maybe getting a 91 exploder... swap???

[Totalled]

Maybe I'm missing something, but why not just use the Exploder?

They are reasonably capable, especially the 2door version.

Is it thrashed?

Because they are like wheeling a school bus compared to a BroncoII. One of my friends is stripping his built/wheeled explorer to put the parts into a BroncoII.

3.73 gears are the most common ratio for explorers here. It think it varied by your regional area of the country, really.

 

[kunar]

With this route, he also gets all the options. Exploders typically come loaded (power windows, power locks, tilt steering, cruise control, sometimes premium sound).

who would want that crap?

 

[mhughes165]

who would want that crap?

just more shit togo wrong on a wheeler

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Because they are like wheeling a school bus compared to a BroncoII. One of my friends is stripping his built/wheeled explorer to put the parts into a BroncoII.

3.73 gears are the most common ratio for explorers here. It think it varied by your regional area of the country, really.

They are not that long, about the same as a long bed or Supercab Ranger, which are lifted and wheeled quite frequently.

who would want that crap?

Somebody that does more with their truck than strap it on a flatbed and drag it to the local mud hole, although I would pass on the premium sound no matter what. They are nothing but grief when you go aftermarket.

If the sploder has a engine and axles worth contemplating swapping into a BII, then if something is bad it would be the tranny. I would much rather do a M50D swap into an Ex than a 4.0 swap into a first gen BII.

 

[spdcrazy]

wow.. this thread kinda exploded.. haha no pun intented.

but the ploder is pretty trashed. but i haven't seen it in a year or so. and i love my b2. so i couldn't just trash it... too many good times. and im not much for all the extra shit. give me 4wd, and a couple of pedals and i'm good to go.

i do have a couple of 10 in subs, but there just cheapy walmart shits. get the job done, and if they get stolen cuz i forgot to roll up the windows that i don't have, or forget to lock the doors that don't have locks, then i'm not outta much money....

as for the lockers and gears, ya i prob should. and i just might, all depends on money. but it looks like i fried the tranny last nite after 8 hours of highway driving from AZ to CA. so i think the 4.0 and m50d is on first priority.

i expect this exploder to be a auto, so how much should i expect to pay for a m50d and where would i start looking localy other than the junk yards?

 

[MAKG]

Junkyards. Unless you have $800 or so to burn (and even then, I could sure use it ). M5ODs almost always fail due to negligence (oil starvation or incorrect fluid). You need one from behind a 4.0L or 2.9L. The former are MUCH more common.

Most Exploders had automatics. Don't ask me why. But sticks aren't THAT rare.

 

[spdcrazy]

ouch... ya i'll keep my eyes on the junkyards.. unless someone has one for sale around the southwest....