Project "Softball Mom"

[lil_dq]

This is my official build thread for my wife's Expedition I just bought her.

Specs:

1998 Ford Expedition XLT
198,000 miles
4.6 Triton
4x4
Leather interior
Burgandy exterior color
Gray Interior

Picked it up on April 24th and plan on tearing into it starting this weekend. When I looked at it I knew there was a miss on the #4 cylinder. The truck has some other interior issues, but nothing major.

 

[lil_dq]

DAY 1:

Unloaded it off the trailer.

Popped the #4 plug out and pulled compression on the cylinder. NO COMPRESSION....

Decision made: Pull Engine.

Opened up the truck and found evidence of smoker owned and NASTY vent clip "air fresheners."

Decision made: Let it air out today and tomorrow. COMPLETELY rip out the interior this weekend and CLEAN.

While the interior and Engine are out, the BL and Suspension upgrades will be made along with other wiring that will need to be done for the stereo system.

END DAY 1

 

[Ridgerunner]

Subscribed N ow the important question.

 

[5.0Flareside]

Pichurs¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lil_dq]

Only thing I have is the teaser shot from Facebook...

 

[lil_dq]

Oh and I was told this is NOT a soccer Mom's ride! LMAO

So I think I am going to have this sticker made up for her...

 

[lil_dq]

This is the general direction I am thinking with the ride.... Obviously with my own twists...

 

[Ridgerunner]

I miss my Expy one day I will have another. Nice looking and a great buy.

 

[Beach66Bum]

This is the general direction I am thinking with the ride.... Obviously with my own twists...

I've never seen one done up like that! that's sweet

 

[smokey]

There its one here that has a big lift on it. It alwsys turns heads.

 

[rambler]

in for pics as well... love the sticker. My wife stuck a "cowgirl up" on the back window of my superduty,,, what was she thinking

 

[lil_dq]

DAY 2:


Door panel teardown. All the windows need to be re-epoxyed to the tracks. Also doing some stereo upgrades as well...

Interior is actually in pretty good shape, except for the smoke smell from previous owners...

Another shot from the back gate area...

My little helper today...

As we are tearing out the entire interior...

Floor pans look really good! Glad to see no rust at all. Thinkin of spraying bed liner on the floor boards to keep road noise down a bit...

Leftovers from a nasty wiring job on an alarm system.

NASTY carpet... Cleaning them tomorrow with a hose and carpet cleaner..

Getting ready to pull the headliner tomorrow... Gonna carpet clean that as well.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Looks like Daddy's helper is having a great time.

 

[Beach66Bum]

I really miss when my girls were that age, they're 17 now. Not so much into doing stuff like that anymore. Truck will be so much better when cleaned, that smoke damage stinks, literally.

 

[lil_dq]

Yeah she was a great little helper. She made sure daddy kept ALL the bolts and parts in little baggies.

More work tomorrow...

 

[lil_dq]

DAY 3:

Didn't get to do much today with it. Kinda spittin rain off and on today...

What I did get done though helped a bunch.

Pulled the headliner out and noticed Ford never put any paint on bracket that the overhead console bolts to. NOT flyin in my book. LOL

So I put a coat of paint on it after I wire brushed it...

Got the headliner cleaned up and reinstalled with the newly painted bracket...

Now I am going to work on stripping the seat covers and cleaning them really good.

 

[Ridgerunner]

DAY 3:

Didn't get to do much today with it. Kinda spittin rain off and on today...

What I did get done though helped a bunch.

Pulled the headliner out and noticed Ford never put any paint on bracket that the overhead console bolts to. NOT flyin in my book. LOL

So I put a coat of paint on it after I wire brushed it...

Got the headliner cleaned up and reinstalled with the newly painted bracket...

Now I am going to work on stripping the seat covers and cleaning them really good.

Looking good. How do you plan to get the smoke smell out of the seat foam?

 

[lil_dq]

I am unsure of that at this point. I am thinking febreeze or odo-ban type chemical. I have been having good luck with my 409 carpet cleaner as well removing the smell. May try soaking some of that in... Just have to play around with it a bit.

I have a couple weeks before the lift shows up so I am leaving the interior out of it till it shows up.

 

[tedrow42]

subscribed, cand say anything about smoking I smoke like a chimney

 

[Ridgerunner]

I am unsure of that at this point. I am thinking febreeze or odo-ban type chemical. I have been having good luck with my 409 carpet cleaner as well removing the smell. May try soaking some of that in... Just have to play around with it a bit.

I have a couple weeks before the lift shows up so I am leaving the interior out of it till it shows up.

I cleaned the whole inside of my truck with mean green then repainted door panels, dash, dash pad, an the black rubber floor mat. It still smells like cigarettes smoke and I betting its from the seat foam and floor mat.