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| Answer to: Is it okay to get a car before OBD2, 1991 Ford Ranger 5 speed 3.0L | 18Relevance | 4 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The 3.0 in the ranger is a pretty solid engine, my 1999 has 274k on it. I put 275 miles more a week on it. OBDI isn't as thorough as OBDII and requires more mechanical aptitude, but it's doable if you know a little bit about diagnosis. My old BMW 540i was a 1994 and had OBDI, the CCV valve blew out and the engine started sucking oil out of the sump and burning it. The CEL light flashes a number of times to indicate the error on some cars after pressing the accelerator a set number of times. My BMW said O2 sensors were bad. Starter fluid revealed the broken CCV valve and vacuum leak. There was nothing wrong with the O2 sensors, once I replaced the assembly, it all stopped. If you're somewhat mechanically inclined, OBDI shouldn't be a problem. With this ranger being as old as it is, replacing all of the vacuum lines and just about everything else under the hood that's rubber is practically a must. My '99 blew up a heater core hose over the summer and leaked out 1/4 of the coolant in less than a mile. You don't want this happening to you. I was lucky and was near home, not the Interstate. Flush the coolant and put new in. You may as well replace the thermostat too. | |||||
| Answer to: Ford ranger | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| To the best of my knowledge on rangers, the standard transmission on the 2.3L is at least compatible with the 3.0 Vulcan V6, which is the smaller V6 that was offered in those years. That transmission was the standard transmission offering from 1988 to 2011. You'll gain around 40 horsepower with this swap, up to 140 horsepower. I'm not sure if it will take the bigger 4.0L Cologne V6. If it hooks up, it may. That engine puts out closer to 200. The automatic transmission for both the 2.3L and the 3.0L was the 4R44E and its non-electronically controlled predecessor.The 4.0 got the non-electronic 4R55E, which is a heavier duty model of the same transmission because it was a bigger engine. I would assume the standard transmission for that engine is beefed up a bit as well. You should notice the power difference in a 2WD ranger going from the 2.3L to the Vulcan. I have a 4×4 1999 ranger that has the Vulcan. With the 4.10 rear end and 4-speed auto, it's underpowered. The engine was originally designed for the 1st generation Taurus. As a result, the torque and power bands are in the high RPM range. If you do the swap, you want to make sure you get the computer from the donor truck and make sure it's also a standard. | |||||
| Answer to: 2001 Ford Ranger Pickup 4Dwith 186,000 miles from fb market place info cut and pasted and 2 questions | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| 4x4 is only activated when you turn a switch on the dashboard to 4x4 High or 4x4 Low. It's not always delivering power to all 4 wheels like an AWD system can/ does. What year is this truck? The ranger after 2000 had a live axle front end, which means the front wheels are permanently locked into the front differential, only they are not receiving power from the engine because the transfer case is not engaged. That replaced a silly vacuum engaged system that was in the 1998-2000 rangers that failed constantly. Owners of rangers of those years either swapped the vacuum hubs for old school manual hubs like I did, or they yanked a spring in the vacuum hubs to make them permanently engage. The old rangers had a dipstick in the transmission pan. Pull the dipstick and look at the fluid, if it's dark, but is red, it should be ok. If it smells burned or is brown, basically appearing to be varnish, don't buy it. That transmission will have issues if it doesn't already. The ranger is a decent truck if taken care of. Mine has 268k on it and counting. I missed the tranny when I did the pre-purchase inspection and had it rebuilt. | |||||
| Answer to: 1989 ford ranger can’t shift out of 1st gear | 18Relevance | 5 years ago | jack62 | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| First let me say you made a wise choice. These old rangers are affordable, dependable, and easy to work on. The manual transmission ones are even better. I have a 2001 3.0L automatic. Almost 200,000 miles and zero complaints. So 1st, look under the hood and make sure your hydraulic clutch reservoir has brake fluid in it. If it has fluid in it, move on. This sounds like an issue with the shift interlock in the top cover of your transmission. So to wrap your head around this think about how you shift. You move the shifter in 2 directions to select a gear. Side to Side and Front to Back. Center is neutral. You pull the shifter towards you and then move it forward to select 1st gear, and then back to select 2nd gear. Then you move the shifter back to the the point between 1st and 2nd, across (away from you) through the neutral position and forward to select 3rd gear and back to select 4th gear. And you do the same motion again only farther away from you and then forward to select 5th gear of back to select Reverse. When you make that sideways motion you're selecting which Shift Fork Rail you're moving. When you make the forward or reverse motion you're moving that individual shift fork in either a forward or reverse direction. (selecting that gear) So let's look at all 3 of those shift rails, and the 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th gear shift forks. (The 5th gear / Reverse shift fork is deeper down and behind the rear extension housing of the transmission, you can't see it from here. