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2/19/16, 10:54 PM
Buy a grease gun and grease those fittings often. Every 20K miles at least. Its cheap and easy to do, and it extends the life of all those front suspension components.
2/19/16, 11:24 PM
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Most cars now don't come with grease fittings like they used to. Most of them claim to be "greased for life" but that is bull****. Well, it may be greased for life if you're only going to drive the car 80K miles. But that doesn't apply to people like me that drive an Explorer for 200-300K miles. Any time you replace a suspension component like a ball joint or tie rod end, replace it with one that has a grease fitting if possible.
Buy a grease gun and grease those fittings often. Every 20K miles at least. Its cheap and easy to do, and it extends the life of all those front suspension components.
Buy a grease gun and grease those fittings often. Every 20K miles at least. Its cheap and easy to do, and it extends the life of all those front suspension components.
2/19/16, 11:44 PM
One of those vids I posted before showed him replacing the outer tie rod with one with a grease fitting.
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2/20/16, 12:08 AM
At that mileage (yours is a 5.0 right? I can't remember) your next big problem will probably be a coolant leak and it will be the timing chain cover gasket. And it ain't cheap (I can't do it myself anymore, can't get down there to do it). Cost me about $500 because its so tight and there is so much stuff to take off to do it (even the A/C lines and compressor, IIRC they have to pull a vacuum on it and put the refrigerant back in). If and when you have to do it, go ahead and let them put a new (not rebuilt) water pump on it while its apart because that will be the next thing to fail and its better to do it while all of that is apart.
I've had to put the timing chain gasket on my 5.0 twice between 140K and 210K. The replacement gasket they sell for it now just doesn't hold up like it should. Its not a horrible leak, but it gets worse. You'll know when its happening, you'll start smelling antifreeze (especially in the summer) and the coolant in the reservoir will start going down and you'll see coolant dripping off the front suspension but not see where its coming from. It will also pool up top around the front of the intake on the right side where it meets the block, probably.
I thought about letting them replace the timing chain and gears while they had it apart, but my buddy that did it (that I trust) said it looked really good, both times. If it happens again, I'll put another water pump and replace the timing chain and gears, hopefully if it happens that will be 250k - 300K.
2/20/16, 12:47 AM
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At that mileage (yours is a 5.0 right? I can't remember) your next big problem will probably be a coolant leak and it will be the timing chain cover gasket. And it ain't cheap (I can't do it myself anymore, can't get down there to do it). Cost me about $500 because its so tight and there is so much stuff to take off to do it (even the A/C lines and compressor, IIRC they have to pull a vacuum on it and put the refrigerant back in). If and when you have to do it, go ahead and let them put a new (not rebuilt) water pump on it while its apart because that will be the next thing to fail and its better to do it while all of that is apart.
I've had to put the timing chain gasket on my 5.0 twice between 140K and 210K. The replacement gasket they sell for it now just doesn't hold up like it should. Its not a horrible leak, but it gets worse. You'll know when its happening, you'll start smelling antifreeze (especially in the summer) and the coolant in the reservoir will start going down and you'll see coolant dripping off the front suspension but not see where its coming from. It will also pool up top around the front of the intake on the right side where it meets the block, probably.
I thought about letting them replace the timing chain and gears while they had it apart, but my buddy that did it (that I trust) said it looked really good, both times. If it happens again, I'll put another water pump and replace the timing chain and gears, hopefully if it happens that will be 250k - 300K.
I've had to put the timing chain gasket on my 5.0 twice between 140K and 210K. The replacement gasket they sell for it now just doesn't hold up like it should. Its not a horrible leak, but it gets worse. You'll know when its happening, you'll start smelling antifreeze (especially in the summer) and the coolant in the reservoir will start going down and you'll see coolant dripping off the front suspension but not see where its coming from. It will also pool up top around the front of the intake on the right side where it meets the block, probably.
I thought about letting them replace the timing chain and gears while they had it apart, but my buddy that did it (that I trust) said it looked really good, both times. If it happens again, I'll put another water pump and replace the timing chain and gears, hopefully if it happens that will be 250k - 300K.
2/20/16, 01:02 AM
Not saying it will happen, but just going by experience and I've owned many Explorers. Its not a lot to ask really, considering the use you can get out of them. Hell, how many other vehicles go 200-300k miles? And are still running well when you get rid of them? Not many.
Heck, I've got 2 currently that I drive daily. One has 210K and the other almost 300K. And they weren't babied, they've been hammered up and down dirt Forest Service roads in the woods all over and from US coast to coast many times, up and down the highest and lowest peaks in America, from Pikes peak to Death Valley, from Key West to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park Wa. From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain NP, Glacier NP, to Yosemite to Redwoods NP, to the Presidential Range.
Heck, I've got 2 currently that I drive daily. One has 210K and the other almost 300K. And they weren't babied, they've been hammered up and down dirt Forest Service roads in the woods all over and from US coast to coast many times, up and down the highest and lowest peaks in America, from Pikes peak to Death Valley, from Key West to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park Wa. From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain NP, Glacier NP, to Yosemite to Redwoods NP, to the Presidential Range.
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2/20/16, 08:17 AM
2/20/16, 08:20 AM
Most cars now don't come with grease fittings like they used to. Most of them claim to be "greased for life" but that is bull****. Well, it may be greased for life if you're only going to drive the car 80K miles. But that doesn't apply to people like me that drive an Explorer for 200-300K miles. Any time you replace a suspension component like a ball joint or tie rod end, replace it with one that has a grease fitting if possible. Buy a grease gun and grease those fittings often. Every 20K miles at least. Its cheap and easy to do, and it extends the life of all those front suspension components.
2/20/16, 09:27 AM
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Not saying it will happen, but just going by experience and I've owned many Explorers. Its not a lot to ask really, considering the use you can get out of them. Hell, how many other vehicles go 200-300k miles? And are still running well when you get rid of them? Not many.
Heck, I've got 2 currently that I drive daily. One has 210K and the other almost 300K. And they weren't babied, they've been hammered up and down dirt Forest Service roads in the woods all over and from US coast to coast many times, up and down the highest and lowest peaks in America, from Pikes peak to Death Valley, from Key West to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park Wa. From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain NP, Glacier NP, to Yosemite to Redwoods NP, to the Presidential Range.
Heck, I've got 2 currently that I drive daily. One has 210K and the other almost 300K. And they weren't babied, they've been hammered up and down dirt Forest Service roads in the woods all over and from US coast to coast many times, up and down the highest and lowest peaks in America, from Pikes peak to Death Valley, from Key West to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park Wa. From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountain NP, Glacier NP, to Yosemite to Redwoods NP, to the Presidential Range.
amen! I rebuilt the front end on my truck and replaced with moog hd parts that all have fittings. So now my upper and lower ball joints can be greased as well as the sway bar end links. Also on the grease, don't get the cheap crap from autozone, get something a bit more pricy, cheap stuff you'll notice will have a thin liquid leak out of your gun, yeah that's water basically, good grease shouldn't have that quality at all.
2/20/16, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Scothew
robbing themselves of the enjoyment of true driving fun
Originally Posted by Jim74656
Well this might explain why I oddly had 5 Prius following me today as if they were a bandit gang out to rob the stage coach this morning when I was driving to work in the Stang.....
2/20/16, 10:58 PM
Hey Scott, do you listen to Otis Redding? If not, you need to delve deep into his music, you'd dig it. Some amazing stuff in his portfolio.
2/21/16, 05:50 AM
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