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edit - it looks like this (sorry for the small pic...all i could find) http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/m/mYpoJwHX4LVoRvHRywGIp8Q/140.jpg

if its a pioneer and its not super old, i may have something i can sell you the pioneer headunit i had it on was purchased new in like 03/04, so its fairly old now. it connects into the rear of my old headunit, and i just ran the wire out the ashtray and its a headphone jack, and played through my system. i guess you'll have to pull the head unit and see if yours has the aux cord input.

i doubt derek would care...a sale is a sale. lol. ive probably told over a dozen people that dont know him to give him a call.

well...what a day. this might get a little lengthy... went down to pick up the new EGR tube...the nut on it is a 1 1/16". i went to sears, picked up a 1 1/16" 6pt socket (since the tube snapped off right there), get home, and it seems to be just a bit too big. tried to loosen the nut, but it didnt seem like that socket was going to work. figure i'll try a 1" or a 15/16". go to lowes (closer to home), get both (12pt only), both are too small. head back to lowes to return them, then back to sears for a 1" 6pt. head home, too small. fuck. back to sears, look for a 26mm (about 1 1/32") 6pt, nothing. autozone, nothing. go to oreilly's and check with dave, only 26mm is a 12pt...figure ill try it. he mentioned using a pipe wrench, which i never thought of...i was also able to get my brother to drop off a torch. get home, the 26mm socket fits quite well. no movement at all. perfect (so i thought). heat up the nut, put the socket on, breaker bar, attempt to turn, it rounds off. fuck. grab my enormous pipe wrench, figure out a way to get it on that nut, give it a huge push, and it came loose. fuck yes! put everything back together, crossed my fingers and started it up...holy shit. its like a totally different car. idles completely smooth, my exhaust doesnt smell like its got a gallon of gas in it from 30 feet away, and even after the engine is warmed up, it starts up just fine. total cost ended up being a hair over $100. score. total time invested over last night and today, running between getting parts, tools, etc was probably 8 hours. fail. its done though. whew.

just wanted to put a big thanks out to dave. was able to track down a part for me, save me some money, and give me some advice that finally let me break loose a nut on the exhaust manifold that probably has been there the whole 170k miles the truck has been around. thanks again dave!!

thats not a bad deal...im not putting in my email addy, but curious, how long is it? an hour? my moms bf is a pilot, and hes taken her and my brother up a few times. i might take a trip sometime...whats funny though is my favorite part of a flight is just getting up to speed on the runway and the lift off. the rest i could care less about. lol

thanks to Dave (gas, grass, or ass)...located the tube i need to replace...heading to get the part here in a few...hit that nut with some PB blaster last night...had been trying wd40 on the nut by the EGR valve, because i didnt realize i had a can of pb blaster...hopefully i can get that nut out and this thing put in today.

i'd take off that 2.0t badge, but that's me...

so...here's the story of my life when it comes to fixing shit...pretty sure the valve was bad...when i checked the one in the car, the dish looking shape would just lift up and down...the new one wouldnt at all...so i start to remove it...turns out that the tube that the valve is connected to was so corroded, it snapped off...all the way at the back of the engine...so now i have to replace this as well so how to i get down in there to get this nut out? FML. http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/evan938/IMAG1024.jpg?t=1291697449 http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/evan938/IMAG1025.jpg?t=1291697449

Right...i dont expect parts to last forever but when i see that an o2 sensor needs replaced every 12k miles, that seems like its too frequent

saw this somewhere... "All Ford models should have their EGR valves replaced on the same maintenance schedule specified as the oxygen sensor (about every 12,000 miles)." i hope thats a typo...12k miles? f that. $90 for each o2 sensor, and $50 for the valve...thats $230 every 4 oil changes.

yeah, ive had a few times where it fires up then stalls out, but the next time i fire it up and give it some gas for a few seconds and its fine i think im gonna grab the EGR valve tonight after the gym and see if it helps...lucky me i just got a $50 cash rewards from my CC today, and the part is $55.99. lol. figures.

sounds about right, but i have probably not put but ~1000 miles since i bought it in april...i have the kia which i DD because it gets stupid good gas mileage...i bought the truck for winters, and to make trips to lowes and shit, and the rare times i need to haul stuff. 250 sounds close though. i think ive only filled the tank 2x. others i just but 25-30 bucks in. does yours have that starting issue i mentioned, or the rough idle?

so ive had a feeling for a while the used dealership i got my explorer from may have been a little shady. ive suspected they may have pulled the check engine light from the truck...or, maybe its just burnt out either way, the truck has had a shitty idle since i got it, and horrible on gas...like 12-13mpg...less than i would expect from a v6...maybe i was just overly optimistic...once driving, even giving it the slightest amount of gas, the rough idle is gone... with winter is coming, i plan to be in it a bit more...took it today to get the codes read, and it says both o2 sensors are bad, and the EGR valve is bad. now, the EGR would affect the o2 sensors, correct? would it also affect how the truck starts? when the engine is cold, it fires up right away, yet after i drive it, turn it off for a few minutes, and go to start it again, it turns over for probably 4-5 seconds, and in that you can hear it almost turn over a couple times before it actually fires up and runs fine

i think you can get an 870 express for under $250 easy...i could be wrong, but i *think* the last ad had them at 229...

+1

is it in both of your names or just one?

Yep

and just to update this, apparently the CC gods wanted to spite me...went out today to see if the mail from yesterday was taken in...it wasnt. in the mailbox was a CC offer mailed to my GF (who has very little credit, no where near what mine is) for 0% purchase and balance transfer for 18 months, and no annual fee...i saw it and laughed since i was just talking about this last night.

if its what i think it is, it took me a whiiiile. lol

a lot of you talk about going to a 0% card and refinancing the car loan, but i dont think some of you are considering the current credit card market...i used to get 0% offers out the ass. 2-4 a week easy. i may have seen one a month, and its always from amex, which the one they try to pitch me has an annual fee. this is assuming the OP has outstanding credit, and will be able to find a company to give him a 0%...easier said than done. the other thing to think of, is some, if not most banks/credit unions wont deal with cars over a certain age. i think with mine, its like 6 years old. i guess what was said above is true...more details about balances, etc, would help.

any idea what the security position pays, and what shift it is? you can PM me if you want.

Always pay off the higher interest first.

I probably would have said "teaching", not training....but that's just me

Doing collections, last july a guy i worked with did a 14,400 bonus plus a 37" flat screen tv, surround sound, and a blu ray player...i did a 7400 in feb of this year...its not hard to do, you just gotta be in the right business