Cbatzer5696
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Good Afternoon to all!
I Guess its time to start this thread on my 1998 expedition. I suppose some back story could always help! I apologies in advance for the long thread, Terrible spelling, and if I break any forum rules I will try to fix them!!
I bought this thing maybe 2 weeks ago for 1000$ It had some issues for sure. I had a 5 hour drive to get it home, Needless to say, after spending 7 hours in a Harbor Freight parking lot, I had a list of things that needed to be fixed. She has well over 300,000 miles on it, though the previous owner claims the motor was rebuilt 100,000 miles ago. The pcv valve was shot and the hoses were degraded, the front u-joints are shot and the front spider gears are toast. on top of that I had no Tail lights, running lights, dash lights, License plate lights, and the interior lights wouldn't shut off! The drive was terrifying because I know the rear shocks are out and I'm not sure if the front end needs rebuilt but god does she sway and bounce!
Now that it is home I have replaced the headlight switch, a lot of fuses, rewired the license plate lights (which fixed the tail lights and running lights) The interior lights function properly now with the occasional "door ajar" issue. I have replaced the pcv valve and all that hosing (which was a nightmare but fixed a very rough idle) I have also swapped out most of the interior from an 02 Eddie Bauer Expo except for the dash and door panels, the latter being next.
I plan on making new posts as I do more things and try to figure out these electrical issues. The main one I plan on tackling tonight is the gauge cluster lights as they (along with the rear climate control lights and 4x4 switch light) Do not work! I have tested and know my dimmer switch is functioning! Would the overdrive switch being broke cause this? I think tonight I will pull out the cluster and start poking wires with a voltmeter to see if i have power as I do have 3 parts expos to rob things from! Another thing I should add, The previous owner had installed an aftermarket stereo which i have removed for now. I did check the illumination wire there and it seems fine!
I do have a lot of questions and will try to search the forums for answers as to not ask the same questions over and over but I cannot seem to find a single forum that has this issue with the lighting that I have!
I will post later tonight what I find and update everyone! If anyone would like more info feel free to ask as there is a lot about this thing I have not mentioned!
BTW did you know there was an aspen package for the expedition (from a custom shop in Vegas) The main parts expos has aspen leaves and pin stripes, gold ford emblems, and aspen stitched into the seats hints why I dubbed this expo project aspen!
I Guess its time to start this thread on my 1998 expedition. I suppose some back story could always help! I apologies in advance for the long thread, Terrible spelling, and if I break any forum rules I will try to fix them!!
I bought this thing maybe 2 weeks ago for 1000$ It had some issues for sure. I had a 5 hour drive to get it home, Needless to say, after spending 7 hours in a Harbor Freight parking lot, I had a list of things that needed to be fixed. She has well over 300,000 miles on it, though the previous owner claims the motor was rebuilt 100,000 miles ago. The pcv valve was shot and the hoses were degraded, the front u-joints are shot and the front spider gears are toast. on top of that I had no Tail lights, running lights, dash lights, License plate lights, and the interior lights wouldn't shut off! The drive was terrifying because I know the rear shocks are out and I'm not sure if the front end needs rebuilt but god does she sway and bounce!
Now that it is home I have replaced the headlight switch, a lot of fuses, rewired the license plate lights (which fixed the tail lights and running lights) The interior lights function properly now with the occasional "door ajar" issue. I have replaced the pcv valve and all that hosing (which was a nightmare but fixed a very rough idle) I have also swapped out most of the interior from an 02 Eddie Bauer Expo except for the dash and door panels, the latter being next.
I plan on making new posts as I do more things and try to figure out these electrical issues. The main one I plan on tackling tonight is the gauge cluster lights as they (along with the rear climate control lights and 4x4 switch light) Do not work! I have tested and know my dimmer switch is functioning! Would the overdrive switch being broke cause this? I think tonight I will pull out the cluster and start poking wires with a voltmeter to see if i have power as I do have 3 parts expos to rob things from! Another thing I should add, The previous owner had installed an aftermarket stereo which i have removed for now. I did check the illumination wire there and it seems fine!
I do have a lot of questions and will try to search the forums for answers as to not ask the same questions over and over but I cannot seem to find a single forum that has this issue with the lighting that I have!
I will post later tonight what I find and update everyone! If anyone would like more info feel free to ask as there is a lot about this thing I have not mentioned!
BTW did you know there was an aspen package for the expedition (from a custom shop in Vegas) The main parts expos has aspen leaves and pin stripes, gold ford emblems, and aspen stitched into the seats hints why I dubbed this expo project aspen!