Yep. My '00 Expedition. It's getting to the age where lots of things are going bad on it (146,000 + miles). Was taking it to an independent shop for years but that was getting too expensive vs. the value of it. So rather than give it away to some clown after all I've put into it (new tires, starter, brake lines and rear brakes, trans cooler lines, battery, lower control arms) I've decided I'M GOING TO FIX THE NEXT THING THAT BREAKS. Didn't have long to wait, the ABS brake controller was spewing fluid. Found a NOS controller and got it installed, then one of the lines from the master cyl. to the controller broke. I was able to buy one of them ($80 !!) but the other is NLA.... so I learned to bend and double flare brake lines.
Drove it a couple of weekends in this cold weather and noticed it wasn't warming up. Suspected the thermostat, I'd never changed it in the 10 years I owned it and it was an easy fix. Trouble was the bolts were seized, and they broke off. Have to take the intake manifold off to get to them (the crossover the thermostat is on is part of the manifold and it bolts to it from the underside of it) so I'm going to try to drill it with a left hand bit after soaking it in PB Blaster for several day and see it I can get the broken pieces out without going through the hassle of taking the manifold off (found an excellent vid on YouTube on the whole procedure, posted by a Ford Tech). I assume if I have to go the manifold removal route I will break something else so really, really want to avoid that.
The air suspension has been giving occasional trouble so I eventually might replace that with standard suspension parts. They make kits that bolt right in. The upper control arms are getting very corroded too.
Yeah, it's crazy to dump a bunch of money in an old vehicle like that. Market wise it's not worth much, gas hog, but the wife and I like it, big and roomy, all sorts of luxury features and it will serve as an emergency tow vehicle if the truck is down.
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