winsorcoke
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- Joined
- December 18, 2007
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- City, State
- Cottage Grove, MN
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '97 Sport
I just replaced mine. I took a flat screwdriver and gave a few "persuasion" twists between the hose and valve. You just have to break the seal a little and it will come out. The trick is getting the new valve into the tee. I just grinded the new valve down until it went in.
I gave bad advice here. Don't grind the valve down. I ground mine down too much and now it won't seal. The problem is the barb on the old valve leaves an impression in the tee. When you grind down the new barb, it ends up being to small once it reaches the old impression and makes it loose. Off to get a new one. I'll press this one in like I should have.
One other thing....I also bought a valve(Fram) for my '97 F150. It came with new plastic connectors and a tee. The tee looks like it would work for the explorer if your in a bind and need one. It's shaped a little different, but should work.