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I'm getting weird in my old age (turned 40 last year) and I find myself constantly looking for maintenance items that I can do on the Trac. Not really interested in mods, just maintenance. I've never had such an interest in working on cars as I do on the Trac. My to do list is: 1)do the...

Take it for what's it worth but all my research is showing that this is an extremely bad idea. I haven't done this to mine but I hope I'm wrong. This article references a 4R70W transmission but it may apply to the 5R55E as well. Other sites refer to the EPC adjustment as an absolute no no...

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was...

:lol: I couldn't help myself......exhausted and getting punchy. Tim

As posted previously, my trani is showing very early signs of the dreaded 5R55E problems. I'm looking into doing some things to avoid major problems down the road. I've talked to a mechanic friend of mine and his trani guy and all I'm going to say is I want to try to work this out on my own...

OK I fully admit that since I joined this board and read up on our "wonderful" transmissions", I have been rather paranoid about this issues. It seems to be the Achiles heal of the ST and I feel like I am just waiting for it to happen now. :angry: That said, yesterday and today I could...

With all this warm weather up here in New England I'm getting the bug to futz around the ST again. Two quick questions for you guru's. 1) I sucked out the power steering reservoir and refilled, started the car and turned the wheel several times back and forth. Repeated the process several...

Has anyone tried one of these? Are they safe to use? What I would like to do is put a fresh internal filter in, install a drain plug and finally put in a remote filter. This way I can do partial fluid and filter changes with ease and basically forget about dropping the pan again for a real long...

Don't normally pass these on but just too funny to pass up. Hope I don't offend anyone with this :lol: For Our Democratic Friends: "Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress...

Lost 4wd last week and want to try to fix this on my own. Have searched and read the posts dealing with this issue and my question to you all is this. When I turn the dash switch to 4wd, if I don't hear any "click" in the passenger side, is this a sure sign of the module? Is there a fuse I...

OK, I know I'm opening myself up to ridicule, but here goes. And no....I'm not on drugs. Local Ford dealers use a "high pressure" flush which I think is a bad idea and I simply don't trust the quicky lube joints. I want a safe and economical way to change the fluid more often. After...

Buddy of mine picked up a used 2004 Explorer. Problem is he doesn't have the access code for the keyless entry system. Anyone know where they hide that? Thanks Tim

While changing my serpentine belt last week I noticed that the idler had a slight wobble in it. There also appeared to be a very slight chatter coming from the tensioner pulley. Well today I picked up replacements for them both and let me tell ya what I found. The idler bearing was just...

Based on some good advice here, last Friday I had my trani pan dropped, filter changed and such. Now I want a complete flush to get all the fluid replaced. I just got a quote from a local lube shop for $99 which sounds reasonable. The question is this, they use Pennzoil multi-grade ATF, is...

While having my transmission fluid changed today I had them do the transfer case while they were at it. I think the recommended first change is at 60k but for the small cost I wanted it done. Well the trani fluid (first change) was pretty clean, they dropped the pan, installed the new filter and...

With all the posts about bad tensioner and idler pulleys, I decided to pull off my belt to see how they were. The idler (without the belt) has a small amount of play. It spins nice and free but I am able to move it a bit in and out as well as off axis. A strong straight up and down or left to...

I know there is controvery over the flush or drop pan and drain method. My thought is I'm at 43K miles and never had the trani fluid changed.....I know....I know, won't happen again. Flushing sounds like the best seeing as I have some old fluid in there. The dealer said it was a high...

43K miles on my 2001 Just installed a fresh fuel filter yesterday, was amazed at the amount of crap that came out of the intake side of the filter. Looked like coffee, will not wait that long again to replace filter. Thanks to Tabjo's project for the assistance, the hardest part was finding...

My "01" ST has only got 42k miles on it but figured it was time for some attention. I'm not really into performance other than getting better mileage. I've read a bunch of posts and have gotten some great information but any thoughts would be appreciated. What I've done so far is: K&N drop...

Silly me, I thought going with a name brand meant quality. Well thanks to this forum I'm starting to learn to research EVERYTHING. I have been faithfully doing oil changes every 3K using Fram Extraguard and Pennzoil. I almost tossed my cookies when I read about Fram filters hear. That was...