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Notice the 3 shift rails and how the shift forks move on them. The 1st/2nd gears shift rail is on the bottom of the picture. The 1st/2nd gear shift fork is attached to it. The 3rd/4th gears shift rail is in the middle. The 3rd/4th gear shift fork is attached to it. The 5th gear and reverse shift rail is at the top. Like I said, you can't see that shift fork from here. Now look at your shift knob. Notice how the horizontal line represents which of the 3 shift rails that you're selecting. Notice how the vertical lines represent which way you're moving the shift fork on the shift rail you selected. Be patient with me I'm getting to the point. Each of those shift forks have 3 positions. The forward position engages one gear. The back position engages the other gear. And they have a middle Neutral position. So let's take the 3rd/4th gear shift fork for an example but it holds true for all 3 rails. Because of the interlock built into the Shift rail selector (this is what your gear shifter's stub is mounted into) You can't move that 1st/2nd gear shift fork unless the 3rd/4th gear shift fork is in its neutral position. So you're stuck in 1st gear if the interlock pins aren't working right or the 3rd/4th shift fork is so worn that it isn't centered in the 3rd/ 4th gear "neutral position" and the interlock isn't "releasing" the 1st/2nd gear shift rail to allow movement of that rail. So like I said, you have a ranger and this ain't bad. You pull out the seat, remove the floor covering, and remove the floor pan access plate to the top of your transmission. Remove the 10 bolts on the top cover of the transmission and you have that Top Cover off and you can examine the interlock, the rails, and the 2 shift forks. Just one more thing you may want to try 1st. There's a stub which your gear shifter is attached to which controls those shift rails. It wears out. It's an easy replacement. You don't have to remove the top cover or the floor pan cover to replace it. Maybe give it a try 1st. You can buy the kits on ebay for around $40. Even if it isn't the problem, on your 32 year old ranger, if you wind up pulling the top cover off of the transmission, you'll want to replace this anyway. So your transmission is a M5OD-R1 transmission. Plenty of youtubes and internet information on everything about that one. | |||||
| Answer to: News | 17Relevance | 3 years ago | Whatchamacallit | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| NHTSA investigating 708,000 Ford SUVs, pickups for 'catastrophic engine failure'. . The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating more than 708,000 trucksand SUVs built by Ford and Lincoln due to reports of a "catastrophic engine failure." The vehicles included in the investigation are all powered by a turbocharged EcoBoost V6.. The NHTSA estimates that 708,837 vehicles are included in its engineering analysis. The full list is below. 2021-2022 Ford Bronco 2021-2022 Ford Edge 2021-2022 Ford Explorer 2021-2022 Ford F-150 202 ... | |||||
| Answer to: 4 Cylinder engine VS. V4 engine | 17Relevance | 5 years ago | Chuck Tobias | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| @kesterpaul62, that's close but not quite accurate. The V4 was a Ford engine originally developed for the stillborn Ford Cardinal that was intended for the U.S. market and then repurposed for production and sale by Ford of Germany. The V4 was most definitely a 4-stroke engine. It was quite conventional aside from the configuration which was designed for a longitudinal front-drive layout, so compactness was a primary consideration. A single balance shaft was employed in its design to mitigate some of the inherent imbalance. The Ford Cardinal was actually rea ... | |||||
| Ford won't answer questions about their hardware/software - road trip | 17Relevance | 2 years ago | 66Wildcat | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Hi Scotty, My daily driver, a 2019 Ford Escape I bought used (cuz nothing in my price range was available last year) is about to go on a road trip from Boston to Florida ~1500 miles. Doing my trip pre-check, in addition to finding out that the temp-spare was at 23 lbs of pressure I noticed that there was a "little black box" in the upper right corner with a couple of RJ11 wires plugged into it. Since the Ford app told me I also needed to update my Sync3 software, I called Ford customer service and was very disappointed. First they said the new software " ... | |||||
