I have an explorer with about 110,000 miles on it and am thinking of changing the transmission fluid myslef, (fluid has never been changed) I want to do the whole fluid not just the pan and filter. So, having that little itch on my head i came across a website that seems to be very popular with Exp. owners. and found "Changing Your ATF At Home" by drbob. I was just woundering if any of you have tried this and has it work? Did you have any problems doing it? Any tips? Any ideas on how to make it easier? Or is there a better way?

thanx for the input

96 exp. limited- all original no mods. Yet!

drbob's idea
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~singletn/web/pages/at1.html

that idea seems reasonable......

Cyber,

That website you found is a great one! DrBob was an explorer owner couple of years back and was very into working on his ride due to his background. He was a very knowlegable key assest to an explorer newsgroup before this site really came to fruition. If you are taking advice from him it is usually right on and well thought out.

Tonedog

1st i am not sure if your tranny has never been touched it may be too late, i say this b/c the crap that is in your ATF may be keeping it from slipping and if you change it, it may start to slip.

2nd aldive has talked about this same page before, the only problem i have had doing this is that my intake hose would not suck :rolleyes: :rolleyes: , so with the help of a buddy that starts and stop the engine. i got a filler neck for a gas can that fit in both the filler tube (to the tranny) and fit bottles i bought(1 gallon). and just added it as it poured out very easy and fast.

good luck

Tranny runs fine, the previous owner took good care of it. I just wasn't sure if that idea would work...

I would reserve judgment till you drop the pan. Whatever sediment you have in the pan, twice as much is still in the transmission. While getting all the old fluid out seems like a good idea, it isn't. There is a potential of releasing too much gunk. Droping the pan several times will get more dirt out of the transmission. Make sure you use a Microfelt instead of a metal screen type. An external spin on filter is a good idea. If you pump out, you can overfill the transmission several quarts so you don't run dry.

Sharing my experience with Dr. Bob's trany flush procedure. My victim was a 93 Eddie Bauer. I tried the last suggestion by Greg J within the following URL. http://www.explorerforum.com/Singleton/web/pages/at1.html. It didn't work for me as described. Oil flowed out as expected, but there was no suction to pull in new tranny oil. I ended up refilling new tran oil via the dipstick tube. Since I had no helper, I would run the entine until about 3 qts of old fluid came out, shut the engine down, then refill with 3 qts. Repeated the proceedure until I saw fresh oil, instead of old oil, comming out. Clean oil came out after 12 qts or so. I didn't use any pinch clamps. Its true the oil does come out quite fast. Have plenty of rags/paper towels ready before attempting this. I also spread out cardboard which was a big help. One of my buckets had a crack in it that I didn't know about! Good Luck to those who try this - you definitely get all the old oil out.