Recent content by Frank Zabski

Up for sale is a black 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac, 4 x 4, Limited V8. This has been a really great truck for me through out the years but I want to be clear (and it is obvious) that it is used and has it?s share of little scratches, dings, etc. I can?t describe everyone of them but...

The Summit site recommends these? They OK? ACF-SP514

Hmmm, I didn't want to start any problems. This all started when I asked torrie about the difference between his coils he sells (ford direct) at $500 for 8 and third party. I have bought a bunch of things from him. He did not have an answer so I came to the board. $500 vs $65+ is a huge...

Can anyone give me a sense of the difficultly level of this job? 1 being easy, 5 be very hard? Any pitfalls to look for? It seems very easy but like anything else, once you run into a problem it stops getting easy.

Thanks guys, appreciate all the feedback. I had the plugs replaced at 66k, I have 101k currently. I did not do the job but know the garage well. I think I did have the three piece as they said they had a hard time with four of them when they took them out. I just looked at the receipt and...

A1, your description is point blank what my issues are...As noted earlier, it could be the boots and plugs as well but I'm probably going to go with low hanging fruit first. A1, I took a look this AM and the job seems pretty straight forward. I think I'll need a 7mm or 9mm socket, joint socket...

Todd, thank you very much for the offer and I will take you up on it. In my research on this forum I saw that you were involved and possibly sell aftermarket coils. Any insight on those? Let me know how you want me to send you the money. I'm in CT. 06460 is the zip. Thank you.

BTW, I assume you can just buy the boot as opposed to replacing the coil which is your point? Either way you have to cycle through to find the one that might be burnt correct?

Thanks l1. I assume it can't hurt replacing them all given my above thread? U know of the differences between the $65 ea. ones and the $100-$200 sets?

My issue definitely needs more investigation for sure but from my research to date, I found a thread with the exact symptom I described and he went through a bunch of things including a coil, etc. and it ended up being the IC's. My buddy has a scanner and I read other places how to troubleshoot...

I'm looking to get some knowledge on the difference between the Ford IC vs. OEM (on ebay, internet, etc.) Starting to get some signs one of the coils is going and I just turned 100k on a 03/06 build, V8. Plugs were changed roughly 50/60k and one coil about a year and a half ago...

Thanks guys, I shot some wd-40 in the locks and today it was fine...we'll see, I'll keep using the lock more frequently...

I bought it used with 36k, has 100k. I've used the lock (key) many times, admittedly I don't use it often. Never had a problem before last night. The key inserts fine, it will just not turn when inserted in the cylinder. Thank you.

I have a 07 V8 and had a problem tonight with the door lock. I was stuck and luckily with another couple that drove my wife and I home. I went back and I tried three keys and none would open the door. Then I found that the battery in my 3rd party remote start/lock/unlock was dead (Excalibur)...

I'm going to stick with Richards advice. It makes the most sense to me. I will contact Torrie for a price on a Ford rad. Only issue I have with that is that the Ford rad was the first to go bad so I'm not sold on Ford. I believe it's the design from what I have read so regardless of Ford or...