The Story Continues...
All, I once again talked with the young lady that owns my old Explorer. She said that she had purchased a donor motor for it but has decided that she does not want to mess with it any longer. She is now driving a different car (hopefully she will take better care of it that she did my Explorer!) and will entertain offers on my former '98 SOHC XLT 4x!
So the truck is located about 20 miles east of my location (Plano, Tx.) in a town called Nevada, Tx. (That's Nuh-VAY-duh,
not Nuh-VAW-duh. Folks out thataways get kinda' particular about how you pronounce their town names.) That's about 30 miles northeast of Dallas. It still has the old 4.0 SOHC in it and she told me that the donor motor she bought was an 'exact replacement' as told to her by the person she bought it from. Now I really don't know if she knows what that means as I asked was it specifically a 1998 4.0L SOHC engine. She said she thought so. She is no longer seeing her former 'mechanic boyfriend' so he is no help on ID'ing exactly what engine it is.
At any rate, she has OK'd me to forward her name and address to anyone who might be interested in buying it with/or without the donor motor. I have no interested in brokering any kind of transaction and will only provide her name and number to anyone that is interested in the vehicle.
I will answer any questions anyone might have about what I did on the car before I sold it to her but cannot vouch for anything related to the vehicle or its condition as of the date I sold it to her (9/13/16). I provided her a VERY COMPLETE maintenance record that hopefully she still possesses. I also have a complete list of re-fits/mods I did with dates, mileage, item description, etc, if anyone is interested. I also have a complete service record up until the date I sold it to her (9/13/16). These are in Excel Worksheet format so you must be able to open and read a .xls file with macros enabled. I am willing to send this to anyone that is interested but reserve the right to tell anyone to buzz off. You can pm me here or send an email to me direct at
chefduane@twc.com. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY!! Please don't flood my inbox with superfluous and/or BS email! I reserve the right to not respond and to block anyone as I deem appropriate. Please put something like "98 Explorer" in the Subject Line or your email might be deleted immediately. I trust you guys to not be idiots.
So that's the latest. If anyone is interested, let me know.
Duane