AC was running fine cooling fine and all of a sudden the fan stopped blowing air, the rear unit was still running blowing air so my first instinct was a fuse. Checked all the fuses in the dash and even the relay under the hood and no change..bought...
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    Explorer Radio Differences

    I have 99 Eddie Bauer with the factory am/fm/cd/cass play with all the buttons but my display light went out so I went to ebay and bought one that look identical to mine but when I got it the only differences in them is my factory radio has a little plug above the other in the back two and the...
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    00m12 kit question....

    I bought mine here in Kentucky at a Ford dealer for around 40 bucks. They might give you a hard way to go and say they dont sell the kit but keep on them they have the kits. I got the tensioner plus o ring kit for my 99 SOHC at Ford.
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    rear hatch doesnt lock everytime

    I have noticed that my rear hatch does not lock all the time when I lock the doors.....any suggestions to what might be the problem?
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    Getting smoke and burning rubber smell

    I have a 99 4x4 EB explorer and coming back from vacation (11 hour drive) when I stopped to get gas I noticed a slight burning rubber smell so I checked under the hood and nothing. . checked underneath and nothing. .no smoke and nothing looked un normal. When I got home and pulled in the garage...
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    Washer Fluid Sensor?

    my 99 was doing the same thing and i finally took it out and checked the sensor out and found out that one of the wires was broken on the sensor that protrudes inside the washer bottle. . just replaced it and no more low washer fluid. . unless its empty. .hehehe
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    Got wet now squealing like crazy

    I accidently spilled a quart of oil on my engine and didnt want to make a mess in the garage so I sprayed the engine down with engine degreaser and washed it down and now my belt tensioner is squealing like crazy. . ive sprayed WD40 .. . white litium grease. . carb cleaner. . silicone . ...
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    rough start but now its back SOHC

    what should the fuel pressure be at the rail? i changed the fuel filter which was terribly nasty and that evening it started great ...the next morning was great. . .that evening was back to the same crank crank crank....do you think my fuel pump might be going bad?
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    Have I Screwed Up???

    yes i took the passenger side wheel off and went thru the wheelwell and also loosend the bolt that held the tran dip stick to the side of the block which helped alot to get my hand in there. . .they look very very close if not exactly the same direction. My wife drove it over a 100 miles...
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    Have I Screwed Up???

    is the threads on those SOHC pretty easy to strip? . .and i guess me next ? would be if they are stripped how much trouble is it to get it fixed? im sure removing the heads would be the first thing .. or can this be done on the vehicle?
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    Have I Screwed Up???

    well i thought about removing it but got scared .. .im afraid if i take it out it wont go back in and since its my only way of transportation i hate to be stuck without. . and i did use anitseaze on the plugs. . the plugs was really hard to get out and had quiet abit of rust on them so maybe it...
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    Have I Screwed Up???

    I finally got around to changing my plugs on my 99 SOHC friday night and I think I might have screwed up big time! not real sure . . .but. . .i had no trouble changing the plugs thanks to some tips from this forum but my problem was getting the middle plug back in on the passenger side. . seemed...
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    rough start but now its back SOHC

    i have a 99 SOHC auto 4x4 that i did the Oring/ tensioner recall and replaced the MAF and IAC and the rough idle stopped and the hard starts quit. . now after about 3 months its came back and now worse than ever. .i mean you crank and crank and crank and its so hard to get to start. . .and i...
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    led display gone out. . did i screw up?

    i have a 99 eb explorer with a mach one cd/tape radio and my display was doing the peek a boo with me and i read up on how the solder might have broken loose on the display so i pulled the front off and sure enough the first 2 solders wasnt touching the board so i resoldered them. .fixed the...
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    Sohc ..crank Crank Crank....

    I got a chance last night when my wife got home in the explorer to check to see if the CEL stayed on and it doesnt....i did notice that it turns over 10-15 times before starting even hot. . . .I also tried the turning the key on three times and then trying to start . . still did the same thing...
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    Sohc ..crank Crank Crank....

    so am i thinking in the wrong direction by thinking it might be the IAC or MAF? but more like a fuel filter, crankshaft sensor . . ..
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