r/fordexpedition

I can't tell 98 5.4 2v 4wd it seems to idle fine?

Wife pulled her usual, ran something over, and destroyed a tire. Funny is, she already had four plugs in that tire. This is on our 24 so two year old tire with 48k; the set was down to 4/32, so we needed a new tire before rain season. Did the research and the best all-season, non-winter tire: 1. Pirelli Scorpion 2. Bridgestone Alenza Prestige 3. Michelin LTX. Sam's Club was running special Pirelli Scorpions at $1k out the door; every other shop was $1,500 to $1,600 for Pirelli Scorpions. Costco was $1,400 for Bridgestone and $1,500 for Michelin—so the obvious winner: Sam's Club, $400 to $ 600 cheaper and the best tire. Here's the kicker: I bought tires online, set an appointment, and got a call that their big lift is broken, so they can't lift any trucks, but I didn't want my wife traveling on a spare with no spare for much longer. Lucky for me, I bought a Quick Jack 8000 TLX on impulse to service my C8 in March, but haven't used it yet. So I told them I'll bring tires in. But the best part: I showed my wife how my 2k impulse buy just saved her 500 bucks. As a man with too many toys, I feel vindicated, especially since it was my wife's Expedition that needed it. Now I just got to do 1500 worth of work on something to justify this purchase. On a side note, funny how Sam's built floor lift wouldn't lift an Expedition; according to them, they have to use the huge post lift, but my little portable quickjacks lift it with no issue.

My wife has ALWAYS been a Nissan girl, specifically white Armadas and we’ve been saving up for a Pro-4X and last minute she wanted to be a 100% sure that’s what she wanted so she went and drove one and all the other full size SUV’s and here’s the final result…

The fact she went Ford over Nissan is crazy but even more wild is her picking another color other than white. (Pun intended)

I’m not even mad about it. Would have loved to have the Marsh Grey but going ‘25 saved a good chunk of change.

I had a 3.5 F150 years ago and put an oil separator on it, should I put one on this? I didn’t know if the newer 3.5 engines were tweaked enough to fix that old issue.

Drove from Iowa to Colorado and back.

>A gas spring cylinder rupture or a liftgate falling unexpectedly can increase the risk of injury.

>NHTSA ID Number: 26V252000

>Manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.

>Components STRUCTURE

>Potential Number of Units Affected: 108046

>Summary

>Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2018-2022 Outlander PHEV and 2014-2020 Outlander vehicles. The liftgate gas spring cylinders may corrode and lose pressure, which can result in a gas spring cylinder rupture or the liftgate falling unexpectedly.

>Remedy

>MMNA will replace the left and right liftgate gas springs, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed June 17, 2026. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-26-001. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov June 3, 2026. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 25V507.

Credit: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

2017 Expedition Platinum :p

Seems like this is where a trailer break controller or something would go, but what is with this plug?

Well my old 2003 Eddie Bauer made it 500,000 km last week. I have been all over the eastern states to Talladega Superspeedway and back and all over Atlantic Canada. This suv has never let me down and continues to make family memories, I genuinely love this old truck.

After taking the time to raise it a little and get 35 inch tires under it, I figured it was high enough to mount a canopy.

Unfortunately, the panoramic sunroof significantly reduces roof load capacity. I used the Thule wing bars sold by Ford, and mounted 180° 23Zero awning. It’s probably 100 pounds of awning and hardware, which should be safe, but adding a kayak or bike rack to the rails would probably start getting me close to trouble.

I am car camping through New Mexico in October and I am really looking forward to the shade.