back in a rbv soon

[fangotango306]

ive been away for quite some time, the b2 in my avatar was traded for a mustang that I parted out for almost double what I paid for the b2. so tomorrow im picking up a new too me 1993 explorer, 4.0L, 5 speed, 4x4. looking forward to it.

 

[Ranger-rick]

Nice! There isn't too many of those 5 speed Explorers still hanging around!

 

[fangotango306]

yeah I had another one and im still kicking myself for selling it.

 

[fangotango306]

well got her home tonight at about 630, everything works except the 4x4, but I can fix that easy, and rear window regulators. the interior sucks. stained up and stinky so I had to pull most of it tonight.





after things were removed.

 

[fangotango306]

oh and the grill is cracked so its getting a 92 ranger grill I have laying in the garage.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Seeing no rust gives me a woody.

Richard

 

[fangotango306]

yeah me too, im an old Michigan boy and you never see vehicles like this up there. the exhaust doesn't even have much, its so quit I have to watch the tach to know when to shift.

 

[jhammel85]

Wow, it's really not bad for the money. You can't beat that combo either!

 

[fangotango306]

trucks got 137k on it so im doing full fluid change/tune up stuff for now. its not a daily driver, planning on building a mild trail/camp truck so i can take the wife and kiddos. i do regularly make a 1400 mile road trip every year anf the plan is to take this next july, so i got about a year. we will see what happens.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Nice looking Exploder. What did you pay for it? Any mods planned?

AJ

 

[fangotango306]

paid $1000, guy was askin $1500 but it needs ball joints so i talked him down. tons of mods planned but time is my enemy. i work a lot. probably start with a body lift, manual hub swap and a little interior work (bedlined) for now, get some miles on it and work out any engine/trans bugs. tcase motor is inop right now but i can rebuild them so im not worried. oh and i need an exhaust on this, so ill probably "create" one. its too quiet in its current state. and tires.

 

[Ranger-rick]

Damn that thing is sweet! I would love to find one of these for my wife in the exact same combo. I cannot find manual explorers anywhere here though!

BTW. I have seen it a bunch on here but I guess im out of the lingo. What does RBV stand for? lol

 

[90longbed]

RBV=ranger based vehicle

 

[Ranger-rick]

Gotcha. Thanks.

What are you're plans for it OP?

 

[fangotango306]

well plans thus far are to replace the ball joints, wheel bearings, and re-do some of the interior as that was the worst part of the whole truck. last night it got 3 coats of bedliner on the bare floors and i disassembled the top of the motor to change valve cover gaskets only to find the gaskets were fine and seal great but the valve covers had a few small rust holes which looked like they started on the inside. still trying to figure that one out. the rest of the head looks good, all rockers and shaft are straight and tight with no wear. truck came from original owner and came with 20 yrs worth of service reciepts. he also told me he never used the 4wd once and from the look of things i believe him.
this is going to be a slow project as im in the military and dont get tons of time off. plus i have kids. my son says this is going to be our "monster hunting truck" and wants to fill it with silver bullets, wooden stakes and garlic.....not to sure about him.