camshaft synchronizer

1998 Ex 5.0 AWD, 160k Hey guys, I have been troubleshooting to the best of my abilities and cannot seem to find out what is going on. While accelerating, I am getting blips in losses of power/RPMs. Based off of what I read I thought my coil packs were going out because I would get a nasty...

Happy 2020 All'y'all! Sudden circumstances & I'm moving (solo) again: To the 'big city'; 1-load-at-a-time ('tired bones'/weak heart/failing kidneys/'lost' 2nd-wind.) I can hear my camshaft synchronizer chirping more-and-more (2000 XLS, 6-OHV, 145k); especially at-idle. I have a Scan Gauge II...

Has anyone heard of first generation explorers not having camshaft synchronizers? One of mine has a bad sensor but supposedly they only put them in California based explorers for emissions, I don't know if itsittrue or not ubt I was wondering if there were any cheap fixes rather than buying a...

just to be of help to anyone else on this forum, as you all have been so kind to me - I have had to recently: replace the CEL lamp replace the camshaft sensor (looks simple but has a nasty gotcha) can advise anyone on these two issues, have pics as well. Im still not done yet as the...