dani9678
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- December 24, 2003
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- City, State
- Jacksonville, FL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1995 Explorer 4wd 4.0
I am getting ready to do a transmission service on the 95 Explorer 4.0L 4wd. It currently has 199K on it and I have a feeling that it hasn't ever had a fluid change. It has a 4 second delay from reverse to drive unless you put it in 1st or 2nd from reverse, in that case it goes right into gear. I am afraid of a tranny flush with that many miles and was thinking about doing a fluid exchange. I did this same thing on my car which is a 1990 Infiniti Q45. I followed along to the steps over at www.nicoclub.com that I'm a member of and it involved draining the fluid from the pan, put the plug back in, fill it with the same amount that drained out, start the car and let it run for 2 minutes, shut down and drain, repeat above about 4 more times. On the final drain, you drop the pan and change the filter. What happens is that your allowing the transmission sump to pick up the fresh fluid and return the dirty fluid back to the pan which takes about 2 minutes if the pump is good. In the end you should have 85% or more fresh fluid. I would do this on the Explorer but I don't know how long it takes for the transmission to pick up the fresh and return the old back to the pan. Has anybody tried this? I am also going to add an inline filter to the transmission.
Matt
Matt