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Thanks for your tips everyone. Is there a favorite place for push rods? Price is always a good thing to keep a eye on, but I don't want chinese foundry junk either. Would motorcraft have improved rods, or the same old junk? Earlier in the thread, I saw it mentioned that I could use simple...

Any idea of the maker? quality is key, not made in china rubbish :p: Also, would one of the K&N systems work that eliminates the stock air box? All I can find is a version for newer OHV's from 1999, nothing for 1993. It's like it ceases to exist according to their website. Maybe I could use the...

One question I can think of involves the gaskets. Believe I had read somewhere that ford? had a gasket that people recommend? Or was it something else? This truck is literally going to be "restored" the way I want it. Hopefully mostly motorcraft stuff on it, tired of the mystery junk...

:salute: Well i'm back (hello necro bump?) I pretty much ran from this vehicle and it's err issues. Not really the vehicle itself, but the mess around it and at the time I thought I had a 93 F150 that then vanished out from underneath me courtesy of my father.... I'm going to be looking...

I might finally be able to get the explorer back on the road. Got to piece together some variables about it and propose the plan or whatever to make it work. Already a list of stuff I put together is near about $300 for it, still seems like a bargain compared to alot of the poor wrecks I see...

because for that price, I might as well take the $500 or so and sink it right back into the current vehicle. I know it will need all new tires, brakes, anything rubber replaced, etc. I see sooo many explorers out that look like total trash. Look on ebay, some ghetto piece of crap that never saw...

he claims to have bought new bolts, he was complaining about the price for them being expensive when he did it. I think it's reaching the end of the line with this vehicle, I keep getting told it's off to the junkyard and a complete waste of money to fix it up

did you use new sealed fluid? brake fluid absorbs air alot. Are the brake system hoses new also? I've worked on many vehicles before that have so many cracks in the lines, it sucks alot of air into the system

think i'm racist? stuff like that happens more then you think in border states. Way to turn it away from a general statement to making it seem like I caused a personal attack directed at you. There is a difference between legal and illegal immigration, look it up sometime. You placed the...

Tommorrow i'm probably going to pressure wash the cylinder heads, then analyze them for cracks. does anyone think the stuff this guy used is a good idea? http://www.custompistols.com/cars/articles/crack_inspection.htm Seems cheap and seems to show results, but I don't know if it's the old...

I hate to pull it out (as we reserve it for al sharpton) but i'm going to pull out the race card and call them mexicans. Am I correct? If they turn out not to be, i'm shocked that's their MO usually, come over the border illegally, cause a accident, then flee the scene. if your really lucky...

I'd definitely say bs and sue anyone in a 10 mile radius for this. Sadly, I think the old saying the Victim isn't actually the victim holds true in this case

do any of your pulleys have rust on them? Mine has been sitting for 10 years and it's got alot of rust on them. Might be a possibility the rust can be weakening the belts?

Tony: as far as I can remember, I believe it did smell sweet. When it was in it's death throes, I believe the radiator was bubbling like mad and alot of the coolant/water mixture was being dumped into the overflow tank. jrowe6: I just checked, and it varies between hard packed, (alot looks...

Would bad injectors cause misfires and other issues also? I pulled all of the plugs today so the cylinder heads can come off, and on the passengers side I actually found 2 spark plugs that almost look brand new, even though they are very old (installed in 98 or so I think) In the below photos is...

I almost forgot also. Before I wrapped up for the day yesterday, I loosened the spark plugs on the passengers side and I believe it was the middle one that the insulator on it was pure white. I'll check again to make sure that was the right one with it. Does that mean anything? The others...

I would probably do that before and many times after even, just to insure it works well. Is synthetic or dino oil a good bet for this engine?

are they better made then the current 90TM heads it sports? regular octane gas is fine, so I would hesitate to upgrade to 95TM just for being stuck with a higher fuel bill. the 20mpg it got is perfectly fine with me, don't want it dropping and my bank account following along with it! If they are...

it looked like hell before I hosed it down. lots of desert dust everywhere and i'm still finding cobwebs and eggs in it. I'm concerned why alot of the parts have pitting on them, like the metal piece that the alternator fits into. looks like it's heavily pitting and oxidizing, like bad chrome...

