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5R55E interchange

Dave98XLT

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Year, Model & Trim Level
98 XLT 4WD 4.0 SOC
I have a question about which transmission will work in my 98 Explorer 4.0 SOHC engine code E. According to the sticky thread there is one model trans, (CODE D 97-00) but there are later 5R55E's for the ranger and the Explorer sport trac 01-04. Which one would fit, work best and have the highest reliability regarding fixxed TSB's, etc?

Trans.............. Years...... Code... 1st.... 2nd.... 3rd.... 4th.... 5th..... Length
5R55E
............ 1997-2000.... D .... 2.47.... 1.87.... 1.47.... 1.0.... 0.75.... Overall length is 29.25

Vehicle................................#of Speeds.......Automatic transmissions used
Explorer (4.0L) 95-01.........................4.......................4R44E, 5R55E
Explorer Sport, Sport Trac 01-04.........5.......................5R55E
Ranger 97-04....................................5.......................5R44E, 5R55E
 






I believe your best years are 99-up. 97-98 are different enough not to warrant the work to install.

Need one of the transmission guys to chime in about the best years after that.
 






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