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I'm a newbie looking for his first X. I'm currently looking at a '95 Eddie Bauer in excellent shape with 81K miles. The only thing holding me back is the fact that the owner had to have the trans rebuilt. I'm not sure at what mileage. After looking on this site for about a month, I've...

I've been reading a lot in this site about how crappy the V6 trannys are. Clutch band wearing out, OD not working right. When did Ford get their stuff together and fix or redesign the trannys for the X ??] another question I have is: when did Ford put a V8 in the Eddie Bauer X's ? I'm new...

So it sounds like a kind of luck of the draw with these trannys. Some people have had them for 100k + miles, some have had to rebuild after 60K miles. The truck I'm looking at has 81,700 on it. The owner said that it just didn't feel as if it wa gonig into gear right. Now, from a car guy...

Alec (or anyone), By the way, what is it about these trannys that make them fail? Is it just a matter of a heavy truck and a tranny designed for a smaller truck/ sedan? Is it and input shaft problem? or valve body? I want to know as much about this problem before I go calling the trans...

thanks alec, I'm definitely going to call the dude and get the receipt tonight and see what was all done. I like this website a lot. I hope we buy this truck

Hello all!! I am a newbie to this site so please indulge my newbie questions. I am looking at buying a '95 Explorer Eddie Bauer . I went to see and test drive it last night and is is VERY nice. The owner (original) really took good care of it. It still looks like new outside and in...