Xeek's '91

my white 1991 explorer xlt 4wd. bought it 3/19/2010. first vehicle ive ever owned.


3.19.2010 - starting out

need to fix these

things ive done:

5.1.2010
new rearview

new cupholder

5.4.2010
new fogs

5.7.2010
new grill

5.8.2010
painted headlightdoors black

the starter also went out on me. truck is down for now



5.10.2010
out starter out. thanks jd

new starter

installed

5.13.2010
painted grille black

5.14.2010
brush guard/bull bar, also removed the valance. makes it look higher without it

5.17.2010
best addition ever, explorerforum plate frames and a sticker

5.18.2010

6.4.2010
clear turns/corners and amber bulbs

6.17.2010
replaced drivers door handle

6.22.2010
replaced engine coolant temperature sensor (cel)
replaced temperature sending unit so my guage works now (need it in this heat)



6.24.2010
new KKM intake

8.19.2010
train horns and flowmaster 50 suv kit(sounds a little to low but i still like it)

exhaust

train horns

^left compresser - right air valve

sound clip. does no justice, much better in person
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/xeeky/?action=view&current=DSCN1434.mp4



10.11.2010
cherrybomb glasspack 18"

11.07.2010
loud rattle i was hearing? heat sheild on top of the 2nd cat came off and wedged itself from falling.

also took the glasspack off, no muffler. pipe stops right before it would be at
http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/xeeky/?action=view&current=nomuffler.mp4



11.14.2010
gave myself an oil change. mobil 1 synthetic, k&n filter



11.22.2010-11.23.2010
ive always had a bogging/no get up and go on a cold start. so i went ahead and tried this: http://ford40.com/sputtering.shtml

left it to soak all night, dried today. there was some dirt/dust on the filaments. put it back in today along with a new maf from a cobra.
not only was there no more bogging when cold, i didnt have the slow response/bog related to having my battery unplugged and it relearning itself either.

i reccomend doing this if you have probs and notice the maf filaments are dirty.

the new maf sensor:

and the painted area behine the grille:

i will be painting the grille, bull bar, front bumper, rear bumper all with bedliner.
and at some point paint along the sides of the truck following the top of the bumper line in bed liner



11.24.2010-11.28.2010
bed lined front bumper, rear bumper+rear sides, grill, and re-added wal-mart lights.
took off the hitch that was attached the the bumper also.

12.20.2010

01.22.11 - clearance lights. LED, 13 per light, 65 total. very bright.

3.27.2011
so after 3 months of the engine overhaul, its finally back in, finished, and fired up at 11.47pm! after fixing the inertia switch(oddly popped out), it fired right up, no problems!
link to build thread: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=302553

video of its first start up




4.20.2011
2nd aux tranny cooler

pcv filter.

5.30.2011
'99 8.8, aussie, 3.73, soa

9.4.11
non ac box conversion

9.22.11
4" rough county lift and swap to 3.73 gears

10.1.11
f150 tow hook

10.9.11
15x8 creager soft 8s put on my 32x11.5 bfgs

10.16.11
class V tow hitch

12.31.11
drivers window motor damage. so nice to have a working window

1.7.12
f150 seats to bring it to 5.5" lift
project #1 completed.

4" + f150 seats + fa400 arm + unsettled suspension = this angle.

1.7.12

1.14.12

 

[Xeek]

so i checked my plugs, plug #2 and #3 are a red color on the tip(ac box side, middle and rear plug). other 4 are normal.
tested the plug wires and #2 and #3 are bad. so a new set of wires is in order.


upon further testing for my stumble and stall with hydrolocking on restart issue.. seem an injector is dumping fuel into the cylinder *sometimes* when you turn the key to on but not start it. so prob a set on injectors will be coming up also.


all thats left is that damn ******* litter(jds typo ). i have a plan to try and clean it and make it work. hopefully it works

 

[jd4242]

Hey you tested...cough coughhahah yea misted them with water and it was like a lightning storm!!!ill bring the the stethoscope over when we try and flush that litter out !!!hahahah we should have vid the plug wire and shown how to test them for other,sure it would have looked cool!!

 

[Xeek]

i never said 'I' tested the wires, i just said 'tested', didnt say who
we can always do it again. i doubt any of our cameras will catch it tho.

new wires are ordered already, $35.03. not as bad as i thought. i was gonna get some jbas but summit said they wouldnt be shipped until 12/27 :/
so i just got motorcrafts off rockauto

 

[jd4242]

Yea my phone is hd and your camera is sick but it happens so fast you might be right.

 

[jd4242]

That's cheap.if i was you would replace the plugs with some cheap old ngk also.like a $1 a plug

 

[Xeek]

nah, id get the motorcrafts

 

[jd4242]

Either or.don't know the price of those.i run ngk

 

[Maniak]

Yea my phone is hd and your camera is sick but it happens so fast you might be right.

Easy way to get the reaction on video is to video someone touching the wires.

~Mark

 

[jd4242]

Easy way to get the reaction on video is to video someone touching the wires.

~Mark

Hahahah i was going to tell him to but would have felt bad because i know what it would do but he would have gota the spit knocked out him hahah

 

[Xeek]

i volunteer jd on that one!

coppers are $2.29, platinums are $4.99. i have coppers in there now
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/pa...zfek?counter=0&itemIdentifier=289066_0_17710_


edit: oh no you dont! i wasnt even trying to get my face in there. i heard you saying 'get closer, you prob cant see it'. lol

 

[jd4242]

Easy way to get the reaction on video is to video someone touching the wires.

~Mark

i volunteer jd on that one!

coppers are $2.29, platinums are $4.99. i have coppers in there now
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/pa...zfek?counter=0&itemIdentifier=289066_0_17710_

Beat you to it;p yea that's not bad price.coppers are fine

 

[mr cribb]

Well I got one better.... when I was younger, say 7-8 years ago, I had a Ford Probe that had a misfire, for some strange reason my brain said pull a plug wire with the car running....some godawful amount of volts running through my system later I let go of the wire.... needless to say the coil was good.

 

[Xeek]

whats the test procedure for the MAFS? i connected + to the wire labeled "D" and the - to the on labeled "B"(can use B or C, as they are both ground. B was just easier to get probe on).

i got a reading with the truck off and the harness plugged into the sensor, 3.73 ohms. i didnt know id get a reading with it off, so now im unsure im doing it right.

 

[Xeek]

fixed my drivers window motor

 

[Xeek]

junkyard trip over the weekend. all cleaned up and this is after the first coat of paint.

 

[Xeek]

project #1 completed.

4" + f150 seats + fa400 arm + unsettled suspension = this angle.
after settling and with a fa600, i think it would be close to straight.

ps, yes i know the diff leaks from everywhere. im not gonna take it back off

 

[jd4242]

Did you adjust you camber at all? Looks like a fa 600 might make it bind

 

[Xeek]

no, im going in for an alignment tomorrow.

why would it? all it does is drop the hole. that would make it close to even, like it was before the spacers

 

[jd4242]

Nope it drops it and moves it backwards.

 

[Xeek]

backwards?? why does it do that?


breaks over tho, time to go out and do project #2.
next weekend will be one more project