91 explorer

bulldawg1081 · Jun 27, 2013

ive done some wheeling and dealing and after all the ideas of 4.0 and m5od swaps in my bronco ii i ran across a guy who wanted it really bad and this is what he had to offer,first thing was an exceptionally clean 1993 ford f150 extended cab 2wd and a 1991 explorer sport 4x4 with a factory m5od! essentially just the vehicle i was wanting to build my b2 into!....not only is the f150 cleaner than the b2 but so is the explorer,and he wanted to trade me the truck and the explorer straight across for the b2..why? i have no clue other than hes a complete dumbass, he just said he really "liked" it...so yes i traded him no questions asked, i would have been a fool not to....both truck and the explorer have clean clear texas titles the only issue with both vehicles is on the explorer...the outer door handles on both sides wouldnt open the doors,after looking into it a little farther i discover that the rods that go to the latches on both sides had the plastic clip broken,so $12 and 2 new clips later the doors work perfectly but my question is this thing needs 2 new door panels something terribly,the interior is mint minus the door panels,ive looked at lmc and they do not offer door panels for the explorer for some reason. where would be the place to go for a complete set of door panels? thankyou for any thoughts you may have.

wildbill23c · Jun 27, 2013

Your best bet is either no door panels or start hitting the wrecking yards.

That guy must not have a clue about the Bronco 2 and its limitations, or he just had no clue that his truck and the explorer were worth a lot more than the B2 LOL. Oh well his loss your gain I guess.

I thought that M50D transmission was kind of on the weak side though?

bulldawg1081 · Jun 27, 2013

your options those years were the a4ld and the m5od-r1 and out of the two the m5od is definatly the strongest of the two... i was afraid you were going to say that... i cant imagine junk yard door panels being any better than what i already have but you never know i may get lucky

wildbill23c · Jun 28, 2013

You would be surprised what you can find in junk yards. I've seen some vehicles in there with excellent bodies and frames, just missing engines, transmissions, axles etc. People get rid of stuff because they just don't want it, its not cool enough for them to be seen driving type thing.

I've had experience with the a4ld its pure junk. Had one in my grandfather's 93 ford ranger, had it rebuilt and it lasted about a year, junked the truck after that, didn't care to waste another $2k on a 1 year transmission.

My 84 B2 is a manual, but the older C3's and C5's were a lot stronger can't remember which was in my 84 Ford Ranger but it pulled a 16 foot travel trailer all over the US and never had a problem.

Can't wait to see pics of your new acquisitions LOL.

bulldawg1081 · Jun 28, 2013

I'll get some pictures up today...it's that explorer sport being 4x4 and standard shift a rare vehicle being a 1st generation explorer? It's red with black bumpers and grille with black factory fender flares

bulldawg1081 · Jun 28, 2013

wildbill23c said:
You would be surprised what you can find in junk yards. I've seen some vehicles in there with excellent bodies and frames, just missing engines, transmissions, axles etc. People get rid of stuff because they just don't want it, its not cool enough for them to be seen driving type thing.

I've had experience with the a4ld its pure junk. Had one in my grandfather's 93 ford ranger, had it rebuilt and it lasted about a year, junked the truck after that, didn't care to waste another $2k on a 1 year transmission.

My 84 B2 is a manual, but the older C3's and C5's were a lot stronger can't remember which was in my 84 Ford Ranger but it pulled a 16 foot travel trailer all over the US and never had a problem.

Can't wait to see pics of your new acquisitions LOL.

Here ya go wildbill

2004xlmiller · Jun 29, 2013

Thats funny that you for a red 91 sport. Picked this up last night.

wildbill23c · Jun 29, 2013

Both the Explorer and F150 look pretty nice. Looks like you got a great deal out of your B2. I always like the older 2 door explorers better myself they kind of reminded me more of the bronco and bronco 2 than the 4 door models.

bulldawg1081 · Jun 30, 2013

2004xlmiller said:
Thats funny that you for a red 91 sport. Picked this up last night.

Xlmiller were twinkies it looks like, how's yours spec'd out? What year is it?

bulldawg1081 · Jun 30, 2013

wildbill23c said:
Both the Explorer and F150 look pretty nice. Looks like you got a great deal out of your B2. I always like the older 2 door explorers better myself they kind of reminded me more of the bronco and bronco 2 than the 4 door models.

Thankyou wildbill, I'm kinda like you,I like the looks of the 1st generation sports better than the later model ones, the wheel base isn't over 8 inches longer on the sport than the b2.. I just couldn't believe that its everything that I wanted to build my b2 into...this ended up saving me Alot of time money and headache...

2004xlmiller · Jun 30, 2013

Mines also a 91 sport 4x4. But with the auto. All stock.

bulldawg1081 · Jun 30, 2013

2004xlmiller said:
Mines also a 91 sport 4x4. But with the auto. All stock.

It's clean looking for sure, looks like a good polishing would do wonders for yours just like mine.....what's your plans for it?

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