The4leaker
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- May 12, 2018
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- City, State
- Ettrick WI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 ford explorer
Hey guys, first post here, my girlfriend has a 98 4.0l explorer and its not a bad truck but the trans does have some issues. I noticed while driving it it did seem to skip, or slip a little usually while driving up a hill but sometimes youd feel in on flatland. It almost felt like an engine miss but im almost sure its trans related. But to the bigger issue the 4 to 5 shift. It usually shifts very well 1 through 4 with an occasional hard shift but not often. I drove it and it shifted flawlessly all the way from first to 5 OD then i drove it the next day and it would go to shift into 5 but almost miss it and rev up to about 3500 rpms then youd have to feather the gas and it would go into 5th. Im not a auto trans guy and was going to flush and change filter for good measure, but before i get the pan off i wanted to see what you trans gurus had for ideas on what i should check out. Thanks a bunch guys! Im going to drive it more when she gets back to give a better description on the shift issue. I did check fluid level and it is good.