evan9381

so something like this may be what i need for the turn signal? http://cpwstore.carpartswholesale.com/catalog/details/Ford/Explorer/Motorcraft/Turn_Signal_Switch/1997/XLT/6_Cyl_4-dot-0L/MISW5581.html im going to hit up a junkyard first before spending $80 on a new one. hopefully i wouldnt get the same problem coming from a used one...

what. the. fuck. ive been looking for a few weeks and just bought a 97 4.0 with 169k YESTERDAY for $3200. and i had $3500 cash. argh.

400/mo for electric isnt bad? holy shit. i know your house is bigger than mine by a bit, but damn. i think in winter our highest gas bill was $130 and electric has never topped $100 any time of year

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/member.php?u=205

i feel bad for the dude on the back of the bike...i bet his back got fucked up

his age isnt listed and something else you can try (if you are under 25 this will help too), go on priceline, do the name your own price. when you put in your offer, you will check the "under 25" option. they figure that into your offer. start low as shit. like $15 a day...put in your CC info. if they take it, you get charged. if they dont, go up a few more bucks per day until they accept it or you dont want to spend more than your offer

you go in the first time to plead not guilty. they will then set a court date, and notify the officer. if he doesnt show up, they're not going to keep wasting time. you did your part to show up, he should have done his. if not, oh well.

ugh...maybe if i get real motivated next weekend i'll swap them out. i gotta get the alignment taken care of soon. guy was saying something about the camber plate was installed upside down on this thing, and he couldnt get any adjustment out of it...said that whole long bolt had to come out and part of that suspension disassembled...yay

a good lawyer knows the law. a great lawyer knows the judge.

you don't need an attorney, but it would help. i got a 15 over on 33 and 270 on the west side, didnt realize it dropped to 55...went in, talked to prosecutor, told him i never drive the area (truth), had been trying to clean up my driving act (truth) and when he pulled my record and saw a bunch of shit from 3+ years before, and nothing since, he said he believed me and told me he'd drop it to an "equipments violation". i paid $10 more than the ticket would have been and got 0 points but if yours gets to trial, if the cop doesnt show, they have no one to argue their side of the story, and you win. if its a small township (i dont know perry), they may not have the $$ to pay the cop to go into court and sit through all that, or you may just get lucky and he might not go in, etc, in which case you win

airport rentals are usually open 7 days. i know when we flew into jacksonville to go to st augustine it was a saturday about 4pm and we returned it about 2 the following saturday.

triple because i can

i may be wrong about 6 points...it says below speed can be 0/2/4 point violations, but i think reckless ops which is 20 or more is still 6

12 will get you suspended. i believe its within a certain time frame, like 2 or 3 years

well i guess i fail. i had stopped at autozone and picked up bosch plugs before i pulled these out. really though, i used bosch plugs in other cars and never had an issue. if these hold up for ~40k miles i'll be fine. im not so worried about it to go through changing all those plugs again...fuuuuuuck that. and its not going to be a DD...i bought it to haul shit to/from lowes, carry my canoe/kayak/bike, and the occasional snow storm weather we get a couple times a year. insurance company asked how many miles a year i'd drive it and i told them to put down 7500 but i think even that is a super high estimate. work is <5 miles away, hoover is 4, lowes is 1, so it wont go very far. knock on wood... motor has 169k miles.

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-3/you-gonna-get-raped.jpg seriously though, what the fuck. its not like you were going just past the speed limit, you were doing 225% of the speed limit. you're fucked. im going to guess reckless ops, 6 points, say hello to higher insurance rates again

im hoping it went out the port too. i was kinda hesitant to start it wondering if i maybe snapped it off, but then after looking at it for a minute, i was about 95% sure i didnt. started it up, sounded fine, motor doesnt sound like there is anything wrong

but come on... http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/evan938/IMG_3193.jpg?t=1271572091 decided i'd change out spark plugs first to see if it would help the stumble/rough idle on this explorer i got today started on the drivers side rear, worked way up front, passenger side front, worked back to rear. plugs are laid out in that order. figures the last one i get to, and the one thats the biggest son of a bitch to get out, i find what you see to the far right. 2.5 hours to change 6 plugs...time for me to start doing my own work again. a couple times i felt like i had no idea what i should do. seems much smoother now, so im happy with that. tomorrow hopefully i can get some other things knocked out.

ah the brawl at the end made it worth it...f'n great

will check fuses...for shits and giggles i tried to use the lock/unlock on the passenger door and it didnt work at all. im not worried about that side since i wont use it, but figured it was worth mentioning...after these fights are over im going to pull it into the gargage and mess with a few things.

i hate mauro with a passion, and frank shamrock sounds like hes borderline retarded with his braces.

at all. they dont come on, dont blink. only on the left...but the left rear tail ligght works. rob - are the switches seperate for left/right and seperate motors for lock/unlock? is it a common issue for only the left to go out, and only the lock to not work, but the right works fine and unlock is still good?

lol. you're the one who asked if it was lowered at the same time

bought a 97 explorer today...couple things i need/want to get fixed soon. im thinking they're minor, but this is a whole new type of car to me (SUV and domestic), so im not familiar with it 1) left turn signals dont work. front, rear, or on the dash. right works fine though. i would assume since theyre on the same stalk its the same wiring...if i blow one bulb it shouldnt short out the others, right? 2) electronic lock doesnt work. the unlock feature works, lock is a no go. all windows switches are fine. 3) looking for a hitch to bolt onto this. anyone got anything for sale? sure i will be updating this soon. hopefully i can do some of this stuff on my own...havent really done any work on a car in a couple years...got lazy and didnt have a car worth working on...i do miss the occasional work i did...

pics probably weren't taken on the same day. pic 1 could have been last year, lowered between then and now, and pic 2 has both mods done