# '94 Ford Explorer - standard transmission needs new clutch

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** explorer, clutches, ford\
**Created:** [January 5, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918 "2010-01-05T18:32:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![andrew.clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@andrew.clark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew.clark)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918/1 "2010-01-05T18:32:37Z")

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Good morning friends! I’ve got a '94 Ford Explorer with a standard transmission - they only made a few of them. But it needs a clutch. Service garages are quoting $1000. Any suggestions? It runs great - but it’s got 247,000 miles on it. I only paid $500 for it 8 months ago. Your suggestions? I’m ready to donate it to a charity.

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**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918/2 "2010-01-05T19:16:52Z")

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Look around your vicinity to see if there is a high school or community college with an auto repair class. You might be able to get the work done for just a little more than the cost of parts. The completion time would probably be a couple of days but the process would help the students have hands on experience of power train repair.

Let us know what you finally decided.

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**Author:** ![andrew.clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@andrew.clark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew.clark)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918/3 "2010-01-05T19:20:25Z")

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Good suggestion. Actually I work at a community college, and their rule of thumb is no vehicles over 10 years - since the majority of knowledge they want to give the students relates to newer vehicles. So the '94 is just too old for their interest.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918/4 "2010-01-05T19:26:33Z")

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There’s nothing really that different between doing a clutch on a '94 (or a '54 for that matter) and a modern car. You might still give it a shot.

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**Author:** ![andrew.clark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@andrew.clark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew.clark)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/94-ford-explorer-standard-transmission-needs-new-clutch/41918/5 "2010-01-05T19:36:11Z")

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Good point. I’m going to keep working on this. I’ll let you know what I find out. School’s still out for the holiday’s but the faculty will be back tomorrow, I think. I’ll keep you posted. And thanks for your help on this!