Explorer owners

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Explorer owners - Beware

August 31, 2005, 05:01:32 AM

To those who own, or know someone who owns, an Exploder, think twice before you try to change the tranny fluid.
My Dad has a '99 with the 4.0l and 4x4. I changed it tonight for him and it took three hours.
I have never had such a bad experience underneath a car, and I've spent a lot of time underneath cars.
Everything from the pan removal to the catalytic converter heat shield was an incredibly frustrating ordeal. :mad:
Ford surely does not engineer parts of their vehicles to be easily worked on by the home mechanic... hell, even a professional should know what I'm talking about.
Furthermore, I rarely create threads like these, so you know it must be bad.

That is all. :)

Re: Explorer owners - Beware

Reply #1 – August 31, 2005, 07:43:38 AM

I have a 99 Ranger with the 5 speed automatic. I changed the fluid and filter myself and never had any problems. If I remember correctly there was just one bold that was just a little bit difficult to get at to remove but really no big problem.

The 99 ranger 4.0L 4x4 should be the same as the Explorer, shouldn't it?

Re: Explorer owners - Beware

Reply #2 – August 31, 2005, 10:14:58 AM

call ford and see if there is an additive for that. my dads 01 required it.

Re: Explorer owners - Beware

Reply #3 – September 02, 2005, 01:27:37 AM

Just the thing that im going to do the sunday....change the oil tranny of the 96 explorer, and already i dont know how to do it...