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[mounty71]

I believe the steel one would work on either a 2wd or 4wd, plus I'm thinking it might give you a little more space too because of the wall thickness of steel vs. cast aluminum? And you can easily modify it if you needed. I wouldn't be able to ship it till next Tuesday though.

 

[turboexplorer]

I believe the steel one would work on either a 2wd or 4wd, plus I'm thinking it might give you a little more space too because of the wall thickness of steel vs. cast aluminum? And you can easily modify it if you needed. I wouldn't be able to ship it till next Tuesday though.

Awesome Thanks! I'll run over to Ford and if they are unable to get it etc then I'll let you know. And yes agreed even if it was hit it would just bend.

@mounty71 What oil pan are you running now?

 

[mounty71]

Now I'm using a dual sump pan for a Mustang.

 

[turboexplorer]

External seal worked for now and looks like a steel pan is the only real option.

 

[turboexplorer]

Little late but here is a picture for Tucked Tuesday.

 

[mounty71]

I can ship my steel one this weekend or Monday if you still want it.

 

[BKennedy]

I'm glad I was at home with fast download speeds so the picture loaded as fast as the text, or I would have been concerned.

Little late but here is a picture for Tucked Tuesday.

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[turboexplorer]

I can ship my steel one this weekend or Monday if you still want it.

Do you have the factory reinforcement pieces as well? If so that would be great. Wonder if my aluminum oil pan bolts are to long as well with the steel being a little thinner?

I never could find anywhere where the 2WD or AWD where any different.

I'm glad I was at home with fast download speeds so the picture loaded as fast as the text, or I would have been concerned.

 

[mounty71]

I don't remember, if my new gasket came with new ones then I probably do, but if it didn't then I reused the stock ones.

 

[turboexplorer]

So curious why did the forum get rid of all pictures that where tagged from photo hosts like photo bucket?

 

[boominXplorer]

Photo bucket got money hungry and put everyone's pictures basically up for ransom. It's no longer free and they want some crazy amount of money just to use their service. It's ruined a ton of online forum builds.

 

[Kirby N.]

It's Photobucket not the forum. Pb wants you to pay for a $300 membership for hosting pics. What a crock.

 

[Turdle]

Look at the alert at the top of the page--there is a fix for this

 

[Turdle]

So curious why did the forum get rid of all pictures that where tagged from photo hosts like photo bucket?

Pictures are working fine for me with the add ons installed using firefox as a browser on my PC

 

[turboexplorer]

Well its been a bit since I have posted. Haven't hardly done anything with my truck just taken it out driving a few times. It turned into a busy year. But on the project front we did get the FOX coilovers installed on @sector9 truck. It has turned out great. Currently need to install the FOX bumps then we can start messing with different spring rates if needed. But has been fun to build. (been slow doing it after the kids go to bed and when we both have time to get together)

Bought another 96 5.0L Explorer and a 2007 Expedition as well. Changing some things around to free up our income. (Selling 2015 Escape)

 

[turboexplorer]

Went and stretched the legs of the Explorer a few weeks ago. Was a great day out with the family just enjoying the decent day and a nice drive. This will likely be the last trip with just the 4 of us. We are adding a 5th member on Feb 2nd. Adding another little boy!

 

[gmanpaint]

Been way too long without any updates, on my favorite 2nd gen build here!!

 

[turboexplorer]

Wow!! It really has been over a year since I have even posted. Crazy it has gone that fast.

New things here is in the last post with the pictures we where about to have my 3rd kid. That happened and all went well. Then another crazy thing happened and we got pregnant again with our 4th only 8 weeks after having the 3rd!! So with that added a bunch of time for the new one and struggles for the wife. In the first trimester she went into the hospital with severe chest pains, long story short she had gall stones. The gall bladder was removed however the gall stones stuck in her main bile duct could not as that requires X-Rays and as a best practice they try extremely hard to avoid that if at all possible during pregnancy. This all included days in hospitals, an ambulance ride to another one and a few additional days there. This cost a bit of $$$, thank goodness for our good insurance through her work. However this resulted in a very uncomfortable 4th pregnancy for her and she needed my help with 3 kids and not feeling well. Felt guilty spending time on my projects and hobbies. Now though that is all done, we had our 4th with no further issues minus a brief 24hr in the incu to stabilize his sugars. (just another $10K, lol) She then had the surgery to remove the gall stones and all is going well. All be it very time consuming with 2 kids under 1 year old. (The 3rd just turned 1 end of Jan)

Oh and in the middle of all this I am finishing 3 bedrooms in the basement and has taken even that much more time and is going slower than I would like.

Things that have not changed is the Currie Antirock bar is still in the closet as is the FOX bumps. Nothing like keeping parts shiny!!!!

So yup that's where I am at. Not much with the Explorer but a WHOLE ton with life. Looking forward to finishing the bedrooms by the end of April then Me and my brothers can finish the swing set steering on Sector9's 91 explorer Secor9's truck and get all my parts installed on mine. That's our goal for this year.

 

[gmanpaint]

Well congrats on the newest child, and Momma making it through all that. 2 of them that close together, will be almost like having twins. Fun times a coming!

Now, if you would put a clamp on it, and get back to making Mods instead, I can continue to enjoy watching your rig progress into the pure awesomeness it is. K?

 

[Spudhut]

Great looking rig. Amazing work. Congrats. Question on your brakes, It looks like you bypassed the ABS system by re-routing the lines. Can you explain the effects and how has it worked for you by doing this? Are you getting a constant ABS light or Did you remove the ABS light from the dash?