JNelson1428
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- East LA (Lower Alabama)
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- Daleville, Alabama
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1996 Ford Explorer
Okay, I've been on other forums, last one was for Yamaha Venture Royals, but I decided that I really needed this forum.
I own a 1996 Ford Explorer XLT, 5.0 liter V8 with approximately 450,000 miles. I say approximately because the odometer died in 2006 with 285,000 miles on it. And we have since had numerous trips from north Alabama to southwest Louisiana, southeast Alabama to southwest Louisiana, southeast Alabama to east Tennessee, even a trip from Alabama to central Missouri. This on the original engine and transmission.
Just spent 5 hours Saturday underneath the truck cleaning the EGR Valve (not from underneath although with it mounted on the engine near the firewall it may as well have been from underneath), replacing two oxygen sensors and replacing the transmission fluid. Try to do the majority of my own work so I know who to blame. It also insures that the right fluids are used.
I have access to a fantastic automotive self-help shop at Fort Rucker, Alabama. They have lifts available for use, which are great for doing any work on these vehicles. Changing the oil used to be a pain, the cowling mounted on front of the engine would hit me in the face every time. Now it's about fifteen minute on the lift and it's out the door for another six months.
By and large it is a really great vehicle.
I own a 1996 Ford Explorer XLT, 5.0 liter V8 with approximately 450,000 miles. I say approximately because the odometer died in 2006 with 285,000 miles on it. And we have since had numerous trips from north Alabama to southwest Louisiana, southeast Alabama to southwest Louisiana, southeast Alabama to east Tennessee, even a trip from Alabama to central Missouri. This on the original engine and transmission.
Just spent 5 hours Saturday underneath the truck cleaning the EGR Valve (not from underneath although with it mounted on the engine near the firewall it may as well have been from underneath), replacing two oxygen sensors and replacing the transmission fluid. Try to do the majority of my own work so I know who to blame. It also insures that the right fluids are used.
I have access to a fantastic automotive self-help shop at Fort Rucker, Alabama. They have lifts available for use, which are great for doing any work on these vehicles. Changing the oil used to be a pain, the cowling mounted on front of the engine would hit me in the face every time. Now it's about fifteen minute on the lift and it's out the door for another six months.
By and large it is a really great vehicle.