| 2024 Ford Mustang replace or Buy-Back | 17Relevance | 2 years ago | Ahmad Tarik | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| Scotty, I have a situation with the quality of 2024 Ford Mustang! On Dec 16, 2023 we purchased a new Mustang GT with $49k. Unfortunately, within the first month of taking possession on Dec 16, 2023, I have faced recurring issues, primarily with the car randomly refusing to start. I took the car for two dealer, first they replaced the battery but it did not solve the problem. Second attempt, they told it might be the battery junction box. Now they are telling me the main harness connection that connect to the battery junction box has a damage from the batt ... | |||||
| Answer to: 2011-2016 Ford Explorer models reliability | 17Relevance | 5 years ago | Kerem | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| I'd avoid them, they aren't aging well: If its an EcoBoost engine, man those are weak engines and they are electrical nightmares. Try the search bar for more info by other members as the Explorer is a commonly asked about car. | |||||
| Ford Reliability ??? | 17Relevance | 6 years ago | sgharper | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| In 2014 I bought a used 2012 Ford f150 with the 5.0 liter "coyote" engine in it with around 60,000 miles on it. At 63000 the back cylinder went dead on the drivers side. Bought it in montana but was in texas when all this took place. Went to the dealership south of kirbyville texas abt an hour. We cant help you rhe warranty is up at 60000 miles. Said it was driven without and air cleaner hahahaha-warranty guys. Brought it back to montana and called around to get it fixed. The engine building place I called thought I was another guy who's Ford was in their th ... | |||||
| Answer to: Engine Timing Question | 17Relevance | 8 months ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| It depended on the engine, but in 1990, almost Fords still had distributors, with some new cars transitioning to coil packs and wires. For example, my old 1999 Ford ranger had two coil packs and associated wiring to distribute spark between 6 cylinders. It was a sort of hybrid between modern coil-on-plug design and a traditional distributor-based design. My ranger had the 3.0L Vulcan V6, and that engine never came with coil-on-plug technology. By the time the technology came out, those engines were already obsolete. The 4.0L V6 SOHC (the "bigger" engine o ... | |||||
| How do I bleed the ABS system | 17Relevance | 4 years ago | czi50agjb8wa | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... 7. The only YouTube video I found on OBD pin 7 was on an Audi A3 with an issue on pin 7 (K line) as well because of a damaged wire. With key off & dongle off the OBD port, there was 0 V on pin 7. Out of curiosity, I did the same test on a 2001 Ford Escape with 4WABS, & pin 7 read 3.9 V & it was able to do ABS brake bleeding. Is the ranger supposed to have the same voltage reading on pin 7 even though it was RABS? I had tested an Xtool A30M to do ABS brake bleeding & it only worked on the Escape as well. I was able to return the Xtool, get a ... | |||||
| Answer to: Considering trading in my truck | 17Relevance | 4 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| ... to the point where it wasn't driveable, but it got stuck in overdrive sometimes. It also made a banging noise when I'd take-off (I found out later I was suckered into the rebuild job by a faulty slip yoke design that would lose lubrication, a common problem with these, nothing else was wrong with the transmission). The only real hiccup I've had other than that tranny stuff is the alternator went a couple months ago. I put around 300 miles a week on mine. I plan on keeping it until the frame either rots out or the engine gives up the ghost. Ford made 'em ... | |||||
| like to say ford rangers are in fact pos at least in my experience | 17Relevance | 5 years ago | Craig_Hermann | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| i have a 2003 ranger. anytime i go to fix anything i end up having to enghineer a rig in order to make it work, nothing ever goes as planned. i hit 115k on my ranger right before christmas with oubout 1k miles on oil. soon after 115k miles the ranger blew up. $2000 and a giant pain in the a** to swap motors, because once again nothing went as it should and even down to the wiring harness had to be rigged somehow. if this doesnt make a car a pos then i dont know what does this is my expeirence though so i can speak for others i just wanted to put this info out there as just because you dont hear about something doesnt mean it doesnt happen. (2.3l regular cab stepside) | |||||
| Answer to: More likely to be reliable, new Ford Maverick hybrid or Toyota Tundra turbo? | 17Relevance | 4 years ago | Justin Shepherd | Submit Your Question HERE | |
| The Ford Maverick won't be nearly as reliable as older Ford vehicles in that size class. It's not a real pickup truck, as @Dan said. It's a car unibody that they chopped the rear end off of and put a dinky 4 foot bed on. The Ford ranger (1983-2011) is probably the closest comparable truck Ford ever made. They're not unibodies. They have an actual frame underneath the bodywork and can do real truck things, like hauling gravel and off-roading. Big truck guys deride them as "Tonka trucks", because they're little. The Maverick will never, ever touch a Toyota T ... | |||||