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I have OME (Old man emu) shocks and rear springs, with a TT upfront and a 3" body lift. Also have the rear shock mount skid plates (by warrior products I believe). I took my truck in for brake work, and they are going to have it there for a while. They wanted to get me shocks, but know it's...

My driver's side front window is stuck down. All 3 others work fine from drivers switch and their specific switches. When I push the the down button I hear a faint click inside the door. When I push the up button, I hear a louder click in the door, and also a delayed click from what I guess is...

So after years of trying to make the glowing guage faces work properly, I just removed all the wiring to them, and replaced all the main (larger size) bulbs in the dash. The idiot lites I'll have to do another time. I thought the bag of LED's from Amazon had both the small and large bulbs, but I...

I had to replace my radiator, and while I was at it, decided to re-think the mounting of my fan. Since the new rad was out of the truck, and I had to remove the fan to get the old rad out, I installed the fan onto the new rad directly. I drilled two holes thu the flange around the radiator core...

It was not "Paraphoe" as per my post in the "Who's in NJ, where" thread, but I saw a nicely done, red lifted Ex on 33's maybe bigger. 2nd gen Ex, red, w/ roof basket carrying full size spare. I was in Parsippany, NJ on Littleton Rd as it goes under I-287. This was on Thursday, around 4pm. Who...

I've got a body lift and have the radiator in it's stock location (no lift brackets to compensate for the body lift). I have no shroud for obvious reasons, but it has been running more than cool enough. No fan at all in the winter. Once I'm moving more than 20mph, it cools itself. I had been...

I've been doing some searching, and figured I'd just ask the question to get your opinions. My OME shocks are kinda getting tired and I'm starting to look for replacements. Looking at the rear I'm seeing some surface rust on the cross memeber, and was wondering if any one's actually had this...

A few of us just decided to meet up @ the Hibernia Diner and head in. Here:

So, years later, I'm finally ready to reposition my stock bumpers. With a new son, I'm not buying cool tubular bumpers any time soon. Nor do I have the time or equipment to make my own. So anyway. After years of procrastination, I got out the box for the PA853 body lift and looked at the...

So I went out for a nice bit of wheelin yesterday w/ my new born son (Alexander Jakob, born Aug 21, 2008). Every thing seemed fine other than a misfire after some deep water crossing. But even that went away after things dried out. Got home from work today and just wanted to do a post trip...

Truck was running great, just died all of a sudden. Cranked but no start. I immediately thought fuel pump as it it has over 150k on it. Got it towed home, and as I thought no fuel pump sound as I turned the key. Hoped it was something simple like a fuse, and I was right. But it is FAR from...

I'm having some serious issues w/ the tuning of this engine. I have a Bama Chips tune for 87 octane in the thing from when it was the old engine. I have no CEL, but it won't idle well. Some times up to 2500 rpm, some times it just hovers around stalling, rarely it does actually stall. I'm hoping...

All the local shops say 1) They don't have it in stock 2) That it says cut to fit 5/8" hose. Both of the ones from the engine to that valve thing are molded pieces. I got in touch w/ Torrie from Ford Parts Network and he has the one I need for a total of $25+ including shipping and tax...

Is there any info or part numbers and pics of the soft rubber "vacuum tree" that comes off the intake and splits into hard vacuum lines? These are different than the first gen explorers but searching has yielded no results, yet. I need to replace them all to be safe. Has any one had any luck...

Does any one know the size of the bolts that mount the trans and engine together? I think there are 3 different lengths. I had to cut off the top one on the passenger side (the one that holds the trans dip-stick mount). I think it's the same as the one on the driver's side, but wanted to see if...

My engine is out of the truck and other than the front cover, is dis-assembled. I need to get the balancer off, but trying to break the crank bolt is difficult since the engine spins freely. First is this a standard threaded bolt? (Lefty loosey), and second, can I wedge something to stop the...

So the engine is out awaiting a rebuild. I need some advice. I'll try and keep it brief: 1) BBK headers are on now. Starter won't come out w/ out the drivers header removed--scratch that, header unbolted, Y-pipe needs to be removed. Luckily the engine came out entirely. Should I just put the...

So, my engine's been mostly outta commission for quite a while. It runs, but I know it's a compression issue. I finally got to TRYING to rip it out this wknd. I just had trans work done, and the last time he put things back together those trans bolts were really wrenched on there! I've already...

I just heard about it. I hope all who can, will help support in what ever way they can. Here's the link... http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/16594267.htm

I think my 4.0 OHV just did a bad thing. Making bad noises, MIL is on, mis fire in #2 and #5. Exhaust leaking from head. Kind of a knock/ click intermittently. Bad smell, like real rich. So I'm thinking some thing to do w/ heads again. I just did a top end job not too long ago. I'm going out to...

These are just some pics from today. We got the truck stared around 2pm, left at 6. The rear gears are set up, just have to break 'em down and install the crush thing and then re-assemble. Here's some pics Tomorrow will...

I have the K&N fipk on my 96 4.0. The opening of the filter is 6". Does any one know which Amsoil EAAU (or what ever those letters are) filter would fit my application. From what I can tell, the largest opening they offer is 4". But I'm prertty sure I'm not reading their application chart...

I can't stand Trucks! V2.0 Those two idiots drive me crazy. I don't watch it, but I left it on after Xtreme today and couldn't help but hear/ see some of the stupidity as I went about my business around the house (good rainy day for cleaning out the inside of my Mac). So they're doing...

I never started one, but I have some time. Here goes. Engine 4.0 OHV: K&N FIPK w/ Amsoil Filter Stock MAS, had the ProM but it sucked BBK 66mm TB Doug's stage 2 heads w/ double springs, stock rockers, ported & polished. 'Bama tuned SCT tuner. Crane 410 cam BBK Headers Custom 2.5"...