FAN REMOVEL FROM WARTER

1955moose said:

Yeah, contrary to what others say here, these are tough trucks to work on. I'm surprised when I do anything to mine, and it's not a knuckle busting ordeal. I've worked on a lot of tuff cars and motorcycles, but these rank up there. A simple thing like taking off an oil filter, becomes a swearing ordeal. Maybe I'm just getting too old. My first few cars, an early Volkswagen, and Datsun 240z were so easy to get at pretty much everything. Maybe I need to find an old Datsun, and make it my daily driver.

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I've wondered why just about everything I've done so far has seemed like an ordeal. 2001 Ford Expedition here. Just replaced the oil filter adapter gasket, actually, and it was a brutal battle. Oil filter remover wasn't fitting right, lower radiator hose clamp was almost impossible to take off, I had a very tight space to work in. The worse part was actually fitting the gasket in there. What a journey that was.

To OP: I would use pb blaster on the nut like someone else mentioned and make sure the fit is snug. Use a pipe for extra torque if you can. Just don't strip anything. Wish I had more experience with this particular part. Let us know once you get it off. I'm about to do a complete intake gasket installation, so your progress reports will definitely help.

When I first bought my Suv 4 years back, I did a simple oil and filter change. I have just about every oil filter wrench in a snap on and KD tool catalog. None worked. I finally got a cup one in there. After that first change, I said screw this, went over to O'Reilly's and bought the Fram filter with the black grippy stuff on the end. Thank God my Suv isn't a later second or third gen 3 valve that needs a Ford filter. They should have made the front of the SUV a foot longer, and a foot wider, all the clearance issues would be non existent. Can you imagine having those rear sparkplugs right out in the open! We have a lot more men, and women without chewed up top of their hands.

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1955moose said:

When I first bought my Suv 4 years back, I did a simple oil and filter change. I have just about every oil filter wrench in a snap on and KD tool catalog. None worked. I finally got a cup one in there. After that first change, I said screw this, went over to O'Reilly's and bought the Fram filter with the black grippy stuff on the end. Thank God my Suv isn't a later second or third gen 3 valve that needs a Ford filter. They should have made the front of the SUV a foot longer, and a foot wider, all the clearance issues would be non existent. Can you imagine having those rear sparkplugs right out in the open! We have a lot more men, and women without chewed up top of their hands.

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Agreed. The back spark plugs are a pain to get to. I do like the fact however that you can easily access the fuel injectors. My Mustang didn't allow that. You had to remove the upper intake to do anything.

In regards to the filter.. Luckily I had the fender well splash shield and tire off, and had better access. The filter cup I used did not fit right (Too loose) so I had to kind of stuff it with a yellow dishwashing glove and use a 3/8'' bar to shove it and twist it off through the fender well area.

Bring a new filter with you, and go to either Sears, if you still have one, or any tool truck, Mac, Matco, or Snap on, they have the right size. They should make oil filters in 2 sizes, small, and large.

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I use the C##% Jaws of life. But the first part is a bad word. So Jaws of life plier type filter wrench. Love them. Fits about anything. they make some straight and some angled on end.
These work well too as some are kinda hard to get a socket on the end for clearance.
Anything better the the messy drive a screwdriver through it and turn method.

Hey guys just wanted to let you all know I finally have my expedition back together and running. I took the metal insert out of the hose and cleaned it good then I put it back on the radiator, (this is the lower hose I am talking about) but before I put it back on I put vaseline on the inside so it would slide on easy, and that really worked, then I put vaseline on the inside of the hose and it went on great. Next I placed 2 screw type hose clamps on it(I am going to try to send a picture) on the clamps I put the first one close to the radiator and the second one I measured to make sure it was just about 3/16" from the end. I have run the truck about 1 hr and so far no leaks thank god.

Must have been a tight fit. I would be afraid Vaseline would let it slip too much.
I sometimes use wd40 but usually I just spit on it.... Glad this in in CONTEXT of radiator hose instalation. Lol

I sure hope not. I did not put that much on it. I hope the second clamp would not let that happen,I only put vaseline on about 1/2 inch off the hose.

It will probably be fine. I just never had to hot anyting or work very hard to get a hose onto a radiator or thermostat housing connection. I had to repair hey busted apart hose one time on a moving van that someone had pieced the bottom radiator hose or removed hey cooler Etc and use one of the cheaper plastic hose connectors to hook together. All the years of heat and worked it and it blew apart.
I didn't have time to go find the Victor 3-piece kit that they usually sell for that so I just went to the hardware store and got a piece of pipe to slide-in to each end of the hose. Don't remember it was a inch and a quarter inch and a half but I use some galvanized or something. Having the threads on each end and it was a little bigger than I really needed so I really had to stretch and work the hose to get it to push on. It was so tight that I bet I could have not even clamped it and it would never come off. But with two clamps on it the repair lasted for the entire time I owned the vehicle.

Ted was having a Bear of a time with that stock setup. The Vaseline will burn off, it's not high heat. I told him to double clamp it. It's what I would have done. Hard to believe Ford still uses those old Chrysler type spring clamps .

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