exploder alt.


mulishiaranger

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I was wondering if a 94' alt from a exploder would work in my 02 Ranger? Is there just a diff bracket or something i have to worry about?
 
exploder??????? do you mean explorer? and unless it has more than 96amps why do you want one from an older vehcile it is already wore out. why not buy a new one? and i think these trucks have atleast 96 to 100 amps i could be wrong but my old 1997 f150 had either a 96 or 90 amp alternator. so my question is why do you want an older alternator?
 
bigcountry said:
exploder??????? do you mean explorer? and unless it has more than 96amps why do you want one from an older vehcile it is already wore out. why not buy a new one? and i think these trucks have atleast 96 to 100 amps i could be wrong but my old 1997 f150 had either a 96 or 90 amp alternator. so my question is why do you want an older alternator?
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I thought rangers had a 90amp and Ex's had a 135amp?
 
oh its 90amp hmmm not sure why i thought 96 hahaha dern ok but still why an older explorer with a bigger alternator thou? why does he need that much more power? unless he has some HUGE system or he is powering a crap load of lights,tvs,radios and god knows what else. i mean on my 19 year old yota it had a 60 amp alt. and i ran a 9500 pound winch without problems
 
Well the alt. was almost new, the vehicle was wrote off. But yeah, i just want more amps. because when i'm running my headlights, and my stereo the intereo lights dim. Battery is new, so i was thinking my alt. was dying... and i have driving lights, and an amp, so i figured my truck would benefit from more power.
 
that sounds like your alternator could be going out not an low amp problem
 
are all explorers 135a? i should pick one of those up, i cant afford a 200 or 300a right now.

I get some dimming too if i turn it up to full tilt for too long, i have a newer 1000ca batt but i am pulling a lot of juice. The sub amp has 3x40a fuses and the comp amp has 2x30a fuses. back when i drove crown vic's and marquis' i would get the police equipment alt which was 130a and helped with voltage drops.
 
All Explorer's use the 135A alternator. All 4.0 Explorer alternators is a plug and play swap to a Ranger 4.0. However, some Rangers do come with the 135A alternators stock.

If you plan on doing this swap, check to make sure your Ranger 4.0 does not have the 135A unit stock.
 
mjonesjr said:
If you plan on doing this swap, check to make sure your Ranger 4.0 does not have the 135A unit stock.
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Anyone wanna enlighten me as to how I figure out which alternator my truck came with?
 
not all explorors come with a 135 amper your year ranger is a 95 amper the 2000+ 4.0 ohc explors come with a 135 amper one
 
Ranger#1 said:
not all explorors come with a 135 amper your year ranger is a 95 amper the 2000+ 4.0 ohc explors come with a 135 amper one
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I really hate to burst your bubble, but ALL Explorer 4.0's came factory with the 135A alternator.

Also, ALL Ranger 4.0's had an option of having the 135A alternator.
 
mjonesjr said:
All Explorer's use the 135A alternator. All 4.0 Explorer alternators is a plug and play swap to a Ranger 4.0. However, some Rangers do come with the 135A alternators stock.

If you plan on doing this swap, check to make sure your Ranger 4.0 does not have the 135A unit stock.
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this is not entirely true. most 91 - 94 Explorers came with 135 amp, it was part of the XLT, Lariat, EB ect ect ect trim packages. but some base and XLS models had 95 amp alternators. All 95+ came with 135 amp packages.



want you want is a 130 - 200 amp 3G alternator

http://www.fordfuelinjection.com/?p=75

the above link explains where to find it and how to modify it to 200 amps.


going to be doing this to my Bronco, its planned with the 351 install and I will do a right up for it, I will even find which ones will fit what year rangers.
 
how can you tell if its 95 or 135? will it be stamped on the case somewhere? my ranger seems to have most of the options for the year except fog lights. its got some goodies that i dont see on alot of rangers (keyless entry/factory alarm, premium sound stereo)
 
If your stereo is making the lights dim, it's time for a capacitor.
 
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