New to the Gen 2 Explorer

[Oldhenry1]

Howdy,

I recently picked up a '99 Explorer XLT 5.0 4x4 from a friend and I will have questions. I've owned Fords most of my life but I'm new to the second generation Explorer platform, a lot of the tech crosses over with the Ranger and a friend had mentioned the Ranger Station as a good place to start. I actually came here before when I was researching Level II Ranger specs and options when one came up for sale locally.

Respectfully,

Oldhenry1

 

[Robert Mangrum]

Welcome aboard. We have a great tech library here. If you can't find it there feel free to ask. A lot of great people here who have helped me through multiple situations. I always throw out coming to an event as well. Some of the best people you can sit around a campfire with.

P.S. we like pictures. No matter how bad you think it is we still like them haha

 

[Curious Hound]

Welcome. The explorers are what we call RBVs - Ranger-Based Vehicles. Sharing the same basuc platform between them, Rangers and Bronco IIs. So, it's all fair game here.

 

[Oldhenry1]

Film @11...

Battered but spirited, 225k miles, gray leather, sunroof, about as close to stock as I could find. Generally pretty straight with the usual bumps and bruises for it's age.
It has one of those vibrations somewhere up front that you can't really tell if you're feeling it or hearing it. Under power only, not during coast or deceleration. My friend did wheel bearings, CV joints and brakes trying to find what was making the noise. I was thinking maybe pinion bearings but the seal isn't leaking and I don't get any excess movement there. Over on the Explorer forum the signs are pointing towards the Front Driveshaft rear CV joint. It could also be the output bearing on the Transfer Case.

It's also had a new Water Pump and Battery recently. My friend's daughter's family was driving it until the stork paid them another visit and they needed something bigger.

 

[SenorNoob]

Something bigger than an Explorer? Third row type thing I guess?

Looks pretty nice to me.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Something bigger than an Explorer? Third row type thing I guess?

Looks pretty nice to me.

I rode all over the country in the back of a '94 in the 90's and early 00's... yeah, Explorers are not really all that big. Especially in the day of modern child car seats.

 

[SenorNoob]

I was half joking, but yeah. It's crazy how much more room there in something like a Dodge Caravan. Which doesn't look much bigger from the outside.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Nice, I technically have 3, two runners and one for parts. They're pretty spiffy rigs, I put 50k miles on my '00 and rebuilt the engine at 255k, somehow it was just fine but needed the new rings, bearings and seals... There's a few things you can do to them as well like converting to 4x4 with a manual transfer case is doable with all junkyard parts and one conversion U joint (I can give specifics if you're interested).

Welcome!