At this point right now, i'm information gathering, not throwing paw fulls of cash at the engine and hoping it works. The heads are coming off so I can check for visual cracking and then i'm debating if I find a place in town that magnafluxes them and whatever else they can do to determine if...

so the gaps aren't sucking air in at all? just looks peculiar, like it's holes in it. Today I started tear down on the engine, got the alternator removed, electric fan, upper radiator hose, compressor moved forward, throttle body disconnected, etc. When I took apart the upper radiator hose...

how modern can I go for the newer updated (thicker?) head design? Don't want to end up with incompatiable parts. If I beat someone else to the engine first and snag them, they aren't going to give me any issues like what it currently faces? No use in paying for a problem switch ;)

Here are the photos now that i've had some sleep! ^(This is the #4 spark plug, sorry I couldn't get a better shot. was just using my general point and shoot versus the rebel xti I have. just looks like regular wear on the spark plug to me, #6 was more clean then #4 and #5 though. Couldn't...

i'll get some photos posted tommorrow, way too tired after moving around tons of boxes here :( What do you recommend to replace the part that goes from the air cleaner box to the manifold? My parents put a generic flexible hose on it and took the stock part off when a electric fan was...

how come they don't like them? We looked into those years ago, but thought the prices sucked on it. I'd get it some nice motorcraft stuff, including a filter :D no way in hell would it get fram

I pulled spark plugs 4,5,6 today on the drivers side. 4 and 5 just had your normal combustion stuff on them it appears, but 6 towards the firewall was half dirty/half white. Not white white, but you could see some of the insulator material still. Is this a possible sign of something? Are the...

I have some photos coming later, but i'll give a update. I went out and looked at the oil, it just appears to look like regular motor oil. Is it possible the water evaporated over the 10 years it's sat? Or it's a good sign that it just looks like regular oil? I just pulled the dip stick and...

Lucky for me, I don't have a "other half" and if I did, he wouldn't mind probably ;) we'll see what goes on with it, I seem to remember the pushrods being taken out of the engine so I wonder if my father did do a gasket replacement on the heads, or if that was the point my mom said "f' it...

I still have that tucked into the back of my head. Poking around on the forum, I found a guy in pennsylvania with a 93 explorer who has the same problem this one had, but at a much later time mileage wise. I'm really wondering now if it's the headgaskets on it, so I can't wait to tear it down as...

I know it's basically a money pit due to it's age and the fact you can get cheaper ones that run. It's nagged at me almost since it's been parked that it may have been parked for the wrong reason, so I want to put it to rest once and for all if it was parked correctly, or maybe for the wrong...

i have no idea what you are saying. It hasn't been started for 10 years, and I don't get 'The overheating issue most likley is the cause of the runnability issue." clarify? getting a junkyard engine is pointless, as I am not made of money, and not inheriting a different set of problems off...

if this is the issue, how can i tell? or I need to take them in for testing?

The whining wasn't mechanical, it was from the high pressure fluid shooting out of the overflow tank cap. I've always thought maybe it needed a lemon law complaint also, but my mom never fully pushed for it. still don't know why to this day, so hence my interest in seeing what possibly...

Bear with me on this, it's very long.... In 2000, after many years of issues with my mom's new 1993 explorer (she purchased it new) it got parked at the side of the house for good at 64,000 miles. Almost 10 years later (august 2010) it's been sitting there, and I find myself gainfully...

I would like to keep the truck honestly, and don't mind doing extra work on it. Ironically it was this vehicle at the age of 12 I started working on trucks with ;) *sigh* choices choices. new engines are too friggin expensive from rebuilders for what they offer imho, seems like a rip off...

Parked at the side of the house here is a explorer that got parked in 2000. it's a 1993 ford explorer, 4.0 V6, automatic, (not sure about the rear end, but that doesn't really matter at this point if the front end won't fire!) I am curious what everyones answers would be to taking this truck out...