repair and maintenance

I have a 2012 Ford Explorer Base 3.5L and I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing the shake on this thing. It seem to only shake violently once it gets up around 50-60+ MPH that you can feel in the peddle upon throttle acceleration. It makes a weird noise sometimes too. (I...

Shot in the dark here but does anyone know the pulley nut size on the alternator of a 2014 (2011-2015) explorer? Knowing this would really help

Ok so I have a 99 explorer sport with a 5-speed 2wd with roughly 120,000 miles. I have this insane pulsating humming coming from the front left wheel well/engine compartment that's slowly been getting worse. So far it only starts once I'm over about 30-35 mph, anything lower and dead silent...

Hello everyone, I took my Explorer in to get checked out on Friday. I just recently became employed again and now have the money to improve my vehicle. So I got a qoute on some work and since I don't know much I'd thought I'd post the prices on here and get some feedback from people who do know...

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I recently bought this 2003 explorer XLT 4x4 with the V8 4.6L. I thought the steering was a little stiff. Driving to work this morning I lost the power steering. When I am driving it is fine but when I am turning from a stop it will not work. If I am parked and give it some gas it will work...

Hey everyone, I got a code P1443 a week ago, so I got a new canister purge solenoid (google BWD CP509 to see the part I got). After searching this forum, I was finally able to locate the existing valve below the air filter housing. I replaced the valve, but the vacuum tubes connecting to it...

I've decided to use this as my build and repair thread for my lovely Sport Trac. Here I will list any problems I find and check them off as I go, and post pictures of my horrific findings along the way. When I finally come around to modifications, I'll post those in here too. I'll even post the...

4.0 SOHC V6 '97 Ford Explorer 305,284 miles. Loud Clicking noise started about a week ago. Let my mechanic drive it, but no noise. A few days later, extremely loud clicking that got louder with RPMs. (I was on a road trip at this point) On my way home the car died.(thankfully just a few miles...

I have a 2005 Sport Trac that I bought used. I purchsed the bed extender gate off of ebay. Over the years both of the plastic pieces that retain the spring clip have broken. As a result the gate does not lock to the pins on the truck as it once did. It appears that to fix this, the entire...

Hey guys what up? Lattely i had some issue with my Timing chain, i to be sure i opened the front part so i took of : - Radiator & Hoses Radiator - Took of Fan Clutch - Took of Alternator - Steering pump - Stabilizator Pulley - Cranckshaf Pulley ( For that i made a tool, less...

I started hearing a new noise a few weeks ago under the hood but couldn't isolate it. I thought it might be a failing A/C compressor as this was a problem recently with my daughter's car. Took it to the shop and they took off the belt and said that the belt tensioner needed to be replaced...