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post 2000 ford explorer q's
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:14 pm
by hiluxmad
mates looking at buying a 2004 or 2006 ford explorer for his missus(she wants it not him)
are there any inherrent(sp?) problems with them?
cheers
Dave
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 2:23 pm
by hammey
the auto's go bang
pm me if you want specifics
cheers smitty
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:09 pm
by Modified Toy
The auto's have problems mostly with the convertors bad news is same 5 speed in the ranger and FG falcon, The transfer case suffers with chain and to much end float problems,diffs are bad for crown wheel and pinions and the engines have problems with timing chains (no timing marks) need special tool to set them up
good luck!
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:37 pm
by lump_a_charcoal
There is a reason people call the Ford Exploders...
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 5:59 pm
by hiluxmad
if it makes any difference this thing will never be used as a serious 4wd gravel roads at best......
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:13 pm
by lump_a_charcoal
That's a good thing probably, however I think driving in general is their weakness...
Even a Territory is better than an exploder...
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:27 pm
by bigbluemav
Ta for that..................my wife was liking one of these too!!
I found a couple of Range Rovers for about $20k, I'll steer her that way!!
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:09 pm
by mhgill
DONT BUY A RANGE ROVER OR A EXPLODER!
be warned!
Go the territory.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:30 pm
by hammey
on this topic, listen to modified toy.
He was they guy i was going to put you on to.
for good reason
Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 8:41 pm
by hiluxmad
she has a rangie now and it is nothing but problems.......
problem is the explorer is being offered at trade in price from a friend(same way she got the rangie......)
she gave up a perfectly good gq for all this too. lol....
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 9:35 am
by thehanko
hiluxmad wrote:she has a rangie now and it is nothing but problems.......
problem is the explorer is being offered at trade in price from a friend(same way she got the rangie......)
she gave up a perfectly good gq for all this too. lol....
so the dealer was desperate to get rid of the rangie, and its been shite, and now they are desperate to get rid of another car with known typical issues...
RUN
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:07 pm
by hiluxmad
not quite...
freinds- different ones each car upgrading to something else and offered the cars at what they have been offered for trade in.
but im with you on the sentiment of it..........
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:57 pm
by zagan
Don';t know of any problems with them.
But they are a F250 Chasis with a wagon body and a smaller motor than the F250 range like a 5ltr V6 petrol or a 5ltr turbo V8 turbo diesel at the largest where as the F250 has a 7/8ltr turbo V8 diesel.
So could look up F250 forums etc for details