E4OD Overhaul Kit 1989-05, new and ready to install. Fits the E4OD. Ships fast from the USA.
This is a complete pan service kit for the Ford E4OD and 4R100: a new coated-steel deep pan with a drain plug, a deep-style filter with the longer pickup snout to match it, and a fiber pan gasket, as pictured. The pan is the deep 4x4-style design (Ford OE number F81Z-7A194-BA). It suits owners of F-250 and F-350 pickups, Super Duty trucks, Excursions, Broncos and E-Series vans who are tired of a dented, rusted or leaking factory pan, or who want a drain plug so every fluid change is not a pan-drop mess.
The pan is the sump the pump draws from. The filter sits in that sump with its snout pressed into the valve body, and the pickup has to sit at the right height for the pan depth. A deep pan holds extra fluid below the pickup, which helps keep the inlet covered on grades and under heavy load. The gasket is what keeps all of it inside the case; once a pan rail is bent or rusted through, no gasket will seal it.
These units work hard. Overheating while towing is one of the E4OD family's best-known killers, and old, dark fluid speeds it along. A drain plug makes it practical to change fluid more often, and Ford's own figures show why repeat changes matter: the 2003 owner guide lists the 4R100 at about 17.0 quarts in 4x2 trucks and 17.7 quarts in 4x4 trucks dry, while a single pan drop removes only part of that because the converter and cooler keep the rest.
A pan kit fixes leaks and service access. It will not fix a transmission that already slips or shifts wrong. Look at the fluid and the bottom of the old pan: heavy friction material or metal means internal damage, and our E4OD common problems and fixes guide will help you sort what failed. While the pan is off, vacuum testing the valve body costs nothing extra; E4OD valve body symptoms and testing explains how.
Listed for Ford and Lincoln trucks with the E4OD or 4R100 four-speed, rear-wheel-drive layout, 1989 through 2005. This is the deep 4x4-style pan. Ford used more than one pan depth across these years and models, so compare the depth and the filter snout length against what is on your truck. If you are switching from a shallow pan, install the deep filter in this kit together with the pan; never mix a shallow filter with a deep pan. Check underbody clearance on lowered or 2WD trucks. Send us the year and VIN if you want us to confirm. Browse everything for these units on our E4OD and 4R100 collection page.
| Fits | E4OD 1989-05 |
| Part type | Overhaul Kit |
| Condition | New |
| Brand | OEM |
| Ships | From the USA |
| Warranty | 1-year |
Doing this repair right usually means replacing these at the same time. Same transmission, ships together.
No. It is a pan service kit: a deep steel pan with a drain plug, a matching deep-style filter and a pan gasket. It does not include clutches, seals or other internal parts.
It bolts to the same E4OD and 4R100 case, but it is the deeper 4x4-style pan. Compare its depth with your current pan and check ground and crossmember clearance before installing, and always use the deep filter included with it.
No. Filter pickups are made to sit at a set height for each pan depth. Using a shallow-pan filter in a deep pan can uncover the pickup. Use the deep-style filter in this kit.
A pan drop takes far less than the full capacity, since the converter and cooler hold much of the fluid. Ford lists the 4R100 at about 17 to 17.7 quarts dry. Add MERCON V gradually and set the final level hot on the dipstick.
The kit includes a fiber gasket that works when the bolts are tightened evenly without overtightening. The pan is also designed to accept the factory bonded rubber gasket.
