Overland_Expy
New Member
Hi everyone,
I recently bought a 1999 Expedition. It's a XLT 4x4, I think it's pretty close to a base model. It has the 4.6 and came with a factory 8.8 with 3.55 gears and the LSD. I scored it with 102k miles and this will be my (slow) build thread to document what I'm doing.
I am coming from my previous rig which I just sold, a 1994 F150 5.0 with a pretty nice sleeping setup in the back. I took that truck through every western state in the 5 years I owned it, and this Expedition is designed to continue the adventures.
Eventual plans: 34-35" tires, re-gearing, rear selectable locker and front limited slip, winch, torsion bar crank & rear spring spacers, rock sliders, and a sleeping platform, plus some aux lighting. Your basic off-road starter kit build.
In the less-distant future, I'm planning to do some restoration on the truck. Simple stuff like painting the grille and roof-rack (which is peeling), fixing what I think is a driver's side exhaust manifold leak, figuring out a check-engine light and a weird vibration the truck has at about 1500rpm in neutral/park and at low RPM in gear. I'm guessing that this is a misfire but I'm not sure yet. Also has an annoying metallic rattle sound going over bumps that I haven't figured out, but I'm guessing might be a sway bar related issue.
This is how I got the truck. I drove to Vancouver from Spokane and picked it up then drove it home. My cruise control doesn't work which made the drive a pain, but went well otherwise. I manged to get 18.5 MPG through the second half of the drive which was surprising.
My first step was to remove the third row seat. I am married with no kids, so having this many seats does me no good and I can't sleep in the back with it in.
Next I removed the running boards. This was a lot more annoying than I expected as there were around 30 bolts total, but pretty easy. Free ground clearance!
I haven't had a chance to do anything else with the truck yet, but I will upload the results when I do. I did take it 4 wheeling at my local OHV park after work and was impressed with how well it did for a stock, 5000+ pound vehicle on old all terrains.
I recently bought a 1999 Expedition. It's a XLT 4x4, I think it's pretty close to a base model. It has the 4.6 and came with a factory 8.8 with 3.55 gears and the LSD. I scored it with 102k miles and this will be my (slow) build thread to document what I'm doing.
I am coming from my previous rig which I just sold, a 1994 F150 5.0 with a pretty nice sleeping setup in the back. I took that truck through every western state in the 5 years I owned it, and this Expedition is designed to continue the adventures.
Eventual plans: 34-35" tires, re-gearing, rear selectable locker and front limited slip, winch, torsion bar crank & rear spring spacers, rock sliders, and a sleeping platform, plus some aux lighting. Your basic off-road starter kit build.
In the less-distant future, I'm planning to do some restoration on the truck. Simple stuff like painting the grille and roof-rack (which is peeling), fixing what I think is a driver's side exhaust manifold leak, figuring out a check-engine light and a weird vibration the truck has at about 1500rpm in neutral/park and at low RPM in gear. I'm guessing that this is a misfire but I'm not sure yet. Also has an annoying metallic rattle sound going over bumps that I haven't figured out, but I'm guessing might be a sway bar related issue.
This is how I got the truck. I drove to Vancouver from Spokane and picked it up then drove it home. My cruise control doesn't work which made the drive a pain, but went well otherwise. I manged to get 18.5 MPG through the second half of the drive which was surprising.
My first step was to remove the third row seat. I am married with no kids, so having this many seats does me no good and I can't sleep in the back with it in.
Next I removed the running boards. This was a lot more annoying than I expected as there were around 30 bolts total, but pretty easy. Free ground clearance!
I haven't had a chance to do anything else with the truck yet, but I will upload the results when I do. I did take it 4 wheeling at my local OHV park after work and was impressed with how well it did for a stock, 5000+ pound vehicle on old all terrains.