# My 1992 Ford Explorer **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** explorer, transmissions, ford, manual-transmissions\ **Created:** [October 26, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1992-ford-explorer/38663 "2009-10-26T22:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigT0929](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BigT0929](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BigT0929)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1992-ford-explorer/38663/1 "2009-10-26T22:45:26Z")
My explorer has a 5 speed manual transmission and has a difficult time shifting when the car gets hot. I have replaced the clutch master and slave cylinders but is still has problems going into gear. It comes out of gear fine but is very difficult to get in and sometimes grinds. This truck has 112,000 miles but the clutch was replaced at 63,000 and I purchased the vehicle with 73,000 miles. I am wondering if it is the linkage or the clutch or what, any insight will help. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1992-ford-explorer/38663/2 "2009-10-26T22:53:05Z")
Have you checked the transmission fluid level? Tester ---
**Author:** ![BigT0929](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BigT0929](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BigT0929)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1992-ford-explorer/38663/3 "2009-10-27T16:34:48Z")
Yea, I forgot to mention that I had also changed the fluid about a month ago with no improvement ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1992-ford-explorer/38663/4 "2009-10-27T17:05:08Z")
How did the pressure seem when you were bleeding the slave cylinder? (Assuming you did it yourself) It definitely sounds like a hydraulic problem to me-- maybe the rubber hose is collapsed?