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I’ve had this smoke problem on 2 Ford Explorer same model same year ,, on one of them I just kept a sharp eye on it to make sure it didn’t flame. I never did the smoke would curled out momentarily every once in a while say once a month may be once every 3 months I ignored it. I have a 2nd...

Once the silicon is dryed to the plastic lens, and I close the back hatch will it damage the paint .

silicon approach I think ill take the silicon approach. Does any one know if silicon touches the paint what will happen

I have 2 Explore 2000, one turn sig malgf some time. And on my explorer smoke came out of the hasn't light button more than three times. I thought this should have been a recall item, no such luck with the dealer.

I have similar thumping sound from driver side rear wheel well. Key point is this sound is most noticeable once the weather drops to appox 42 degrees f. I think the break pad backing plates shrink just enough to let them flap against the rotors in clod weather. Iv currently have this flapping...

I intend to clean and lube the entire brake system,, and change all the retaining clips. Also I’m going to put some of that liquid noise reduction gook between the retainer clips and the pads. The sound to me sounds like metal clanging but muffled more like thumping,,, sounds like metal banging...

In your case is the sound more noticible in the winter cold weather? Im familliar with this sound its been bothering me for years,,, its most previlant in the rear driver side wheel well. I had this in to Ford sevarl times, they cant find it. when ridding with the wife I hear the same thumping...

conifercatcher; Yes I would say you can leav in the one piece Passenger side upper control arm. Both side come in a one peice assembly now, they have differant part numbers for the passenger side vs the driver side.

So far as camber in aligning the wheels to track straight and get even tire wear. Terms like toe in and toe out are alignment terms meaning the all the components including axel upper and lower con trolls arm ball joint are not quite at a 90 degree to the ground to make these adjustments one...

Reply to promisedwon not sure what taking the diff out has to do with replacing upper control arms. But as the ford dealer told me at least 6 years of made gone by from when the right side was a 2 apart assembly. I’ve had my both arms in a week and had the alignment done drive true state as an...

Thanks CDW6212R had both left and right side done today, brought my parts from Ford and your right the new upper control arm both left and right side is in a one piece assembly. According to Ford over the years that two part assembly has went thru like six modification resulting in the one...

Did you disconnect the battery befor you began work, or pop out any fuses?

Replacing the fog light assm does it require taking off the bumber?

excellent pictures Q: this appers to be the driver side front, when I seach for parts the passenger side seens to come back with a control arm that looks a little diffrent, ie one end has flat metal end bent at 90 degrees. any comment. I agree with the post above one side parts wise looks...

Sway bar pix Thanks for posting the pix of the saw bar repair thoses pictures ar just what I needed.

If its any thing like the 2000 fog lights the contcts ge coroded and the spring tention gets weak,, scrape and sreach springs .

water damage the brass spring loaded connector that touch the bas of the bulb get coroded need the scraped to shinny, also pull on the meatal to increase the contact pressure. Most of the electrical fog light problems come from bad contacts too loose and croded.

was this repair done by taking apart the inside of the vehical pannal? also what was the appox price of the mounting parts? thks

rear wiper problems I have an other expoer with the rear wiper that hardly touches the glass thurout the sweep, it almost seems as thought there would be a cam in the motor glide. I saw some were on this website some one els replaced the rubber motor mounts. Can that person give us the appox...

Wiper problems when the wiper get stuck between the window and the body, your going to have to bend the arm just right to fix that. Its more of a twist that a bend. Caution bendinng can cause the wiper to lean away from the glass.

Q: how hard is it to replace the catolitic converter on a sacle of 1-10 ... Thanks for the leads, I will check them out.

Exploer 2000 8 cly recently got odb code p01151 and p01152 real rought idle when I pull up to a stop, ok while hi driving. Along with this I hearing a tinnie channing sound like parts of the muffeler are loose inside. More towards the fromt of the vehical is that where thaCatolitic converter is...