Corkey's Registry

Log Roller's, Registry,, 56 k get lost,

okay , so , i thought about it, and,,,,,
about time i posted one here,
96 Explorer XL, 4.0 ohv, auto trans, control trac 4x4,
Special Thanks to - gmanpaint, Turdle, and Maniak, to name just a few,
List Of Mods, that made this truck of the month,


http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=263644


-torsion twist , gone now, , Fox Coilovers hold me up now,
-Trailmaster /Superlift combined front end lift kit, with skid plates,
-4:10 gears front and back, Aussie Locker in the back ,
-Cooper STT 33's all around with Dyna Beads inside, On Custom JT powdercoated 16 inch Wheels,
-Superlift Rear Lift Springs, Trailmaster SSV shocks, and custom JT and Gmanpaint swaybar Disconnects,
-Rockcrusher Custom powder coated diff cover, by JT,
-2 sets of driving lights, bumper, and on custom roof rack,
-optima red top battery
-gps for nav with roads and topo
-backup cam
-Kenwood head unit
-Kenwood door speakers, homemade crossovers, extra tweeters,
-amp bypass ,from gmanpaint,
-Kenwood Sirius control box,
-2 12 inch Kenwood dual voice coil subs ,
-custom forum stickers from Blee,
-cb mounted back of console, with custom antenna mount,


this is my Explorer,



engine compartment is all stock , with 350,000 kilometers on the origional engine and trans,

front suspension is stock , with the 2 inch torsion twist ,

rear end has newer springs, i got from gmanpaint, with sway bar disconnects from gman and Turdle, and add a leafs from Maniak,

inside is mostly stock with a few exceptions,
i have a window mounted gps, and backup cam screen , and a Kenwood head unit,

cb mounted to the back of the console,

sirius control box behind the back seat , and one big amp, for the subs


and a couple of 12 inch Kenwood dual voice coil subs,


and 31x10.5x15 inch goodyear wrangler territory tires,

 

[lynchy wa]

Go the honda CRX mate

 

[97xlt4.0]

i've read your whole registry...one of my favorite explorers on the site!

hope ya get it back on the road soon!

 

[Turdle]

well, i guess it was either time , or the cold finally got to it,

seems i may have a blown head gasket, it ran rough and the temp went to the top of the gauge , so i checked the coolant , it was down quite a bit, so i checked the oil, ,
pulled out the dipstick and there it was all covered in a chocolate like coating,

details to follow,,

Post 153 did it. Haven't you learned this yet?

Good luck Pete. Looking at the cans of V8 yet?

 

[gmanpaint]

Dang. I would have thought the trans or the t-case would have gone well before the engine did. Bummer.

This is just me Pete, but I would seriously think of getting a different rig with lower miles, less rust, and swap your bolt on mods over, and start new. It was fun while it lasted, but once Cancer has a hold of something, it is usually all downhill from there.

 

[corkey]

yep, i think it's time i went to the v8 as well,
the 6 was kind of nice, but no towing and lack of power with the big tires have done it,

a low rust will be a must, and i guess a winter driver will be good too,

looking at a Honda CRX for highway trips, it's a low miler with no rust,,
but k, onto some pics,,





this is supposed to be the oil, from the pan,, not good looking at all ,,

 

[vroomzoomboom]

 

[corkey]

coming soon,,

 

[corkey]

1999 XLS, no name yet, so no registry,
but when it gets here and driveable, it will earn a name, and a registry,,

 

[Glen4X4]

Again congrats on the nice buy, what's it need? Anything you know of?

 

[corkey]

it may need a water pump and a rad, and a little bit of rust work, but other than that, all good ,

Vroomzoomboom went and looked it over, he got it for me,
so,



huge thanks to him,, ,

 

[lynchy wa]

Sweet buy mate, 2 newies in a week. I can see that 4x4 crx already! Nah, she's a bargain!

 

[vroomzoomboom]

it may need a water pump and a rad, and a little bit of rust work, but other than that, all good ,

Vroomzoomboom went and looked it over, he got it for me,
so,



huge thanks to him,, ,

no prob pete. was glad to help........that and if you dont want it, i'm taking it, fixing it, and reselling it! LOL.

 

[corkey]

this one is a good starter, , the previous, owner would not know what all is going to be done to this thing,,

i am going to do a few things to this one, that i didn't do to the other,,

 

[Glen4X4]

That's cool, can't wait to see it transform...

 

[Joe Dirt]

 

[vroomzoomboom]

well i gave them a little bit of whats going to happen with. but when his wife said that truck was her baby, i kinda shut up........quickly to.......

 

[corkey]

she would be shocked, is all i have to say,,

 

[corkey]

i came up with a plan fort this Roller rig, and than things did change,,
My mom has a 4.0 aerostar, she hit a deer with it and the motor was still good,

i looked the engine all over and it is exactly the same as the one that let go in this rig, soooo ,,,
i am thinking of buying it back from the insurance company and using the engine here, it has a lot less miles on it and ran pretty good, ,
In fact good enough that it got 22 mpg on a 2 way trip to Kenora,, around 60 miles each way,,
when i get to the engine change i will post pics,,

 

[corkey]

motor is ready to come out of the van now,,

 

[corkey]

brooklyn bay may find them images disturbing,, it used to be a 96 aerostar,,