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Indytona675

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Hello all from Indianapolis Indiana!
My name is Ben. I just purchased a 1999 XLT AWD 127k miles on the clock. It didn't even make it home. Awd was engaging on highway at 50mph. Thanks to the help on this forum the fuse is currently pulled and I will most likely brown wire mod it. Then it started running like crap. Im thinking I just bought the biggest lemon ever. Blocked Egr passages, torn pcv valve hose and lose spark plug wire. FINALLY after 2 weeks we have 2 days of uneventfull driving. This is my wifes new to her truck. She is short so the adjustable pedals make this the safest driving position she has ever had. Also lots of room for our 1way year old and the baby on the way. There are better condition expeditions out there but this one was in our price range. So now we want to drive it for a while with no issues for a month. That's my goal anyway. Here's a pic.
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welcome! its still low miles for the year. every used car/truck will have issues i'm sorry yours had had so many. mine has been great in 20k miles all i've done is change oil, put gas in and change an alternator/belt.
 
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Indytona675

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Nothing out of the ordinary for the year except awd issue. Special thanks to K5rnt for the fuse pull test and brown wire mod info. It was just disheartening to get that all right away. Now were ready to room. It of course needs front end work. Show me a 4wd that age that doesn't. But the small dealer replaced both front cv axels, idler arm, 1 inner tie rod and sway bar end links at no cost to "fix" awd issue. Of course that had no effect. But now I have parts I don't have to replace. ;-) First up is rear shocks. The. Front struts. Then on to ball joints etc. I can do all the work so cost is cheap.
I forgot to mention that it is the 4.6l
 
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Welcome to the site, new myself. Dont be discouraged, these guys have alot of good info and plenty of support !
 
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