1997 Ford Escort SPEED SENSOR

RAMON ANDUJAR

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1997 FORD ESCORT
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
58,000 MILES

EASIEST WAY TO REPALCE THE SPEED SENSOR, HAVING A HARD TIME TAKING OUT THE SENSOR IN WHICH IS LOCATED ON TOP OF TRANSMISSION NO ROOM TO WORK BLACK PORTIOJN OF SENSOR CAME OFF NOW IM STUCK WITH BOTTOM PORTION STILL INTAC TO TRANSMISSION

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 AT 10:26 AM

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LARRYEDE

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I have the same problem after having my very good personal mechanic not being able to remove the Speed Sensor I took it to the dealer where after a few hours and a charge of $100 for failing they told me that the entire transmission needed to be removed in order to get to the sensor. At that cost they recommended buying a rebuilt transmission.
Not good news. I wonder if anyone out there has made an extraction tool for this specific problem common with Escorts of this era. My car is a 1997 Escort with 82,000 that sat for about a year when a family member stopped driving it. Then when put back into service this issue plus rusted transmission line/leak became apparent. I guess the dealer does not know everything and they will charge you big time for their failures!