The beginning of my Explorer XLT

[K_Lynn]

My boyfriend and his friends go off-roadin' for fun in Southern Indiana and Kentucky. I tag along with my boyfriend (disciplerocks) and his Bronco II, but now I have an Explorer of my own. For now it will be a work vehicle, but who knows what the future holds.

Bought my 1996 Explorer XLT 4.0 OHV, Auto, 4x4 on February 23, 2012 for $650. It was stuck in 4-low but we got it home, slowly but surely.

After getting down the road a ways, he tried to by-pass the 4-low by manually changing it into 2WD but it didn't work.

This is my Explorer by my boyfriend's B2.

Getting started on the transfer case swap. Installing a manual transfer case.

While he works on the hard stuff, I changed the air filter and wiper blades.

A look under my hood.

Second day of having it home and in total we changed- air filter, transfer case, transmission fluid & filter, wiper blades, spark plugs, oil change & filter. It starts and runs in first gear. Have to drop the transmission pan again. Reused original hardware on the filter by accident.

After a day of that...here we go

 

[disciplerocks]

Welcome to the board hun. Its all downhill from here.

 

[Grey_04]

welcome to trs. looks like a good start, can't wait to see more progress of the explorer.

 

[4.0B2]

Welcome! Before to long you'll be having conversations on here with Dustin even tho he's sitting beside you on the couch!! Lol

Nice ex. Welcome aboard.

 

[disciplerocks]

Before to long you'll be having conversations on here with Dustin even tho he's sitting beside you on the couch!! Lol

We do this now through FB.

 

[Mark_88]

^LOL

Welcome to TRS...but I guess you're familiar with the site...good to see you getting your hands dirty...I drove for about 20 years before I did anything serious to a vehicle...

 

[K_Lynn]

^LOL

...but I guess you're familiar with the site...good to see you getting your hands dirty...

It's different doing it myself, rather than looking over his shoulder and telling him to get off to come to bed. I've gotten my hands dirty before...today was different bc/ it was for me. kinda proud of myself.

 

[Grey_04]

.today was different bc/ it was for me. kinda proud of myself.

way to go, It always feels better when you do something for your self on your truck

 

[K_Lynn]

Thanks. More to come, after it gets running we'll be putting some steps on it, so my short self doesn't have to get a lil' hop up in it.

 

[Grey_04]

been there done that, my grandparents, mother and aunt couldn't get in mine so i got a set off evilbay.

 

[escort_gts]

.....rather than looking over his shoulder and telling him to get off to come to bed.....

That sounds very familiar.

By the way, Welcome to TRS.

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk

 

[railman]

WELCOME Katie

now, ya know I expect this to be a pic of you in front of your Ex one day.....

l8r, John

 

[K_Lynn]

LOL. Prob someday, but not anytime soon. It's going to be a work vehicle for awhile, save on using my car.

 

[K_Lynn]

Cleaned up a bit...well just a spray down.

 

[88_Eddie]

welcome to the site, looking forward to the inevitable SAS lol

...I drove for about 20 years before I did anything serious to a vehicle...

dont let mark scare you, his vehicle was over 18 at the time