Update: 242,000 miles:
Now have about 3000 miles on it with an average fuel economy of 15.3 mpg. Absolutely no problems outside of the original stuff.
Penetrating oil freed up the lock tumblers. I got new remotes and programmed them. I bought a second key. Home Depot cut it for free and I...
#1 98 is the change year from Pats 1 to Pats 2. Early 98's only need one key to program a second key. The transponder can be programmed easily but all of them have to be programmed at the same time. My 98 with a November 97 build date came with 1 key and a dead transponder. I now have 2...
Congrats on the trip.
I've been surprised at how nicely my 98 Expy drives. Couple of things cause first off I'm a sports car guy. Never had any use for trucks. Matter of fact I bought my Expy just to tow my cars to the track. Then I had to take castings to New Jersey last week in an Expy I...
The gears in the regulator mechanism are pretty chewed up. Looks like the regulator with motor is $85 and will take an hour or so to install.
I also may need to replace the 4wd shift motor as it drops out of 4wd randomly sometimes and the indicator light flickers and I hear a click.
The new...
Very little cost but a lot of time. I had the rear diff apart perhaps as many as 10 times setting pinion depth and preload, backlash, tooth pattern and carrier preload. It's not all that difficult but it sure is time consuming.
The heater cores...That's a lot of time also.
Several other...
Back in late December I purchased a 1998 EB Expy for $500. 4WD, 4.6.
This is me buying it from the PO.
The 8.8 rear axle was dead with chunks of bearing races and stripped ring and pinion teeth lying in the housing. Body was great, Interior was fair. 239,000 miles, bypassed...
1998 EB Expedition 4.6 238,000 miles
Had to replace heater cores and rear axle gears and bearings after I bought it. I did all the work.
$500 +$325 parts
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