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so im having a stall at idle usually when coming to a stop. it was a rare occurence but last week someone who had the car ran it until it had no gas. Since then I replaced the fuel filter, and seafoamed the intake hoping it might fix any potential issue with the IAC if it had one. Im not...

Hey guys so heres some background got the car over the summer with the cooling system full of water and rust ,power flushed till clean then installed a fail safe thermostat that seems to have failed shut. Couple of days ago i noticed an external leak by the housing upon closer inspection its...

nevermind Steven Horsford look at that explorer go!!!

right so im asking about a spray my apartment complex is putting all over the grass its kinda orange like bright orange rust color, and i have no idea what it is. i asked the complex for a copy of the MSDS but i dont think they know what a MSDS is and im sure they wont respond. can anyone...

right so i noticed after giving my white wall tires a good scrubbing last night they are turning yellow it seems from maybe UV damage ive only had them for 4 months, been looking around the interwebs and found island girl " sea glow" for yellowing anyone else got any other suggestions or know...

so this weekend the car show came to town at the stratosphere and i thought id share a slide show of the pix i snapped. best in show IIRC is the blue thunder bird i pictured below . some of the proceeds went to a childrens hospital for cancer research. enjoy

right on. so im asking what are your recomendations for a knife i can carry and use for self defense, i been thinking along the lines of assisted opening. last night i got jumped and i pulled my POS S&W extreme opps and sent the guy to the hospital. i think the max in nevada is like 3.5 inch...

i saw this on boingboing and thought id share. i wish they had a clear explorer http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/06/07/the-tin-indian-that-wasnt-rm-to-offer-see-through-pontiac/

right so tonight we had a short out at the dome lights and it blew the fuse. then after i replaced the fuse and fixed the short now the lights wont turn off when i close the doors. checked all switches and nothing. any one know how to replace the door jamb switches or is it a new wiring issue...

can anyone suggest a good all around tool kit for going to the junk yard. or post pix and list whats in your tool kits for going to the junk yard?? personally i need to steal some screws. i couldnt find any replacements anywhere. so for me i got alot of sockets and wrenches.

Materials 1. stubby Screw driver star or slotted 2. 8 mm socket right so for step one. remove hidden screws there are two in the door latch and one off to the side by the lock where the door links with frame the door lock nob just pulls out ( Not pictured) . also the small panel that says...

right so today i was re installing my lower intake but one of my lower intake bolts broke. so i have a peice of it stuck in the engine. but now i need a replacement like the one in the pictures . also when i removed my exhuast manifold one of my manifold bolts bent out of shape. ive asked...

right so i have 3 seperate instructions about torqueing the cylinder heads and lower intake. but i was doing a dry run today and i noticed my haynes manual says to put RTV sealant around the water jacket ports. it then says not to put RTV sealant on the head gaskets but the picture shows the...

right so im thinkin my aunts transmission is leaking ATF fluid into the engine. i notice the oil level is unually high while the trans oil is low ( when engine is cold) then it slips doesnt engage, bad bushing blah blah blah. anyways i looked into it and it has a AOD type transmission but what...

right so today i was cleaning my lower intake so i can finish my head gasket fix. i used a harbor freight surface conditioning kit but im not sure if maybe i might have damaged the mating surfaces or if i need to get it planed out? around the water jacket it seems like it was already...

right so some time last night some one picked the lock to my aunts 89 town car. and took the radio. it was a $200 dollar clarion. i installed it and i screwd it down. whoever took it. used super human strength and bent the braket and gotit out and left me the bracket and some messed up trim panels

right so now that i have the money i can take my cylinder heads to the shop to get looked at. but this is the first time i ever do a fix like this. so i dont know what a good price is. i think they might need to be planed out. but they could be cracked. and should i get a valve job now that...

So heres some background. about a month ago my aunt was having trouble Re-starting her car. then i would go and jump start it and it would start. (IIRC the alt was charging at about 14 volts back then). so she took it to Autozone to get a new battery. ( i wasnt there to see this) but...

Right so my cousin got into a nasty car accident today. she was drivin the toyota. the person driving the PT looser had to be taken away on a stretcher and my cousin has whiplash but atleast is ok. both airbags deployed. and we still dont know who is at fault. on my blind biased it was the woman...

right so i just a phone call from my aunt that she poured powersteering fluid into her transmission. so now tommorrow i have to go and flush it out. WTF. and its goin to be way hot out. were going up to `110 and the average is 95. ill post updates later on.

im doin a cylinder head fix and i got the mounting bolts off but the manifold seems pretty well glued on there. i sprayed some PB blaster around the gasket and hopefully that will get it. i cant get a good grip right now. and before i break myself or my manifold i thought id ask how i can...

Slimm jimmy jim jam on a first gen this should be handy since a locksmith costs about 60USD per call and you have to have the tittle ready for inspection or the registration IIRC. anyhow enjoy and use it wisely PS- the video quality will improve so dont worry about it. and feel free to...

After seeing the thread about people having scale models i instantly wanted one. then i took it a step a further and decided ill make a concept of how my explorer will look one day! im a big fan of lowriders but most of them are too fancy for me too like as daily drivers. so i saw some mini...

haha. my unlce being a clown central american Anderson Cooper lol . probly an insurance fraud. nobody came to claim the car. it was parked right next to our navigator. close call. big up to Osito

right so i came up on a Fluke at the thrift store but i dont completly know how to use it. yet. does anyone out there know where i can download one or have one they can scan for me?