Hello everyone,
Reviving and old thread and I'm not sure if anyone has read this in a long time, but a few weeks ago I had to finally give up the Exploder. Brakes gave out on my while driving, but thankfully I wasn't going fast and was able to bring it to a stop. The repair shop came back with the bill, I decided it wasn't worth repairing. That, the clutch wearing out, 1st gear would pop out while starting and with oil and coolant leaks getting worse, it was just the better financial decision to pull the plug.
This Explorer was my first car ever. I had it for 11 years and it reached over 200k miles on it. Ran nitrous on it up until 2019 and still kept running, traveling up 4x4 roads hunting, hauling all my stuff to and from college and so many other memories. There are very few vehicles out there that can do close to that. Truly Ford Tough.
This community here was incredible helpful as I learned to do repairs myself and build the Explorer for weekends at the dragstrip, so thank you all for that.
Farewell Exploder
