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Manual Transmission Removal for a Ford Explorer

Exercise caution and safety measures if you decide to remove the manual transmission from your Ford Explorer sport-utility vehicle. The task will require that you move one of the heaviest components of your vehicle as you remove other pieces of equipment. It will take several hours but you can save a substantial amount of money on repairs if you remove the transmission yourself.

Instructions

1

Open the hood and detach the battery cables.

2

Remove the upper part of the gearshift, boot, console and lever with a socket wrench and Phillips screwdriver.

3

Lift the front and rear of your Ford Explorer with a floor jack and position the four jack stands beneath the frame. Lower the frame onto the jack stands.

4

Position a catch bucket beneath the transmission. Remove the drain plug with a wrench and drain the transmission fluid.

5

Unplug all electrical connectors, sensors and wire harnesses from the transmission.

6

Remove the starter motor from the engine with a socket wrench.

7

Use a socket wrench and pry bar to detach the front drive shaft if your Explorer has a transfer case.

8

Repeat this process with the rear drive shaft with the same tools.

9

Detach the exhaust inlet crossover pipe and catalytic converter with the socket wrench. A breaker bar may be necessary to use on the exhaust pipe mounting bolts for leverage.

10

Support the transfer case, if your Explorer is so equipped, with a transmission jack. Use the socket set to detach the transfer case and and remove it.

11

Detach the clutch hydraulic line from the clutch slave cylinder with the disconnect tool.

12

Hold up the transmission with a transmission jack and a safety strap.

13

Loosen the two nuts that secure the transmission insulator to the cross-member with a socket wrench.

14

Loosen the six bolts that secure the cross-member to the frame with a socket wrench.

15

Remove the two nuts that secure the transmission insulator to the cross-member. Remove the cross-member.

16

Loosen the nine bolts that secure the transmission to the engine.

17

Remove the transmission from the vehicle.

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