My 2000 5.4l Eddie Bauer 4x4

[98eb5.4]

The pitman arm was a PITA- not much room for the puller. I ended up removing all of the bolts that hold the steering box to the frame so the box could be manipulated enough to get access for the puller.

thought a pickle fork works?

 

[ExplorerTom]

So this happened today

 

[hammerg26]

Sweet

 

[ExplorerTom]

Rotated the tires, cleaned the insides of the wheels (lots of brake dust) and resprayed the calipers silver.

 

[eluther3]

Looks like a great deal. Congrats.

BTW I like the gold

 

[Club Expo]

I love the roof rack , how you kept it stock looking , I recall you saying you got more of the tie downs that you move at a junkyard . Could you please show how you made that ? It looks great !

 

[ExplorerTom]

I recall you saying you got more of the tie downs that you move at a junkyard . Could you please show how you made that ?

I assume you're talking about the extra roof rack tie downs. I transferred them over to my Explorer when I put the Eezi-Awn rack on my Expedition. Just slid them in between the cross rails.


Or you're talking about the cargo area tie downs I got from some junkyard Explorers- those I haven't put in yet, but I need to. Soon.

 

[ukrboy]

Love your Expy. Been following you on the ExPo for a while!

 

[ExplorerTom]

Replaced the headlights with some Lightning style headlights.
The old:

The light output looks better in this picture than in real life:



The new lights are in but not aimed yet.

Darn blurry pic:



The light output is better, even if these pics aren't conclusive.

If nothing else, they look a lot better.

 

[hammerg26]

Nice. Part number? And is that snow on the ground????

 

[ExplorerTom]

The snow pic is an old pic just to show the factory headlights.

I ordered these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UVVPFA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[whitelightning99]

The snow pic is an old pic just to show the factory headlights.

I ordered these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008UVVPFA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thinking about getting some Halo LED Projector Black/Smoked Headlights + Smoke Tail Light for my Expo along with some good led bulbs but for now i'll run my stockers i have thought about spitting the lens from the housing and adding some leds in there and re glue lens back on

 

[ExplorerTom]

I went up to the mountains to do some shooting.


Hung a tire in the air:



While it wasn't really much of a trail, except for this part, I noticed that it felt very soft. The suspension was cycling like crazy. I never bottomed out or scraped on anything. I'm thinking that these Rancho RS5000 shocks might be too soft for offroad.

Fun day though. The shooting was great and the mountain driving was excellent. And the weather for the beginning of November couldn't have been better.

 

[Hugh Jass]

Been following your thread on fixes/mods to your Expo. Was it difficult to change the transmission fluid? How did you drain the torque converter?

 

[ExplorerTom]

I can only speak for the 4r100 that is on my 2000, but it was pretty easy to change the transmission fluid. Drain the fluid from the pan. Remove all the bolts that hold the pan (to change filter), remove pan, change filter, reinstall pan (new gasket? Possibly).

To drain the torque converter, there is a rubber plug on the bell housing facing the ground. Remove the plug. Inside that hole is another drain plug. Remove it to drain the torque converter. Simple.

 

[ExplorerTom]

I posted this in the opening post:

The left rear tire was at 20 psi. I inflated it to 34. I guess I'll see if it leaks.

Well after a year and a half of topping off the tire every week or 2 I finally took it in. Turns out there was a nail in it. Discount patched and plugged it for free.

 

[Need wisdom]

Have a 2001 w/ description almost identical. On one of my boots the piece that gets fastened broke and plug shot out. Very loud banging noise. Trying to replace but plug wont screw in! ??????

 

[Need wisdom]

Did you come across any problems

 

[ExplorerTom]

If your plug shot out then it probably stripped the threads in the head. You'll need a helicoil to fix it. It's a fairly common problem actually.

 

[eluther3]

+1

Same thing happened to me. Took it to the mechanic and they helicoiled it. That was 4 years and probably 25,000 miles ago.