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jimbo74

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2001, F150, XLT 4x4
some of you may have seen that i have a new 4x4, an 84 toyota... its not running quite yet, but isnt too far off, well, i got a deal i can't pass up... here is the story on it... 1996 explorer 4x4

It’s a 96 xlt 4x4 explorer 4dr, its been In the family since at least 98, was bought used from a realtor (my dad’s bosses wife @ the time) that upgraded. Leather interior, truck now has a lot of mileage, heads and upper end rebuilt @ 110k because my mom overheated it and cracked the heads…. 3.73 LSD d4, 8.8 c-clip rear end 31 spline axles with disc brakes, pushbutton 4x4 (well rotary switch on dash) good condition (not too much tread left though) friestone destination le's 235/75/15. Tranny went out and was replaced once. My dad said it slipped once on him after the rebuild but has been fine since…. The 4x4 works sporadically…. A/c is still cold, heater still blows hot. CEL triggers almost everyday. Truck needs to be smogged to be registered

Truck has all the options, power doors, alarm, windows… my mom decided to try and pass a bobtail, that wasn’t stopped and the rear door is crunched, but it didn’t touch the fenders or anything, door still opens and window still rolls up and down. Dings here and there, but it is 12 years old

it said o2 bad, we replaced the 02 behind the cat, code came back, we think it’s the cat now, as truck does have a bit of mileage on it. I think there are 3 o2 sensors on the truck… I might just replace all the sensors and the cat. Shouldn’t cost too much….

after driving it a little, its got a 0401 and a 0420

lots of people here have said the 0401 is most likely a bad dpfe sensor
the 0420 goes along with the cat

truck has about 210k on it, and still seems to run strong... does seem to have a misfire or lope though..... also it sounds a little bit louder than it used to be, but i still drive it hard and it isnt showing any issues

heres the plan of action:

run seafoam through it crank (before oil change), gas tank, brake booster
clean out throttle body with spray cleaner for tb
oil change
air filter
plugs and wires
change out dpfe sensor
fuel filter


pray it clears both codes and runs right.... i need it to pass smog

if it still has issues, i want to take it to glacier and have him analyze fuel trims etc on it (that guy knows his stuff!)


and it needs a rear pass door, and a right foglight, interior trim around the drivers window switch, big crack, almost cut me today --- and a can of touchup paint
 



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Well the new Explorer looks great but what the story behind the old one losing the front part of the roof ????
 






Has the old one been parked on the street for long? I'm sure the neighbors love ya. :p:

Good grab on the X...hope it works out for you.
 






old one is long gone, the engine blew.. i thought everyone here knew the story of explrcnvrtbl... if not, check out my gallery on it... it only looked liek that during hte build
 






old one is long gone, the engine blew.. i thought everyone here knew the story of explrcnvrtbl... if not, check out my gallery on it... it only looked liek that during hte build

Eh sorry but i did'nt find anything about it except the pigs impounding it and ending up in the boneyard
 






Eh sorry but i did'nt find anything about it except the pigs impounding it and ending up in the boneyard
yup that was after the engine blowing and it was parked on the street for months without moving.... and it had expired tags, because i couldnt smog it without an engine..... my photo gallery.. here: http://www.explorerforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=3113


thread on it is here: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133125&highlight=explrcnvrtbl has been long gone, about 2.5 years
 






in an effort to not cloud this thread with talk of my old explrcnvrtbl, i am going to ms paint the pictures to only show the 96
 

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OK here is the rundown, everything i plan on doing, shouldn't cost too horribly much:

run seafoam through it crank (before oil change), gas tank, brake booster
clean out throttle body with spray cleaner for TB
oil change
air filter
plugs and wires
change out dpfe sensor
fuel filter


push bumper like a copcar
right side oe fog light
new door (can probably find one from a wrecked truck, color is common)
trim piece on drivers window switch
slight torsion bar twist, camber adjusters
rear add a leaf or shackles (maybe both) (already have the add-a-leaf, might have the shackles too)
real spare rim (i have an alloy from my 94 already)
euro clear corners and headlights
upgraded harness for headlights?
some type of brighter headlights
billet grill off ebay
flowmaster or similar
tow hitch
upgraded battery
air intake kit or k&n type filter
valve body upgrade for tranny ($300 have it sent out)
possibly a computer programmer sct xcal2
some touch up paint

seems like a lot, and would be another project, it is also the new daily driver and none of these mods would put it out of service for an extended time, but its a lot newer and has amenities.... considering the truck itself was free, not a bad deal... it still trade in blue books for $2275-3400
 






