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My truck is a gasser, 460. I looked through your thread, found the link to the Extreme Off Road article. I can't go that far, but I have to find someone to do the Saginaw pump upgrade for me. That whiny power steering drives me nuts. I've almost got the thing on the road, ready to camp. That...

I'm not myself much of a mechanic. Not a chance I can change a power steering pump on this vehicle. Have a mechanic shop works on and maintains our fleet trucks for the landscape business. They seem competent for oil changes and minor repairs, but. They cannot seem to get the power steering...

Nice FWC Keystone shown in that pic!

I thought I had a lot more pictures of when we cut up the utility bed. I have them somewhere, but this was the only one I could find. We cut that utility bed up so that the camper would fit into it. We lost space in some of the bins. But it worked out really well in the end. I hope to find the...

Here are some photos of the rig as it sits now. Ready to bolt the camper down.

You are not crazy. I deleted the spinning post. Not good at photo bucket. Let me try and get the pictures up

Sorry for hijacking the thread. My pertinent contribution to this subject is 3rd gen and previous Explorers are definitely better than 4th gen for modification options. Basically look under the rear end. If it has a solid rear end, you can work with that, if it's independently sprung, you...

All I was saying was that IMHO, the 4th gen won't even take a minor suspension lift. Could do a body lift but.. It's nothing I would try to build an expedition vehicle with. But I had one hell of a bunch of fun with mine. Most of the posts are referring to 3rd and 2nd and 1st Gen anyway. Maybe...

My $0.02. I had a 2008 Ford Sport Trac 4x4. 4.6 liter V6, automatic. Bought brand new. It was a 4 door pickup truck, but definitely shared the "4th Gen" platform with the Explorer. Plus items. I always got flamed by the 4wd drive guys for the 4 wheel independent suspension, but I took that...

This thing caught my eye on CL also. Seems great for the right person.

Mike, How did this stuff work out in the end? I'm having my rig painted now. I thought we would put a product of this type on the cab roof. Thoughts anyone?

I think one place Ford went wrong was when they split the four-door small pick ups from the two-door small pick ups. They did away with the Ranger in 2011 and then they did away with the Sport Trac and the Explorer that shared the same platform in 2012, or thereabouts. They should've left the...

I think one place Ford went wrong was when they split the four-door small pick ups from the two-door small pick ups. They did away with the Ranger in 2011 and then they did away with the Sport Trac and the Explorer that shared the same platform in 2012, or thereabouts. They should've left the...

Thanks again guys. If it's goodnuf for Mike Pappawheely and his beautiful race photos, it's goodnuf for me and my purposes. Downloaded the app to my phone. Should be able to work it out, if I have trouble I'll reach out. I'll start sending you guys some pictures. I know that some people here...

I had an 04, which has a solid rear axle. Then I had an 09 which had the four wheel independent. They were both four-wheel drive. The second one rode off road in an unbelievably smooth way. Most hardcore four-wheel-drive guys will tell you...you do not want four wheel independent. They say it's...

If it was a real AEV? Wouldn't it be a little more expensive than that? Even used? What those people do underneath trucks is incredible. I do work in the hills above West Los Angeles...pretty well-to-do area, to say the least. There's a neighbor over there that has an AEV Jeep BRUTE four door...

I've always been a Ford Ranger guy. The F150 is too big for my daily needs also. I drove 4x4 SporTracs to the Saline Valley for years. The 4x4, 4 wheel independent suspension was a little bit worrisome. But it never did break on me. And it really traveled nicely over washboard road. (Those...

I got to figure out how to do something with getting lotsa pics up. We're really moving along with this build and I'd like to share it with you guys. We took this old low boy utility bed and cut it up to where the 88 FWC Keystone slides right in. Fits like a glove. Now I have the interior pace...

Exactly my point. I like the aesthetic and the sechyness of it.

The truck is a '93 F-350 4x4 4dr. Mounted a utility bed, bolted an FWC to the frame through the utility bed. The overhang is about halfway over the four-door cab. I threw some pictures up here of my roof rack but can't find them. Have a lot of trouble uploading pictures to this site, want to do...