Hi everyone, 1998 explorer sport manual 6cyl SOHC(me thinks) owner here. I bought this explorer about 6 months ago for $2500. Since I've owned it there have been a few problems I've encountered. I blame it on the fact that I can't help but poke around try to understand things I don't know about. ie Learn something and then learn that its broken. The guy I bought it from told me the sprayer motors were blown and he had been wiping his windows with snow all winter. It was a fuse. There was a slight studder in the engine and a kind of put put at the tail pipe. This guy had been running on only 5 cylinders for only god knows how long. The spark plugs were ford motor craft and rusted to high heavens. Few years old at least. Next thing was the tranny stopped wanting to go into gear for me. Drained the hydraulic fluid and about 2 nickle size drops of pure black fluid came out. I really dont know how I was shifting at all. After replacing the fluid and bleeding the lines untill my leg was about to fall off it shifted great for about a week. At this point I'm convinced the slave cylinder needs to be replaced but in my experience once a slave cylinder goes you can't shift at all. I ended up replacing the master clylinder and it shifted great for about 1 month. I drained the tranny fluid and replaced it with fresh. The fluid was looking like oil and about a quart low. There wasnt too many shavings on the magnetic plug. That bought me only a day of smooth shifting. So now tomorrow I'm going to pull the tranny out and see whats going on in there. I've ordered a new clutch and slave cylinder and if need be im going to purchase a rebuilt transmission or rebuild it myself.
i've been looking at this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320252073063&rd=1
Any suggestgions?
After I get over this tranny issue I'll be crying about my suspension next...
..and then my engine... and then.. and then...
i've been looking at this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320252073063&rd=1
Any suggestgions?
After I get over this tranny issue I'll be crying about my suspension next...
..and then my engine... and then.. and then...