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I just found a 92 explorer for really cheap, I was gonna use it for a parts truck for my 96 is it worth it, are the parts compatible? Just figured I would ask you guys-----Thanks, Jack

Hi everyone, I have finally found a set of 31x10.5x15 tires for my explorer, the truck is a 96 with a OHV motor, and 3.25 gears. I was just wondering, if putting these tires on my truck is gonna make a dramatic difference in power, I know it will slow me down a little and decrease my fuel...

Hi, I was just wondering if changing a front hub assembly on a 05 ex is as easy as doing a 96? I have to do a 05 for a friend and I told him no problem but now I am wondering if they changed things and made it harder to do than my 96 which is a peice of cake to do?? Anyway, thats all I...

Hi everyone. I just picked up a 04 explorer with a 4.0 SOHC and 76k miles on it, the problem I am having is that the truck will barely start unless I play with the gas pedal, then it barely idles and pours white smoke out of the tailpipe, and yes I thought, its a headgasket, but then I smelled...

Hey everyone, I havent been on here in a while but I just had a hub bearing go bad on my 96 explorer and I really didnt want to pay 189 bucks for a new timken bearing, so I started poking around the net and found a Timken bearing for 136 plus 8.60 flat rate shipping on ebay. They didnt say if...

Just recently I noticed a musty smell in the interior of my explorer, the truck sat for about 2 weeks while my wife was on vacation and after that is when I noticed the smell. I was messing aorund trying to find a water leak and I noticed that the fabric on the sunshade of the moonroof was...

Hi everyone, I had a quick question, I am sure similar questions have been covered in this section but I have been searching and I can't seem to find what I need to know. I have a 96 XLT with the 4.0 in it 4wd with 3.55 gears and add a leafs. I just got a new, well not new, but new to me camper...

Hey, I have a 96 XLT with a 4.0 and i was just wondering if there was a way to make it so that when I switch into 4wd auto, it can actuall be in 4wd High? I notice that the 4wd doesnt kick in fast enough to keep me straight when I am in the snow, if I put a truck into 4wd in the snow or on the...

Hi, My 96 ex after 140k is finally sagging in the rear, and I had to tow my camper a couple of weeks ago and it definietly could use some help, my camper is only 2600lbs and the truck did not like having it hitched to it at all. Anyway, I was gonna put on helper springs but I have another set of...

So.......today I decide to do the brakes on my wife's truck, the indicators have been screeming for a week and I was sick out of work and on the couch since last friday. So I go to take the wheel off the truck and I grab it to do the usuall ball joint and tie rod end check and to my dismay, the...

Hi everyone. I had a question about the lower ball joints in my 96 XLT, I was changing a hub bearing today and when I had the upper control arm off I just happened to grab the spindle and try to lift it up and down while still connected to the lower A arm, and it moved about a half and inch up...

I have a 96 XLT and it has a factory alarm in it, and when I press the lock button on my keypad twice, it doesnt honk the horn anymore, just flashes the lights. I know it used to honk the horn and flash the lights when the lock button was pressed twice, but not anymore. My other question is, I...

You guys might remember seeing me post a question about a 0420 trouble code a while back, well I changed the downstream O2 sensor and the code came back and has been there for a long time since, so I finally decided to change my cats, not only because of the code I have but also because the...

I have just been going through all of the A/C questions on here, and there is some good stuff on here!! My question is, what are some of the common leak points on explorers? I have a 97 sport 4.0 SOHC, the A/C takes a charge, the compressor kicks on and it gets cold, but then leaks out within...

I have a 97 sport with a class 3 reciever hitch on it, I am selling the truck but I have a 96 4 door xlt and I was wondering if that hitch I have on the sport will fit my xlt, I heard somewhere that the hitches are different due to the length of the frames being different between the 2 door and...

Hi, I have a 97 sport with the 5r55e tranny in it, and I am having some problems with it shifting, and I think it may be electrical but I am not sure. The first thing I have noticed is that when I go to back out of my driveway, when I shift from Park to Reverse, there is a delay, it goes into...

Hi, I have a 96 explorer with bad cats on it, so I had gotten a 95 with good ones and I am going to swap cats, but I know that the 95 didnt have a downstream O2 sensor, so I was thinking that all I have to do is add an exhaust bung to the 95 cats and that would be that, right? Basically I was...

Hi, I have a 97 explorer with a 5 speed auto tranny, apparently before I got this truck, someone over filled the tranny by about a quart and it seems to shift weird when I accellerate very hard and run out the rpms, it kinda bumps into the next gear, so I was thinking that maybee the tranny...

I just had a guy e mail me because he wants to buy a tranny I have from a 95 parts truck, he says he has a 96 and that there are 2 different trannys for that year?????? One hold 3 quarts and the other holds 6? I think he is a little off, but I could be wrong, as far as I am concerned, 96 and 95...

I was just wondering what years they started the PATS in, my 97 doesnt have it because I always use a spare key to start the truck, but I am not too sure about my wife's 96, it has black plastic on the wide part of the key. Anyway, I just wanted to know how I can tell if the PATS system is in my...

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knew if a front brushguard from an 01 explorer would fit a 96 explorer, because for some reason I keep thinking that there was a change in the front with the frame or the bumper mounts, but I am not sure. If anyone could offer any advice I would appreciate it...

Hi, I own a 97 sport with the SOHC 5 speed auto and 4.10 LS , I have seen on the forum that people kinda ragg on these engines and say that they are not that great, I think that the SOHC is great its smooth and its fast, i also have a 96 xlt with a 4.0 OHV 4 speed OD and 3.25s and it feels like...

Hi Everyone, I had a question about a 95 explorer I just picked up for parts. It was hit in the nose, on the driver's side, pretty bad, airbags deployed and all, and I was trying to see if I could get it to start, this way I could hear the engine run, and if it runs good I was gonna take it...

Hi, I was wondering what the difference (besides gear ratio) there is between an 89 Lincoln LSC 8.8 rear that I just pulled out of a parts car for my street rod, and the 8.8 rear in my 97 Sport? I am doing some rear end noise troubleshooting and I am looking to swap the axle w/bearing and I...

I just picked up a 97 explorer sport for 300 bucks, and its in pretty decent shape, I had to put some stuff into it, but its got 160k on it and seems to have been taken care of. The only problem I have is that is moans like you wouldnt beleive from the front end. I checked the hub bearings and...