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Is there any way of supporting sagging leaf springs ? The rear end on our '98 Ex seems to be a bit lower since towing our 26 foot caravan last year, and the self-levelling suspension light comes on whenever any back seat passengers carried. (re-sets if ignition turned off and on though). I don't...

HI there, this has happened on our '98 but same as Paddymor. Brake judder only when coming to a stop, but NO warning light on. One day the warning light came on and the symptom went away, but at MOT time the garage found a faulty sensor. sensor replaced and fault came back, though warning light...

Self levelling suspension Hi Thorpedo, I posted that a year ago, and in that year the fault has come and gone. If we have a load or rear passengers, the light comes on within about twenty miles. If only solo or two of us on board it may not come on at all. It all seems relative to the amount...

I am currently touching all the wood I can find as well as crossing fingers and toes. Since the weather has warmed up, my airbag warning light has stopped flashing its fault code, and now operates normally. How weird is that ?

Colway tyres I had some Colway retreads on a Suzuki Rhino a few years ago, and they were awful. Grip and looks were good, but they needed loads of balance weights on the rims to stop bad vibration over 40 mph. I think you get what you pay for, and personally I wouldn't use retreads except if...

Chain tensioners Mine has just turned 83,000, and while we don't have any rattles, I would like to get it sorted if this is general advice. Prevention being better than cure etc. Has anybody any idea how much this would cost including parts for both tensioners at a garage as I have a limited...

Maitenance Manuals The Clymer manuals are like our Haynes manuals, but often only available from the USA. Try Google search. The Haynes manual that my mate Mike has is for Explorers from 1991 to 2000. The ISBN number is 1 56392 390 4 and may be available by quoting this number from your local...

Airbglight & horn & cruise u/s My gut reaction is that your problems are more likely to stem from the "white plastic ring thing" in the steering wheel assembly,described by Blueka, as the horn and cruise are also not working. Time to buy a Haynes or Clymer manual prhaps, but make sure you...

Fuse box wrong Well, that was weird. The auxiliary fuse box is set up as per owners manual enRHD198, but the main under bonnet fuse box is as per owners manual enRHD196. having said that, all the fuses were OK. Thanks for the link to the enRHD196 diagrams.:)

Have chatted with Rich already, but for info to anyone else............. my airbag warning light came on in exactly the same sequence as his. Have now put in for early MOT to see what is going to fail. I think we have a blowing exhaust immediately fwd of the cat, the airbag warning light and a...

Explorer Fuse diagrams wrong Thanks Rich, I will have to check again tomorrow in the daylight.:thumbsup:

Fusebox different Thanks again Richard, it would be helpful to have the scanned opy of your pages. One of the group of eight mini fuses is missing, number two in the first row of four. I will check out number fifteen later.

The fuse boxes in my "R" reg explorer are not laid out as shown in the Explorer Owner's manual that came with the car. The code on the back page of the manual is enRHD198. The main fuse box is shown on page 112 with 10 main fuses and 15 mini fuses. I only have eight mini fuses in one area and...

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Thanks Thanks for the advice. I have discovered an explorer specialist who does not live too far away, so I think I may give him a call soon, with this hread as a lead to the solution.

Hi there, just saying Hello ! I am new to Explorers, having just bought my first, a white 1998 model. I didn't find the UK forum until I asked for advice on a couple of snags, but will now read it regularly. My name is Mark Bright, and I live in Yaxley near Peterborough, Cambs. I post under the...

Hi there, I just bought my first Explorer, a 1998 model, United Kingdom (Great Britain) spec. I have a couple of questions.......... 1) The interior ventilation is very warm, even with the heat control turned to the blue area. Engine temp is fine. Max A/c is cool, but A/c is still warm as I...

Hi everyone, I live in England and have just bought 1998 Explorer. After about five miles of driving, the self levelling suspension defect warning light illuminates. If I stop, switch off the engine and restart, the warning lamp has gone out, and is OK for about anotheive miles or mayabe more...