schadler
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- Explorer '97 XLT V8 AWD
Hi,
We're looking at 04-05 Explorers, must be V8 with the 3.73 gears, preferable Eddy Bauer. Problem is, dealers don't know a tow package from a tailpipe, and we've been running to dealers that say they have a tow package only to find it is the standard 1.25 hitch. We need the 2", class 3 hitch with the V8 and 3.73 gears.
Is there any way to tell from the VIN whether it has the "real" tow package?? SUre would save me a lot of legwork. Only other options are to drive everywhere or demand they measure the hitch with a tape measure while I wait on the phone.
We're looking at 04-05 Explorers, must be V8 with the 3.73 gears, preferable Eddy Bauer. Problem is, dealers don't know a tow package from a tailpipe, and we've been running to dealers that say they have a tow package only to find it is the standard 1.25 hitch. We need the 2", class 3 hitch with the V8 and 3.73 gears.
Is there any way to tell from the VIN whether it has the "real" tow package?? SUre would save me a lot of legwork. Only other options are to drive everywhere or demand they measure the hitch with a tape measure while I wait on the phone.