2004 Ford Explorer

Description

Bought this brick at the beginning of December 2024 New Thermostat housing & 93 degree opening Thermostat $400 Did switch thermostat to 83 degree $70 New serpentine belt $80 New WaterPump & Gasket $135 New Radiator $350 New Crank pulley $320 New Crank sensor $40 Head gasket will need doing at some point Currently I have ran nulon permanent head repair and nulon engine stop leak through it only overheats occasionally if running ac have done about 12,000ish kms with the head gasket issue I still daily it. Local auto shop priced that it'll be a 15 hour job costing up to 3k ish, just rough estimate for head gasket Also no reverse but will idle in reverse on flat ONLY. But drives forward with no issue otherwise Reverse band in transmission is going/gone. Got a price from a professional transmission company priced 7k just to replace the reverse band. I have changed the transmission fluid to rule that off didn't make a difference Fuel Rail Pressure sensor is going that is why the check engine light is on priced $25 for sensor, easy to do just haven't had time It never had a receiver n towball so never towed trailers I have flat towed the odd lifted 4wds with it occasionally and towed them flawlessly Is a Japanese import vehicle so it had a junky jap nav system that didn't work so replaced it with Kenwood Bluetooth stereo with mic for calls all hard wired up need to re-wire the auto antenna to a switch for the radio to work 4x4 Low works 4x4 High works It is full time 4WD Brand new/near new tires in the back and near new in the front Will come with the uhf it's a GME AM uhf Will come with light bar, Note lightbar is not wired to highbeams, they're just on a switch Based on Marton