Brandons 95 XLT

Hey guys just bought a 2nd Explorer! Its been sitting for about 3 years so its doing pretty good considering Finally got down to creating a registry for it!

Its a 95 XLT W/Control Trac 4x4
- 4.0L v6 OHV
- Power mirrors, seats, windows, sunroof, locks, well everything..
- 10 disk changer (sony)
- factory ford h/u with tape deck no cd
- rear heat / audio controls
- 4 speed auto
- 4x4 of course, the little knob thing
- Air bags..
- 4 wheel disk brakes
- 290k km on it


Things to fix..
- Bend back the front bumper
- Rear right door dents
- Rear right dogleg/rocker rust/dent
- Front fender dents
- Fog lights
- Rear wiper
- Check engine light randomly comes on
- Dash lights
- Electrical gremlin in interior lighting (wont turn off for a bit once its running)
- Rear hatch handle wont turn without a lot of force
- Hood latch
- Rust on back hatch and under doors
- Figure out how the cd changer works..
- Fabric on center arm rest
- Headliners a bit rotted
- Drivers door lock
- Keyless entry remote
- Whatever that touch entry on the door is doesn't work
- Rear right shackle rotting
- Exhaust whistle
- Sunroof gears are messed
- Top of windshield rusting bad

So far I have a tiny list of things to fix. I bought it under the assumption a head gasket was toast in it, and luckily it doesn't seem so, its running fine

It cost me a grand total of:

$302.67 Canadian $200 for explorer, $100 for tow, $2.67 or so for battery terminals, to get it started

Boosted it first day, started up no problem after sitting over a year! Its my next project, just to fix it up a bit and probably drive it in the summer. Once everything is near fixed I might start modifying it

Anyways enough crap, here is the pics!

Messed up bumper..

Rust on dog leg and dents..

Bad Shackle

Keyless entry

Sunroof stuff

Another side by side

First fix, bumper bending
- Chained it to pull it back down

- Lightly pushed the tree to push it back in

So far so good, I'm running it once a day to keep it going, and see if a head gasket problem does arise.

 

[Brandons]

Well an update..

Got the trip permit on it so I'm now working on getting it ready for a safety and e-test.

A small list of things to fix
- E-brakes seized
- 3rd brake light
- One shackle has a hole in it.. welding a plate on it
- Drivers door hinge loose
- Check engine light, high-ish idle

Other things to fix
- Transmission periodic hard shifting (thinking the modulator is toast if it has one, or a vacuum line is broken), possibly related to high idle.
- Spark plugs
- Plug wires
- Center console bulb
- Hard-ish steering, possible ps pump

The transmission concerns me, I love how fast it shifts but I am concerned this is not normal for it. I believe it is an A4LD-E.

 

[Brandons]

Just installed new exhaust Wednesday night, Magnaflow stainless steel muffler. Passed its etest after sitting for 2 years

Engine is acting ok, next to desperately needing plugs and an oil change, after putting the new muffler on.

 

[Paraphoe]

Well an update..

A small list of things to fix
- One shackle has a hole in it.. welding a plate on it

New or old shackles? If they're old and rusted through I'd recommend just getting new ones. They're cheap enough, and you don't want that popping off. Those things rust through easily.

 

[Brandons]

Yeah I will likely just do that, the chances of me getting them off though are pretty slim.... rusted on baad

 

[Paraphoe]

Mine were so seized up I had to bring them to a shop and get them blown off with their impact tools.