reliability

[nvrhapy]

how reliable are the ford explorers, i have a 96 sport manual with 135,000 miles on it, seems to run fine but do you think its still reliable enough to take on trips with the family? i have a cabin about 3 hrs from where i live and i'm debating on selling the explorer and buying something new or not. i guess you could say i'm just being precautious or paranoid, not sure but definatley don't want to drive something thats likely to break down on the side of the road.

 

[wpurple]

As long as the maintenance has been done..no worries.

 

[Ranger379]

i have pretty much same explorer. mine is a 5speed with 113,000 miles. has been good to me the whole 2 months i have had it. i love it. as long as it was taken care of and is still taken care of no problem. i wouldnt be afraid to take either of mine across the country, actaully just went 300 miles in the other X today. tip is when something seems different get it checked out asap. that saved me a couple time so far lol. in my opinion, keep it. waht money you would spend on getting a new one, tune up your current one. all new fluids etc etc etc. good luck

 

[nvrhapy]

one other question i have a 4.56 gear with locker and i'm running 33's, off course my speedometer is off haven't figured out by how much yet though but i noticed that when driving on the freeway the rpms seem kinda high. like around 3 grand should i be worried? will this hurt my engine driving long distances?

 

[Ranger379]

3000 is kinda high,all thoyou have 4.56's my moms X has 3.73's with lsd, i noticed today at highway speeds is runs about 2300. my x has open 3.55's it runs a little lower dont relaly know exact. maybe put different gears if your doing alot of highway miles.

 

[nvrhapy]

so i guess this is something to worry about, well i just got the gears and locker installed and paid alot for them i don't see me redoing it all again is there any thing else i could do to help with this problem.

 

[Aussie Explorer]

Put on bigger tyres LOL

3000RPM will not hurt the motor, it’s maxim continual RPM will be around 4000RPM, so yes 3000 is high but I wouldn’t be too concerned, mine with a 3.73 LSD and at 120km/h (75 miles) it’s doing around 2500Rpm and I have sat on this speed for 9-11 hrs stoping only for Petrol (Gas) in 110 degrees F heat (40C) with out issue.


If you just got gears and a locker installed may as well hang onto it for another year to make the money spent worth wile IMO.