Identification Issues

[Gaylan]

I have a '97 Explorer with a 5 speed manual transmission. are there any other models of this tranny or is this the only one Ford would have used? If there is any way to identify my transmission IE: vin # or ID tag please let me know.

 

[SoNic67]

On the driver door sticker there is a code for transmission (field labeled TR):

http://www.fordf150.net/howto/decode.php

VIN decoder it does not have transmission, because that is an option:
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