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I picked up a replacement daily driver yesterday. Overall it's in great shape for it's age, but there's something on the leather that I haven't been able to clean off yet. I've tried leather cleaner with lots of elbow grease but it's not affecting it at all. Any suggestions on what to try next?

I'm picking up a vehicle on Monday and would love to get a Carfax report for it just to see if anything wacky pops up. Probably not worth the $45 at this point (I'm convinced the car is worth the asking price), but if somebody has a subscription I'd love to see what it shows.

I'm running an Explorer 4R70W behind the 5.0 in my '99. For the first year it worked fine (a little hesitant to downshift, but otherwise as good as any other automatic I've dealt with). Starting a couple of months ago, it occasionally revs freely for a moment when trying to accelerate from a...

I've been using this style connector for various projects for a while now: They're available dirt cheap online and seem to work pretty well considering the cost. However, for the first time I need to de-pin one to swap a couple of wires around. For the life of me I can't figure out what the...

I replaced both door lock actuators on my '99 right after purchasing it. Now I'm about to have to replace the drivers side unit again - it's back to only popping about halfway when being cycled. Granted, it's been four years since the replacement, but the truck probably hasn't accumulated more...

On my future projects list is doing a projector retrofit into a stock Ranger headlamp housing so I can get properly focused HID lighting (not just an HID assembly in the stock reflector). The big hangup seems to be a headlamp to use that has a clear covering. My current ones are totally...

Is there an obvious trick to creating more slack to reconnect the brake cables at the junction along the frame rail? I put in new rear cables to each drum before swapping the new axle in, and the self adjusters are spun down to their narrowest adjustment. But I'm a good way (1"?) from being...

I've been helping a friend look at his '91 Pathfinder that frequently takes 10-15 seconds of cranking to start. We put a fuel pressure gauge on it and confirmed that it's not holding any pressure after shutdown. If you're watching a gauge, it drops from ~35-40psi to 0 instantly after turning off...

I've had an '01 Sport Trac axle floating around for quite a while and it's finally time to swap it into the '99 Ranger. Spring perches and shock mounts are moved and there's a new Torsen all set up inside. However, at some point in the last few years I misplaced the hard brake line for this...

Now that the (2nd) rebuilt 5.0 is in the truck and everything is connected, I was excited to fire it up last week. Unfortunately, it idles like hot garbage and I'm struggling to nail down what's going on. If anybody wants to help solve the puzzle, here's what I know: It's a '99 Explorer with...

I'm approaching the point of reinstalling the 5.0 in my '99, but have run into a snag. The knockoff headers I bought a couple of years ago don't quite fit. There's no real recourse because of the source and the time involved, so I'm looking for suggestions... The flange for the pipe from the...

I have a 4 Wheel Parts gift certificate that I'm not going to use any time soon. Let me know if you're interested. Paypal or Venmo preferred. I can email it (it's in a PDF form that they provide when you complete your order).

My parents have an '08 Explorer and the fabric on the lower front seats is a mess. Getting them professionally recovered is out of their budget. Does anybody have experience with good aftermarket seat covers and have a recommendation? Thanks!

Can anyone identify the correct replacement bulb for this? It's from the HVAC controls on a 2008 Explorer.

Things seem a little intense around here lately (understandably). Let's lighten the mood a bit. Read the word from the most recent post and give a one or two word response that comes to mind. Keep it PG, and keep politics to a minimum (that's for the tailgate). Starting off: Ranger

A local contact offered me a good deal on a 347 crank and a clean block that's bored to .030 over, but he doesn't have pistons and rods to go with it. Anybody sitting on a set of rods (preferably 5.4" but 5.315 would be okay too) and matching pistons they're interested in parting with?

I'm looking for the insulation that goes on the cover for the evaporator housing on my '99 Ranger. The cover with insulation wasn't that expensive originally (p/n XL5Z19B666AA), but it's been discontinued. Apologies for not posting a picture, but the insulation is gone on mine so there's not...

My BW4406 from a late 90's F150 came with the remains of a white soft/flexible insulator underneath the shift boot. I'll attach a picture of what I've got below... Anybody know what that piece is called?

I installed a 5 channel amp a couple of weeks ago in the Ranger and have had a background whine since then. My intent was to leave troubleshooting it for later because there are other things higher on the list to deal with. However, I ran into a curious symptom yesterday: at KOEO (engine off...

Question - can anyone confirm that their cruise buttons are backlit? The switches I bought to replace the trashed ones on my '99 are definitely set up to be lit, and some of the comments in the reviews indicate that they work. I'm just not clear on what year Rangers are actually set up this...