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All excellent ideas, I especially liked the axle shaft idea from Maniak. I was about to strip it down and got a call from someone that wanted to buy it so I didn't take anything. Now on to the build for the second generation Explorer. Can't wait.

In a 99 explorer that came with a power driver seat, but not heated, can i get a heated seat and plug it right in or does the heater use a separate circuit?

I just bought a 2nd generation explorer. A 99 v8. I have had my beloved 91 for 22 years and while it will be sad to let it go, it is time. I have had it listed for sale but no getting much interest, so I'm thinking of sending it to a junk yard. Before I do, I wanted to ask your suggestions on...

Man that looks like a lot of fun in the snow. I have a lot of work to do on my explorer, but you are definitely motivating me to get on it.

Does pulling the ABS light out count as happy? That's what I did on my first gen explorer. :D

Do you have a wicked stuck picture yet? :)

No ideas?

I have a 2000 F250 Powerstroke. I know there are some good forums out there for trucks like that but i dont belong to those forums, i belong to the best forum on the web, and the wealth of knowlege here never lets me down. So the previous owner bypassed the clutch safety switch and my truck...

It is good to be back. I love this forum and am always reading stuff, but haven't posted in a while. I haven't been on a Trail Run in a long time either. With the Explorer down, it might be a while. I'm thinking of a Moab run next fall, if I can't get the Explorer going by then, I'll just have...

I have a transmission, its not the stock A4LD, it is a complete package for 700R4 conversion. Let me know if you're interested.

I'm in Colorado right now dreaming of a warm Texas winter. :)

I haven't actually figured out what cracked yet, I just parked it. I'm not going to mess with it for a while, its too cold and I don't have the money. I'll see if I can resurrect it in the spring, but for now I'll just save for a cummins. Negative 20s, not just 20s. I think that morning it was -24.

I was thinking for the past couple weeks I should check the concentration of antifreeze in my coolant. If you're thinking the same thing, do it before its too late. I tried to drive it when the temperatures were in the negative 20s and it didn't work. I guess now its time to get serious about...

I've been looking at bread trucks from which to take a 4bt. For the experts following this thread, what should I look for when I'm checking the trucks out?

Any pictures of the setup? Hopefully you've been able to dig out of the storage units by now. :)

I have a question that you probably have an answer to if you work on them all day.... On my 2000 F-250 I replaced the ESOF hubs with Mile Marker manual hubs. I know I need to plug the vacuum line on the pump side, but if I just pull the hose off the hub side, will that allow water in? Do I need...

Sorry for the confusing post. I meant no 12v going to the relay so that it wouldn't switch off the 12v supply that the tranny had. I decided that it wasn't wiring, so I just made sure it was wired just like the diagram and put it all back together to deal with another day. I drove around for a...

That is basically what I had in mind when I crawled under there. There was some rust on the cable. I soaked the cable with wd40 and then got back in the car and tried it. I worked it back and forth for a while and heard a pretty good clunk. I'm not sure if it was the tranny getting "unstuck" or...

I have a 700R4 transmission with a hurst vmatic 2 shifter. Today when I got home and tried to shift into park it wouldn't go. I soaked the shifter in wd40 and tried to work it into anything other than N or D but it won't go. I finally decided maybe it wasn't the shifter and disconnected the...

I drove around with it not getting 12v. Still no lock up. Any other ideas or is it just something internal?

I cut the voltage from the brakes. I didn't find a switched power source right off so I threw a switch in there so I can connect it when I need to stop. Kind of a bandaid until I get the brake source hooked up correctly, but I'm out of time for now.

I may have found part of the problem... the line going down to the transmission was attached to 87 not 87a. That would explain why it still got voltage while the brake line was sending voltage to the relay. I guess with the constant 12v at 85 and the transmission being fed from 87, i had a...

Well at least the part that was confusing me is confusing you too, so that means I'm not stupid. I'll go test some more and see if I can figure something out that makes more sense.

My kit does not have the external wires, but that can be added easily enough. So based on the diagram, the brakes are connected to 85. So if I hit the brakes, that should send power to 85 which will interrupt the connection between 87a and 30 which will disengage the torque converter, right...

Question about the diagram. Is there always the blue line inside the transmission? I have the setup like the first picture with just a red lead going to the transmission. I would like to add the switch to be able to lock it up in 3rd if I'm not in OD, but I don't want to go through the hassle of...