My 2000 5.4l Eddie Bauer 4x4

[houlster]

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.

I had something similar happen in the middle of a road trip, but thankfully, the plug actually failed. The center porcelin part shot out of the threaded portion.




The fig newton is a bit of a joke. The center electrode of the plug had stayed behind. Stuck between the 'nut' of the plug and the sidewall of the hole. It's not magnetic & I couldn't get it out. I told my wife I need gum or grease of some sort to stick on the end of a screw driver. She suggested the fig newton. Worked beautifully. Now anytime *anything* needs fixing, she asks if a figgy will help?

 

[poorboy1964]

Tom Great thread, I've read a few of your posts on the Explorer forum while I've been deciding on what to buy made my mind up Expedition a few weeks ago Still in search of the right one, great info and similar to what my goal will be other than maybe more off road as it won't be my DD

 

[Brandon Watts]

My 2000 Eddie Bauer. 190,000 with 33 inch federal couragia. Picked it up in April for $3000.

 

[hammerg26]

My 2000 Eddie Bauer. 190,000 with 33 inch federal couragia. Picked it up in April for $3000.

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Very nice.

 

[Brandon Watts]

Very nice.

Does anyone have any idea why my automatic locks won't work? I can't find anything in the forum about it on a 2000 eb

 

[hammerg26]

Try this:
http://www.justanswer.com/ford/2wvjw-turn-off-auto-locks-1997-ford-expediti.html

 

[ExplorerTom]

My 2000 Eddie Bauer. 190,000 with 33 inch federal couragia. Picked it up in April for $3000.

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Looks really nice. I've been thinking about bigger tires on mine. My tires are 32" right now.

 

[ExplorerTom]

Went Christmas tree hunting today. We got a nice Douglas Fir:


I had to cut a section off to fit it on the roof. That platform rack is nice.

 

[ExplorerTom]

Just did Littleton, CO to Alexandria, LA and back. 2300 miles. Saw low 15 mpgs to high 10 mpgs (tail wind vs head wind). Truck did fine.

 

[ExplorerTom]

I changed out the radiator today. The radiator itself was a FoMoCo radiator- not sure if original or a replacement.

I had been smelling coolant for awhile but never found a leak. With the upper air diverter in place, I couldn't see the small leak on both sides where the fins meet the end tank.


I got the replacement at Advance Auto. It was listed as a "Car Quest" radiator but the box said Premier1. Made in China. Roughly $200 before using Speed Perks and a discount code that drove the price down to about $140. Seems like a good quality replacement. Also replaced the lower radiator hose. I watched a few videos on how difficult it is to remove so I figured it was smart to replace it while I was in there.

I also cleaned out the expansion bottle. There was some nasty sediment in there. There was also a bunch of sediment in the radiator.

After I was done, I took apart the old radiator and found the transmission cooler. I got to say, I'm not impressed.


Getting the 6.0L diesel cooler (which is about as wide as the radiator) seems like a smarter deal all the time.

 

[hartsemperfi]

I changed out the radiator today. The radiator itself was a FoMoCo radiator- not sure if original or a replacement.

I had been smelling coolant for awhile but never found a leak. With the upper air diverter in place, I couldn't see the small leak on both sides where the fins meet the end tank.


I got the replacement at Advance Auto. It was listed as a "Car Quest" radiator but the box said Premier1. Made in China. Roughly $200 before using Speed Perks and a discount code that drove the price down to about $140. Seems like a good quality replacement. Also replaced the lower radiator hose. I watched a few videos on how difficult it is to remove so I figured it was smart to replace it while I was in there.

I also cleaned out the expansion bottle. There was some nasty sediment in there. There was also a bunch of sediment in the radiator.

After I was done, I took apart the old radiator and found the transmission cooler. I got to say, I'm not impressed.


Getting the 6.0L diesel cooler (which is about as wide as the radiator) seems like a smarter deal all the time.

Funny thing is my coworker just asked me about getting a bigger cooler to keep good care of trans. What exact one did you get? Where there any other modifications to make it fit?

 

[Texpedition45]

Also interested to see how it works and how you mounted. I used the TruCool 40k cooler without the bypass on my F150, and was thinking of the same upgrade for the Expedition, but now I'm definitely going to wait.

 

[ExplorerTom]

About 2 summers ago i replaced the factory aux cooler with a slightly larger Hayden cooler. What you see above is just the transmission cooler that is integrated into the radiator.

The 6.0L diesel cooler can be bought off Rock Auto (it's a Dorman unit). I haven't done it (yet).

There's a transmission guy on ford-trucks.com that assures everyone that the 4r100 can easily take temps over 200 degrees all day long. I've lost a transmission to heat (different car) and I'd rather not repeat it. The 4r100 is thermostatically controlled so over cooling shouldn't be a concern.

 

[Texpedition45]

About 2 summers ago i replaced the factory aux cooler with a slightly larger Hayden cooler. What you see above is just the transmission cooler that is integrated into the radiator.

The 6.0L diesel cooler can be bought off Rock Auto (it's a Dorman unit). I haven't done it (yet).

There's a transmission guy on ford-trucks.com that assures everyone that the 4r100 can easily take temps over 200 degrees all day long. I've lost a transmission to heat (different car) and I'd rather not repeat it. The 4r100 is thermostatically controlled so over cooling shouldn't be a concern.

I think I know who you're talking about, and he's definitely wrong. I'll leave it there to be polite.

The TruCool has worked remarkably well. My average temp now is 150, and haven't had any issues since.

 

[ExplorerTom]

For the last several months, I've had a noise from my truck: when I shut the door, at cold idle.... It was a metal on metal squeaking. I finally crawled under the truck and found the exhaust pipe clamp just behind the cats was no longer holding tight and allowing the 2 slip fit pipes to move against each other.

So I got a new clamp.

In the box was also a muffler and tail pipe:


The annoying squeaking sound is gone and there is a subtle rumble to go along with it- nothing too aggressive, no droning.

 

[ExplorerTom]

Here's a half-assed pic of the tailpipe tip. The piping after muffler is 3" and the tip is a little bigger.


I'm not super happy with the fitment. The axle-back is clamped to the muffler but it doesn't look like it's holding on by much. And the muffler isn't as far forward as it could be.

I had the axle-back come loose today. It actually sounded pretty cool when it did. I put it back on and got a few more turns on the clamp.

 

[ExplorerTom]

The TruCool has worked remarkably well. My average temp now is 150, and haven't had any issues since.

Even after I added the larger Hayden cooler, I've still seen trans temps around 200 degrees on a hot day (usually with the AC on). And that's measured through the OBDII port- so I'm guessing that's in the pan or in the torque converter.

 

[Texpedition45]

Even after I added the larger Hayden cooler, I've still seen trans temps around 200 degrees on a hot day (usually with the AC on). And that's measured through the OBDII port- so I'm guessing that's in the pan or in the torque converter.

Oh wow.

This is what I used:

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/121997646683

So far so good, and I wish I had bought it earlier.

 

[poorboy1964]

Even after I added the larger Hayden cooler, I've still seen trans temps around 200 degrees on a hot day (usually with the AC on). And that's measured through the OBDII port- so I'm guessing that's in the pan or in the torque converter.

Dang that's pretty high is that around town?

 

[ExplorerTom]

Dang that's pretty high is that around town?

Yep. I don't recall what it does on long highway drives in the summer. We drove to KY last summer. Going through KS it was like 110 degrees outside.