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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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I Can't Win....

I think my Explorer is plotting against me...


Over the last two years of basically rebuilding the X from the ground up, I have had just about every little quirky thing happen that you can think of. CEL's one after another, leaks here and there...

Finally got all the lights off and leaks fixed. Let my guard down for just a minute..............................


The ABS light came on yesterday on the way home....
 
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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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I think your Ex enjoys all the quality time you spend with her!

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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 08:50 PM
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And by the looks of it, you're in WAAAAYYYY too deep, and the truck probably knows it...

I've done as little as humanly possible to my 94, it's still going at 264,000 plus. I don't let it know how much I love it and won't part with it...

Of course, it doesn't look remotely as good as yours...

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Old Mar 20, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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And by the looks of it, you're in WAAAAYYYY too deep, and the truck probably knows it...

And that my friend, is the understatement of the year....
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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hahahahaha, cobraxp, the truth hurts.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 01:47 PM
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Heck (did I actually say that????)...a little ole' ABS light should be childs play for you!
 
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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Hopefully I'll get to play with it this weekend. I've got new sensors ordered - might as well replace those since I've replaced damn near everything else on the truck.

I'm also going to pull the rotors again. I had to put longer studs in the rotors to get the new wheels on, so I'm wondering if I have one of the ABS rings on the back of the rotors tweaked and running cocked.

Hopefully this fixes it.....
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 08:31 AM
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at least you know where all your "extra" money goes.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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Not to mention all your free time!
 
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Old Mar 22, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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I think it is punishing me because I haven't spent much time on it lately. It stayed in the garage most of the winter because I worked my tail off cleaning and painting the undercarriage and I didn't want snow and salt all over it. I think it is getting it's revenge...

My wife quit asking me about how much things cost when she sees me playing with the X. She's decided she really doesn't want to know...


Come to think about it... she doesn't ask me about money on any of my hobbies. She must be in denial (which is good for me)...
 
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With that rig, how do you possibly have time for other hobbies???
 
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