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I noticed that the hoses connected to the vapor management valve on my 2004 Ford Explorer 4.0L V6 are deteriorating really bad. On my vehicle this valve is located on the drivers side under the hood. While I was at Ford I asked about getting replacement hoses and they wanted $180 for the set...

SyberTiger, I am not an AT expert at all and I have wondered why people say this as well...I would think you are going to do more damage to all of the other moving parts if you do not get good ATF back in there. There are so many posts here about how important it is to keep your ATF as clean as...

No problems installing ball joints You guys were right. I purchased some raybestos ball joints (looked exactly the same as moog, must have been rebranded.). Friend who really knows what he is doing had the right tool for the job and was able to press them out while I pulled up on the control...

So I have read the Sticky on how to change out the front upper ball joint and was getting ready to order a set for my 2004 Ford Explorer 4.0L V6 XLT. Both the parts supplier and Ford are warning me that since I have the original ball joint and control arm are in my explorer that I will break my...

Turborich, yes Mercon V is would we keep changing with...Question, if you flush and fill regularly, is it still a bad idea as you get up into the high miles or do you recommend stopping the flush part after a certain number of miles? Probably have not done this since under 100K. Also, I read...

Had the same issue from day 1 with my 2004 explorer. Ford finally recalled it and put the additive a few months after we bought it, which helped. Since then, when the transmission starts getting rough again, we have taken it in to a small shop that knows transmissions and we get it flushed and...

Hello All, I have a 2004 explorer XLT 4.0L V6 4WD with 133K miles. Suspension is original and is getting bouncy and has a little play that I can feel when I hit bumps, there a slight knock in the front end when I hit a decent size bump/hole, like something has play. When I got new tires...