ExplorerTom
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Wait, sorry. I had to look in my repair manual to find which wire was positive. And I just looked under the hood but it’s not easy to see.
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So after about a month of looking on autotrader and Craigslist, I finally found one that was worthy of me parting with my money.
As you can see, it's a black 2000 Eddie Bauer with the 5.4L. As far as I can tell, it has about every option except the rear parking sensors.
The interior is rather disgusting but 15 years and 174k miles and the drivers seat is not ripped. That is rare:
It's got some paint traded on the left wheel flare:
The bumper chrome looks bad vim not big into chrome so I'm not sure what I'll do here:
I haven't looked too closely at the motor for leaks. It was dusty though:
It rides well. Do all EBs come with air suspension?
The left rear tire was at 20 psi. I inflated it to 34. I guess I'll see if it leaks.
I'm not thrilled with the wheels. They are ugly and caked in years of brake dust. I'll probably look into getting new wheels and selling these things. The tires are nearly new Big O Big Foot AT tires.
The brakes are nearly worn out. I'll be putting new pads on soon for sure- possibly rotors.
I've started going over the interior with a Magic Eraser. The center console is not black anymore. The seats are coming along. I had to cut it short because it started raining/sleeting/snowing. Tomorrow will be full of cleaning the interior and adding some leather conditioner to the seats.