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- February 16, 2001
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- 43°48′48″N 91°13′59″W
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 91 4 do'
Well, after yet another mild 4 wheeling trip turned ugly I'm trying to figure out what the next move for my Explorer should be. I've spent 8 years with this truck and I swear if it could happen, it's happened to me.
I've tried hard to build it to go, but I've got a bad habit of 4 wheeling like a crazed fool sometimes. Everytime I wheel with Rick something bad happens, and it's not even on the hard trails. This time the tranny is completely toasted per our run last sunday. Now I need to decide if I want to rebuild the A4LD again (I've got a shop that can build it for $3K www.HillKiller.com) to be as strong as possible, or build the 700R4 installed for about $5900. I don't have the time or knowledge to learn about tranny swaps so these 2 options are there. When they are done with it the 700R4 should be unbeatable, but knowing me it's not the case
OR
Do I look for a manual 4 door Explorer and move everything over
Or
Do I part her out? I've made friends of ten years on this site, not owning an Explorer wouldn't feel right. Part of me wants to pick up a '94 Limited for $3K with a stock tranny and start over on the same truck, but this time it won't have 8 years of my mistakes being patched up all over it. A fresh body, good interior, working AC, no rust and run that out for a while, then build the tranny for a later date.
I've tried hard to build it to go, but I've got a bad habit of 4 wheeling like a crazed fool sometimes. Everytime I wheel with Rick something bad happens, and it's not even on the hard trails. This time the tranny is completely toasted per our run last sunday. Now I need to decide if I want to rebuild the A4LD again (I've got a shop that can build it for $3K www.HillKiller.com) to be as strong as possible, or build the 700R4 installed for about $5900. I don't have the time or knowledge to learn about tranny swaps so these 2 options are there. When they are done with it the 700R4 should be unbeatable, but knowing me it's not the case
OR
Do I look for a manual 4 door Explorer and move everything over
Or
Do I part her out? I've made friends of ten years on this site, not owning an Explorer wouldn't feel right. Part of me wants to pick up a '94 Limited for $3K with a stock tranny and start over on the same truck, but this time it won't have 8 years of my mistakes being patched up all over it. A fresh body, good interior, working AC, no rust and run that out for a while, then build the tranny for a later date.