1997 Mercury Mountaineer, 5.0L V8

[dersch6221992]

okay thank you. i will try to see what i can do this summer.

 

[YoungMounty]

Does anybody know where I can get a MAF adapter?

And also, if I want to upgrade my MAF, how and what should I do/get to go about this?

 

[YoungMounty]

New Pics

Cleaned it later in the day

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER!
Plans?
Indeed:

1. Torque Monster Headers
2. MAC Cold Air Intake
3. Tune (Henson)
4. New CV's
5. Camshaft Positioning Sensor
6. Upper Intake Spacer?

 

[Schobanger]

i will take that brush guard and those lights off your hands!!

 

[YoungMounty]

Today, the Mounty suffered a blowout on a 120 mile roundtrip to Birmingham, AL. CV's are acting up as well. Good thing I had a 31x10.50 spare to throw on when it happened. Went the remaining 45 miles on a Buckshot Mudder lol. It will be going to GoodYear tomorrow to get a new DuraTrac and a balance/rotation and possibly new CV's. I think it threw off a wheel weight because there was one before and now there isn't. I'll post pictures when I get some good shots tomorrow.

 

[YoungMounty]

Just ordered a MAC CAI for the Mounty. Ordered from Explorer Express. Last e-mail response from them said they had 6 on the shelf. Unless someone else has ordered one I'm assuming there are 5 left. Get em' while they're here is all I have to say!!!

 

[YoungMounty]

Mac cai

Here is my new Intake:

 

[Schobanger]

i cant wait until i get my cragar soft 8s. gonna be so nice. also planning on getting some 31 guard dog mt's, and then by end of summer its gonna be some 33s! also planning on TT/Shackle, front kit of 4" suspension and then the 5.5" SOA in the back. big plans, lots of time

 

[weh87]

Young mounty where you located in Alabama? I'm Scottsboro just curious if your close.

 

[YoungMounty]

i cant wait until i get my cragar soft 8s. gonna be so nice. also planning on getting some 31 guard dog mt's, and then by end of summer its gonna be some 33s! also planning on TT/Shackle, front kit of 4" suspension and then the 5.5" SOA in the back. big plans, lots of time

@Schobanger
Sounds awesome man, Be sure to post some pics!! What I always seem to find is I have big plans but little money, lol. But like you said, lots of time so no hurry

@weh87
I'll send you a PM

 

[YoungMounty]

I just got back from a trip to Panama City Beach, Florida.. about 750-800 miles round trip. We stopped about 2 hours from my hometown and noticed my radiator leaking, bad. We filled it with water and put some stop leak in it. As soon as I got home and upon further diagnosis, the radiator was cracked. We put a new radiator in it and flushed all lines to get rid of any stop leak still in the system. No biggie, and it blows so cold!!

 

[Snowboi]

Nice Mountaineer!

 

[stang99gtv8]

Question for ya. I noticed earlier in the thread you had pictures of your ball joints before and after. How did it ride with the bad joints? I notice when i drive my 97 AWD that it feels a little lose driving around but not to the point that it's all over The place. Almost like it wants to bounce around but it isn't bouncy like a shock going out. When i push it up and down in the front of the car, i hear it squeaking a ton. Looking up and under, my upper joints as far as i can see look kinda like what you pictured. Sound like bad ball joints?

 

[YoungMounty]

The only thing I could tell from my bad ball joints was the squeak. I didn't really notice and difference in driveability, mine rides rough now and rode rough while I had bad ball joints. The squeak was unbearable. I would have my music playing loud plus my exhaust loud as it is and could still hear it. But as for bouncing around, I didn't notice anything. If the seals are blown on the uppers or lowers I would go ahead and replace them.

 

[YoungMounty]

Here are some pics of my new (to me) rack and lights. The rack is a Yakima MegaWarrior, the size bigger than my previous LoadWarrior. This one has 4 lights as well.

And my personal favorite:

 

[YoungMounty]

Here are a couple more pictures:

and a picture of the bedlined grill:

 

[luluxiu]

I have not seen the transformation in real life yet, but I see in the picture compared to the results, eBay's a shell, and you like the diamond cut is amazing. I dream of this summer is to get out of my shell projector and get a real, and it fits in there.

 

[YoungMounty]

Winch

I haven't been on this website in a long time but here is a little update:

 

[Hunter32]

Just read through your registry,

AWESOME mounty! Would love to do same thing as you, just needing the money haha
I'm in school too so hopefully with time I can get mine nice and fabbed like yours.

great job!

 

[YoungMounty]

I here ya man. I'm in school too and do most of my projects during the summer when I have a job. The winch was a gift though so I got lucky on that one. I've got plenty of plans for the future so stay tuned!