Can u change out the 02 rangers to a front locking unlocking hub
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I'm in the same boat... I'd like manual hubs, but I don't think its possible with the crap that Ford came up with for our trucks.
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It is possible with an awful lot of work. Basically you convert the front spindles, hubs and everything else over to the 98-00 Ranger style and put on the AVM manual locking hubs. In reality it is a lot of time and money for maybe one extra MPG.
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I suck at math but I can't see it being cost effective to make the swap. My 98 gets 13-14 mpg.
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No. Also the 98-99 vacuum hubs proved to be troublesome and unreliable. Ford's own tests showed (on an Expedition) than an always-live front diff filled with synthetic lube got only 0.3 mpg less than one with unlocked hubs.
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