Search results

It's been a fun time, but last week, I sent my Explorer down the road. The tranny was starting to get worse, and even though I had a good used one lined up, it still would have cost me nearly a grand to do it by the time I bought a new filter, fluid, etc. and I'd still have a 100,000+ mile...

I'm trying to figure out if this is a common problem in most Ford radios, or if my radio itself has a problem. On stations that have RDS streams (lines of data scrolling on your radio's display) mine rarely works well. Most the time it just displays some nonsensical broken message that...

I finally got a day off work, and planned to go to a big car show/swap meet, but since it was raining profusely, I decided not to go. I don't like trudging thru a swamp just to find some cheap parts. So since I was bored out of my mind, and had nowhere to go, I stopped over by my Ford dealer...

I'd say 4 years is about average for a Motorcraft battery. They don't seem as good as the OEM batteries from GM and Chrysler from my experience. I guess technically, this is the first official failure that my Explorer has had since I've owned it too! I'm sure this unbelieveably cold long...

I got this off another forum I visit, and it's pretty cool to use for live calculations of which fuel is more cost efficient. http://e85prices.com/milesperdollar.htm For me, E85 is still the way to go. I used some real world MPG numbers of 12 MPG for E85, and 15 MPG for gasoline, and...

I just discovered this when browsing a Mustang magazine. TCI makes a Super Street Fighter 5R55S tranny for the Mustangs. Aside from ours being 4x4 cases, there shouldn't be any difference internally, so possibly on a "Repair and Return" basis, they should be able to build one up for an...

Finally got a pic of my Explorer in action. This was on the way back from a trip to Chicago to pick up the Bonneville loaded on the dolly. Buddy of mine bought it cheap, but the tranny was cannonballed, so we had to haul it home. Look at the fog too! That wasn't fun at all...It was like that...

Finally I got the time and ambition to do my tranny service. Got a filter from Carquest and a case of Castrol-branded Mercon V ATF and had at 'er this morning. It's not bad to do at all...Pop the drain plug with a 22mm socket, and let the majority of the fluid drain out, then start taking out...

Sometimes a little cost savings just floors me in where it takes place in a vehicle. The other day, I burnt out a license plate light, and upon inspection, I saw that the lens was cracked allowing moisture into it. No biggie, just replace the whole thing with a new one. Ordered up a new...

I just checked the '08 lineup of FFVs, and it seems to be getting smaller and smaller every year! Ford, for example, has only THREE (well, technically two) FFVs for the '08 model year...The F150, and the Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis. That's it??!? GM also seems to have scaled down on their...

Nothing real catastrophic, but irritating nonetheless. One of my mechanics was backing up a big truck, and hit the front end of my Explorer, cutting a little tear about 4" long in the front bumper cover below the right foglight. I'm pretty proud of myself for not blowing up at him and calling...

This time for once, I wasn't just driving to a race, but was actually involved in one! Last night, I was driving along minding my own business when I came up to a stoplight next to an early '90s BMW 735i. Waiting at the red light I look over and see him start inching forward, then he popped...

Reading the thread on the '02 throttle body mod got me thinking yesterday, so I went out and looked at mine, and yes, there's some little "vanes" in there that I've concluded solve a twofold problem...First and foremost, they're in there to eliminate a "swoosh" or squeal from the throttle body...

I don't know about the rest of you, but my tan leather steering wheel in my Explorer tends to get very dirty and discolored very quickly. You almost have to make sure you wash your hands before you drive it. Well, I thought about something I could put on it besides Armor-All, 303, or...

I knew it would come about sooner or later...A conversion kit to enable E-85 to be used in a non-FFV. Word of warning though...No kit has been passed by the EPA as of yet, so by adding this, even though you're producing less emissions with ethanol, it's still considered tampering with vehicle...

I say "had" because it seems to have fixed itself. Yesterday, when I filled up, I did so the way I usually do...Cram it full all the way up to the neck. I know you're not supposed to, but I do anyways. Anyways, when I went to start it back up, the fuel gauge didn't move! It was stuck between...

I saw a black Eddie Bauer just like mine the other day, but noticed it had no "Explorer" badges on the doors. I didn't think much of it, since it could have been hit and repainted, and the badges never reinstalled. Then, I saw a couple more, so I knew it had to be something deleted by the...

I figured what the heck, I'm here enough, I might as well help support the site. Plus, I wanted an avatar. You know...Those important things.:D

This is wierd...Last couple days it's been raining quite profusely here, and I noticed something odd; when I'm driving on wet roads and get on the throttle to either speed up or pass a car, etc. I can feel additional driveline vibration from the front end which indicates to me that torque is...

Granted, they don't produce enough "fuel" to be a viable alternative to #2D or even biodiesel produced from vegetable oils, but it's interesting nonetheless! Just tap into the tree, and dump it right into the tank! http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF3/358.html

Something as dumb as this comes along.:rolleyes: http://www.e85fuel.com/e85101/faqs/tortilla_cost.php The fact that it actally made into the Frequently Asked Questions section just blows me away. This more or less implies that many people have inquired about the same thing. So, I...

I'm going to try this tomorrow. They sell it at the racetrack, and since it's designed for methanol fueled race cars, I see no reason why it wouldn't work with ethanol too. The properties are very similar. It also adds a bit of top engine lube too. I haven't decided which one to go...

Just curious if my '04 Audiophile system is MP3 compatible. I never saw anything listed yes or no anywhere. Lots of newer systems are, just wondering about this one.

I just changed the plugs in mine today, and was kind of surprised for a double platinum plug, how worn they were. Ford claims 100,000 mile tune-up intervals, but that's pushing it, IMHO. These looked pretty ugly when I pulled them. I went with the Autolite XP103 "Extreme Performance"...

This has been bothering me since I bought this Explorer...Is there some sort of little flapper door on the filler neck restrictor, or is it just an open hole? I'd like to think the latter is true, and there's not a flapper door and spring laying on the bottom of the gas tank somewhere! If...