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  1. Thunderbirdsport

    How do we feel about exhaust

    I had a Magnaflow catback on mine, but for me it wasn't loud enough, so I put in a single in, dual outlet Flowmaster 40 series and yeah, she has a bark now. Still have to get the tail pipes ran out. Probably just gonna go with plain tips right below the rear bumper, I'm not into fancy fat ass...
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    2015 Ford Expedition EL with Ready lift kit.

    Sweet ride!
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    intermittent fog lights, I'm stumped..

    Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't, other times they are on but not very bright, or flicker, and even go out/come on of their own accord. Also, my interior lights will come on and go right back out when the driver front door is opened from the inside. Opening it from the outside all is...
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    Cat Back Exhaust Options for a 09 (5.4l 3v)

    Yeah I have a Magnaflow cat back and wish it was louder. Easy as heck to install though so props for that. Yesterday before work I took it back off. Wanted a little sound again. Just ordered a Flowmaster Super 40 single in, dual out, there's a local shop that does great exhaust work, so...
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    Rear Struts EL model.

    Bilsteins all the way. Moog makes a replacement coil (fronts and rears, had to use their springs to replace my rear, long story, look up my thread). I have a pair of Motorcraft rear struts, but the caveat here is that they do NOT have the spring seat, as I had to order them and then pirate the...
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    Sunroof repair

    Is there a way to manually close the moonroof? Mind got stuck open today and I managed to get it most of the way closed by hitting the button and then pulling like a son of a ***** on it. I would rather have shut al l the way and in it's fully closed position, and disconnect the wiring to it if...
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    What take off rims will fit my 2010 EL

    Any 6 lug F150 wheel will fit. I'm running '21 Sport wheels on mine. Mine: You will indeed have to cut a bit off the end of the rear axles. Umm, do this AFTER you take the old wheels off, but BEFORE you put new ones on. Also, depending on your tools, you'll want to watch the lug studs. I just...
  8. Thunderbirdsport

    Parts For Sell 2007-14 Expedition

    I'd like to see pics of the oval emblems if it's not too much to ask :)
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    Lug nut question

    It is never fun when your nuts get swollen...(i might add that on a personal level, after the snip, swelling = pain. Choose wisely. ;) The other nuts...yeah, I still can't speak too highly of the Gorilla stuff. I'm also planning to order a set for my Mustangs when for when they're ready to roll...
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    Front Differential Making Noise

    Awhile back, mine was making a noise, as if the IWE on one side or the other wasn't fully disengaging. Could hear an occasional clunk and a feeling of a binding, dragging sort of. Since I've had close to a half dozen Explorers over the years and even a Ranger, I did some digging here, read...
  11. Thunderbirdsport

    Built 5.4

    There were a few details, the reason I mentioned that the engine displacement was different wasn't so much as to correct you, but to mention that the 5.8 Trinity could rev higher, had more torque/power, and did you see the bore/stroke? ;) If you bend a rod on any engine, I'd be more worried...
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    Lug nut insanity

    I put the Gorilla nuts (NOT an actual gorilla's...erm, ummm...yeah..you know what I mean) on my '11 when I put on the '21 FWonFiddy wheels. These lug nuts are great, better than the problematic stock ones, and look good as hell, black on black wheels. I do wish I'd gotten the 1.5" instead of...
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    Built 5.4

    The '13 GT500 didn't have a 5.4, it used the 5.8 Trinity engine. This one had cams from the Ford GT and a redline of up to 7K for a few seconds at a time with a special feature that came on the GT500. Bore/stroke is 3.68"×4.17"...
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    First Adventure in the Sand - Story and Lessons Learned

    Happens to us all. Years ago, I got a Mountaineer stuck on a sandbar of the local "crick" bank. In about 4 seconds, it was on the frame. Had to call for a ride out of there and to the farm, for a tractor, the big strap, and a couple of shovels. That piece of shit Mountaineer moved right out with...
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    Key Fob

    Using forscan is easy. If it's not, well, I don't know about that person's ability to tie their own shoes or find their way out of their own home of a morning...LOL Anyplace that does keys can cut the key, with regards to the cutter itself being able to accept the replacement key blank...all...
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    Another Round of Guess the Damage $$$

    I saw a pic earlier of a lot full of new Super Duty trucks awaiting chips...they can't be sold yet, because of the shortage of the semi conductors. And people think this shit is bad? Give it another year of the current political "leadership"....
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    Headers??

    I was looking at headers awhile back. The F150 5.4 3V (2011, same as my expedition) headers have a different angle, the firewalls between the two are differently shaped, and different distances from the back of the engine. The frame isn't the issue, it's the firewall. The truck headers can be...
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    Help with 4x4 auto

    Comedy gold, here. I think that since we're on an automotive type of forum, that when we use the word "turn", especially in context with an object or objects, that, well, generally rotate, or "turn", if you will, that saying that a rotating part does NOT turn when directly activated and...
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    Help with 4x4 auto

    In a stock Expedition/Navi, no, they do not both spin.* With a locker/Limited slip, they will, so aside from those so-equipped trucks.... Show me where in the owner's manual it says to NOT engage 4A at any speed. Only while stopped. Because I looked in mine...it ain't there. *unless the...
  20. Thunderbirdsport

    2007 5.4 3V

    Aside from plugs and coils, all of the 3V 5.4 are pretty much the same. There was a difference in phasers somewhere, not sure the exact year(s) that they changed, but if you're swapping a whole new engine in, shouldn't be an issue. The reason you're probably seeing just 2007, 8 years as...
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    Help with 4x4 auto

    Rather than all the speculation as to how, why, and what will happen (which we all *should* know will happen and that is not a whole hell of a lot of anything), how about those who claim the world will split in half if someone were to drive around in 4A post their actual combined mileage while...
  22. Thunderbirdsport

    Help with 4x4 auto

    You can use 4A whenever...the system won't activate unless there's rear wheel slippage. The 4th Gen V8 explorers were AWD, as were the 5.0 3rd gen Explorers/Mounty rigs. They used the same system mechanics....even in normal "AWD", the front wouldn't get power unless there was slippage and the...
  23. Thunderbirdsport

    whimsical thoughts, or, Expedition into a "Bronco"..

    Since Ford is all about bringing back old nameplates....think they'd have had the Bronco, and....drumroll....Bronco II. Guess all the marketing folks are just kids who weren't born until after the Bronco Deuce was disco'd. Bastards.. I want a II...Coyote and some mud tires...can you say mud...
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    whimsical thoughts, or, Expedition into a "Bronco"..

    Bronco Sport is just a re-skinned Escape. No idea on powerplants. The last 2 gens of Exploder have been unibody. I test drove a '13 Sport before I drove the Expy. That piece of shit felt like an AWD Taurus that needed every suspension part replaced. You can have that unibody crap. Give me a...
  25. Thunderbirdsport

    Show your Lifted 3rd Gens

    You'll want/need rails and hardware from an EL, the SWB rails aren't as long. I'd guess they could be used as the front holes are in the same place, but the back holes aren't. They're further back on the EL. Good luck!

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