That’s how you show someone how to do something without a bunch of confusion. Great job, thank you!!

Just ordered the Radiator for 2010 4.0 Sport trac. I find your video to be the best on You Tube for this repair. I will let You know how the repair goes!!!!

Many thanks for the video. My 2006 explorer developed bad leaks ( 2gallons of water for a trip to work and home 30 miles). I looked around several shops near me and they wanted between $900 -$1100. I went on KZfaq, watched several others then yours. I decided to go for it. I purchased the rad and tool. 4 hours and only 200 bucks out of pocket,all in and back running. Many thanks .

January in New York. Great time to do this in the street !

I'm amazed how you can work on that with your son bouncing around in the background. Good job.

I figured out a neat trick a few days ago while working on a friend's Explorer. When you're removing the transmission cooler lines from radiator, your instinct will be to grip the removal tool as tightly as possible, as if you are trying to cut through a piece of thick wire. Actually, if you're using the scissor type removal tool, then what you want to do is just the opposite. Instead of clamping the tool down onto the tube as tightly as possible, what you want to do is try to open it just a little bit once you slip it inside the fitting. This way the tool has a better chance of actually releasing the retainer tang away from the lip on the tube. If you grip the tool too tightly, then you are just working against yourself.

A valuable video. Thanks so much for sharing! Looks like Ford made things a bit more difficult than they had to!

Very informative video! I get to do this to my 07 Sport Trac now.

Watched the whole thing and thank you for taking the time to video this for all of us! Fixing to replace mine !

Nice video Adam. Glad you mentioned topping off the transmission fluid in your comments. They make it kind of hard to do in an 2007. I also splurged on an extra tool to remove my fan which gave me more clearance to the rear. Thanks very much.

A key point here is that those mounting rails for the radiator are designed to be put on from the side. You can't really tell until you get it apart, but it's physically impossible to just lift the radiator straight up and out of the brackets. You have to kinda shimmy one side of the radiator free of the bracket, then the other side. Same goes for putting the radiator back in (which was much more difficult). You have to kinda put one side of the radiator partway into the bracket for that side, then rotate the opposite side of the radiator forward a bit (toward the firewall), so you have clearance to slide the bracket onto that side of the radiator. If you're looking from above, facing the windshield, imagine the left side being the hinged side of a door. You shimmy the radiator into the bracket for that side, then "open the door"...rotate the opposite side of the radiator toward the firewall, while keeping the "hinged" side stationary. Slip the bracket onto the "doorknob" end of the door, then "close the door"....rotate the opposite side of the radiator back toward the front bumper. Then you hafta just to maneuver the whole assembly back into place and make sure the mounting rails land flush right in the middle of those mounting receptacles on the frame. A1 Auto did a video where they take off the fan and that gives you more room to take the radiator and the rails out (and back in) as a single assembly.

First, great video! Extremely helpful with my pain in rear vehicle. Just a heads up as I learned the hard way not to place any tools on the battery when working on the vehicle.

Thank you for this. And you are very patient with that light I can picture my dad throwing it in the street if it fell that many times lol

Thank you so much you are definitely fantastic at what you do I was in a very tough situation and you saved the day

Thank you Adam, This helped out

Can you add to the transmission tank some new trans oil?

Como se llaman las pinzas con las que aflojaste las mangueras en el minuto 9:36 ?

Thanks....

need more information about the tool for the transmission cooling lines

You’re lucky your explorer isn’t rusty. For those who have rust buckets like me, I had to cut my transmission cooler lines and order new ones.

Would you be willing to sell the other two transmission line fittings, mine only came with the set you installed and I need the ones for 2008

You did not say or list what brand parts your replacing the old ones with?

What’s the name of the tool that u used to loose the underneath pipes on 9:01

Can't believe you changed the radiator for a few leaks lol....drain rad a little and use silicone sealant on leaks after you clean the dirt and water away, then add a little rad sealant to radiator topup with water and it's done, it will last years too, for next to nothing.