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Start with a cooled engine. Pop the hood and find the spark plug wires on either side of the engine.

Pull the wires off and turn one of the spark plug wires by the large piece on the end of it. This is called the boot.

Put a socket into the socket wrench with an extension and put it over the spark plug and turn it counterclockwise until the plug is free. Brush the debris out of the boot and cylinder well with a wire brush. Spray anti-seize compound inside the boot and on the new spark plug thread.

Screw the new plug into the well by hand. Test the spark plug tension with a tension tester tool and make any adjustments necessary with the socket wrench until it meets the requirements delineated in the vehicles owners manual.

Put the wire back in place and turn it a half turn to the left. Next, turn it to the right until the wire locks on the spark plug.

Repeat steps 2 through 5 for the remainder of the spark plugs.

Open the hood and detach the battery cables.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Remove the transmission from the vehicle.