Wish I had another
 






since i last posted, my seat broke, it reclines but wont stay up.... upon removal of the seat and openning it up, i found the gear teeth were stripped in the recliner mechanism. i plan on junkyard hopping this weekend

i will be looking for both of these
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just ordered the above parts from kbabiak for $45 :) hope to get them soon as this is the dd
 






where should the tranny fluid level be @ on the dipstick if the tranny is cold? i was under the truck today to look @ the tbars and the pan, tcase, and crossmember have beads of atf.. hoping its the pan.....

tranny was rebuilt about 20k ago, but i dont really have much faith in the shop that did the work....

another issue, might be related or not, but 4x4 hi doenst shift on the fly, it will go in at a stop in gear, but not on the fly like its supposed to..... 4lo works properly and only engages stopped, foot on brake and in n or p

i want to have glacier do the upgrades to my valve body and do a shift kit (probably transgo) at the same time.... good idea? bad idea?

engine has 210k, top end was rebuilt (new heads and up) @ 110k ---- tranny went @ 180k and then was rebuilt (shop might not have done the best quality work though) i wnat to do the valvebody upgrades/fixes and shift kit

i want to get an xcal2 from henson..... best from what i have read... backlight? no backilight? whats the difference? how is hensons different from the one explorer express, fpn, doug?, bamachips, sct? diablo? sells? can i use the xcal on 2 vehicles at the same time? i have this 96 explorer and a 98 2wd ranger (140k all original)... i think i read that it stores the original data and you cant program another car until its restored? i would run both on 87 performance or possibly an 87 towing.... what about controlling shiftpoints? eliminating speed limiter? have heard it will increse line pressure, is this a good thing or a bad thing? do i wnat that with my setup? what

ok i think thats it for now.....


EDIT: what tranny do i have? its a 96 automatic? i think its a 4 speed... is the shift kit avaialbe for that or only the 5? also what tcase do i have? i have 2wd, 4hi, 4lo
 






also, i want to run this muffler, is this a glasspack? can i shoot water up the tailpipe to make it sound better? how would one do that safely? if not no big deal. before everyone starts with the why would you put that on, i know it will be loud, i do not care, i do not care about drone, flowmaster and magnaflow are fine mufflers, i am just not spending that kind of $ on one
 

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new pics!!!!


ok here are the pics, a little narrative will be posted above each one



here is the armrest i recovered, no relief cuts (i didnt know about them then).. its a little beat up now and scratched, might be time to recover again. you can slightly see a overlap i didnt realize until after i was done... also see a staple that wasnt covered by the plastic.. there are 3 staples you can see from the underside. oh well, it still looks decent... i couldnt find the same grey, so i went with black, it still matches as the rest of the console top is black
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here are far shots of the console
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here is the door side that is fubared because my mom tried to pass a bobtail that was still moving... it didnt touch the fender or the front door though :) and the door still opens and closes and the window and lock still even works -- im going to find a replacement and bolt it on when $ and time allows
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factory stereo, cassete deck in dash, 6 disc cd changer in console (no sub though)
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white scratches were from a carwash with something broken in it a long time ago, did this to the hood and the roof, im going to clean them up and hit them with touch up paint (the little vials with the brush) it isnt too bad and im not too worried
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ok through some research, we have found that my transfer case is a 4405 control trac

not sure on the tranny as we cant find a lot of info on it, but it is most likely a 4r55 with the slight possibility of being a 4r44



i am going to have my valvebody upgraded by glacier and also my tcase rebuilt by him too.... it's going to be $$$$ but i know it will be worth it...

glacier knows his stuff, i can tell that from jsut talking to him about it
 






...are you sure it's a control trac..:scratch:...lol...;)
 






...are you sure it's a control trac..:scratch:...lol...;)


haha, that we mentioned earlier meant you ;) i think its control trac, it looks like it, and the rear hatch says control trac on it..... i hadnt thought about that until after i took and posted the pics though.....
 






got my seat fixed! woohoo!!!!!

kbabiak is the man! great customer service and fast shipment... i had originally pmed him and another vendor about the part, and the other guy jerked me around awhile.... i then decided to go with karl.....





what does everyone think of my other planned mods?
 






...thats why i am so quick to refer him...;)
 



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...thats why i am so quick to refer him...;)

does he have a feedback thread here? i dont know if they still do that, but i had one on me way back in the day.... i searched and didnt find any feedback thread
 






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