What did you do to your expedition today?

[Hit By Thunder]

Installed the 2001 f150 bumper on the 97 Expy.
Fixed my drivers inside door handle, the speed clip pulled through a cracked inner door skin.
I am also painting my faded black B and D pillers along with the ones on the back gate.
Cleaned and painted the rear hitch,
polished rear bumper,
re washed the whole truck cause power polishing turned it into a magnet for dust.
Also took the power lock out and apart and cleaned the interior light switch on the lock.

Great weekend of playing

Oh and went to the auto wreckers for parts lol

Rob/HBT

 

[IMINYOURCHAIR]

Got tired of the ac running in the morning when I try to defrost the windshield. Installed what I will call an "ac override switch" basically, I wired a switch in series to the high side cut off. when I don't want ac in one of the other modes where it is default to on, i just turn off the switch to kill it. now, if I could make a reverse override so the ac is on when the knob is in "floor" I might poke around some Sunday when I get done vacuuming and washing her..

EDIT, forgot to add, I also replaced the rear door speakers. just need to replace the factory speaker amp with a half decent 4ch amp and get a 2ch sub amp and two 10's perhaps. not looking for over the top power. just enough for me!

 

[Ackman70]

Installed an Autometer transmission temperature gauge in a pillar pod.

 

[mjlcobra]

Cleaned my EGR ports from the TB-to intake manifold elbow. They were full of goop. Also found a loose exhaust clamp that had been rattling under there for a little while.

 

[z168]

Installed an Autometer transmission temperature gauge in a pillar pod.

got a night time pic?

 

[z168]

Just did a round trip to vegas over the weekend. Im really happy with my expe

Im not a speed demon. but it was a downhill drive on a clear day so I figured why not...

 

[mbaessler]

Z168, nice temperature gauge. Have you did any visual calibration with the new temperature gauge reading and the position of the temperature needle in the instrument panel? For example the normal position for the needle is what temperature. If your new temperature gauge gets a little hotter under towing does the one in the instrument panel show any movement to a higher location. Just wondering what the needle in the instrument panel as really telling me. Mike

 

[mbaessler]

OK here is what I have done to my expedition. I'm original owner of a white 99 EB 5.4l 99,300 miles
Custom grill, clearance lights, mud flaps, K&N cold air intake with AEM dry flow filter (hate the oil), Flowmaster single in dual out, upgraded shock absorbers, Extream tow brake system with drilled and slotted rotors, heavy duty brake pads, Load range E Bridgestone AT Revo's, new plugs and COP's. Truck runs great!

 

[z168]

Z168, nice temperature gauge. Have you did any visual calibration with the new temperature gauge reading and the position of the temperature needle in the instrument panel? For example the normal position for the needle is what temperature. If your new temperature gauge gets a little hotter under towing does the one in the instrument panel show any movement to a higher location. Just wondering what the needle in the instrument panel as really telling me. Mike

hey mbaessler - Unfortunately I never paid attention to the oil temp gauge. As far as I can remember its always been in the mid-range. I pay more attention to the engine temp especially when its over 100°F ambient temp

but thanks for bringing it up - I plan to tow my daughter's car to San Francisco in the fall. Never used the expe for towing duties

 

[SHAGGYS EXPO]

Last couple of days put new wheels and tires on her. Actually got 315's under the front with just a small amount of fender trim. Ordered parts to do a small 3" lift. Pulled diff off and axle apart just to check everything out and give it a spring cleaning. Went ahead and filled her up with some royal purple.(pricey) and went ahead and put some new ujoints in the back shaft will do front shaft this week. Have never been changed and with 278000 miles can't hurt.

 

[mbaessler]

To Z168 and Ackman 70. Sorry guys I screwed up with my comments. I thought that was a Engine water temperature gauge you had installed. I guess I need to look for the original post! Mike

 

[IMINYOURCHAIR]

finally found some free time today and decided to fix the little annoyance that is the pull handle in the rear liftgate. I myself am about 5'10 or so so I can easily reach the gate to lower it, but, when I work on it I have my tools and such laid out in the rear. well I walk around a lot during this and found it annoying to duck under the handle.

thinking about how nice it would be to have it stay up untill I need it and automatically retract again I recalled that I still have several little rare earth magnets. so I did this

now i just need to figure out a way to get a release handle somewhere there so the gate can be lifted from the inside.

 

[Hit By Thunder]

Removed the rear section of carpet, shampoo'd the carpet, cleaned the floor ,cleaned all the plastic molding that were removed, painted the silly EB gold fender flares black, and trying to source the left tail light not working ( still finding) . Smells nice in there now

Rob/HBT

 

[IMINYOURCHAIR]

Removed the rear section of carpet, shampoo'd the carpet, cleaned the floor ,cleaned all the plastic molding that were removed, painted the silly EB gold fender flares black, and trying to source the left tail light not working ( still finding) . Smells nice in there now

Rob/HBT

I had to pull all of my carpeting out to clean it all

 

[Hit By Thunder]

I had to pull all of my carpeting out to clean it all

Yes sir, thats the only way to clean it good. And while all the plastic is out great time to clean those too.

Rob/HBT

 

[IMINYOURCHAIR]

Yes sir, thats the only way to clean it good. And while all the plastic is out great time to clean those too.

Rob/HBT

yep, I hit the door panels with a pressure washer when I did the speaker replacement in them. same for the rear panels.

 

[Gunhand]

I got my 200 XLT about a month ago. I had the intermittent odometer problem, and the compass/temperature out completely. So after reading the fixes for these problems here on the forum, and about an hours labor, they are as good as new.

I've also installed new front rotors and pads, so she stops on a dime! The interior is in awesome shope, so the only thing I have done there is buy a set of Weather Tech floor pans/mats. They were a perfect fit from the factory.

In a month or so, there will be new upper control arm bushings, and body mounts replaced. I'll also be getting new B.F. Goodrich A/Ts all around.

 

[Bremsen]

Haven't been on here for a while, but the x has sat since last September with terminal trans issues. I alllmost gave up on it, but decided I just have too much time/$$ already invested to let it go. So, today I shelled out 3gs for a transmission rebuild with 3yrs/unlimited mi warranty. It hurt, but at least I have my truck again and it should be good for a while.

Hopefully now I'll get to do some fun stuff to it. Picked up a used Edge CS that should be here later in the week.

 

[buzzcon]

Had the 8 coils replaced as well as the spark plugs. Amazing what that will do to a vehicle. Bookoo power!!

 

[Hit By Thunder]

Removed the instrument cluster and cleaned everything. Lots of years of dust. Waaaaaay better now

Rob/HBT