First Post, First Explorer...

[big_hoovie]

Hello all!

Obviously, I'm new to this site, but I'm also new to Explorers. I recently purchased a '91 XL from someone I used to work with. From what I can tell(I've only got a 5 digit odometer) it's got around 250000 miles on it. I recently had $1500 of work done to it so it will pass inspection(wheel joints, ball joints, tires, other small stuff). I also just did some body work - removed a bit of rust(ok a LOT of rust) from the rocker panels, particularly the driver side, and covered it all up with some sheet metal(here's to hoping it will pass like this).

 

[BeauJ]

Welcome to the site.

 

[tom91explorer]

I have a quick question for you big hoovie. What exactly does your odometer read? how many ZEROS are thare before it goes in to larger numbers? Im only asking because I have recntly bought a 91 Explorer That I was told had about 200,000 on it and my odometer reads 00147 9-(white). all of the other explorers I have seen with 200,000 plus thousand, only have one zero in the first digits so I suspect I have 300,000 instead of 200,000 I was told.
This has notthing to do with your explorer I just seen that yours had 200,000 plus & would like to know haow many zeros yours has in front.

Thanks Tom

 

[tgertz77]

tom91... your explorer has 200,147 miles.

your two is chopped off.

yours will also only have one zero once you hit 201,000.

 

[big_hoovie]

I have a quick question for you big hoovie. What exactly does your odometer read? how many ZEROS are thare before it goes in to larger numbers? Im only asking because I have recntly bought a 91 Explorer That I was told had about 200,000 on it and my odometer reads 00147 9-(white). all of the other explorers I have seen with 200,000 plus thousand, only have one zero in the first digits so I suspect I have 300,000 instead of 200,000 I was told.
This has notthing to do with your explorer I just seen that yours had 200,000 plus & would like to know haow many zeros yours has in front.

I have no leading zeros on my odometer(reading:
59274[3](or so)) The reason I believe my X to have
259000 or so miles on it, is the title showed 179000
when , and the odometer showed about 58000 leading me
to this conclusion.

If your odometer has 2 leading zeros on it, I would
say that it recently rolled over, but without seeing
the title, knowing how long it was owned before you
got it, etc, I can only speculate that while it is
possible for it to be 300K, it's more likely to be
200K, but I wouldn't put any guarantees on it either.