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- Jan 25, 2009
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- 93
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- City
- Western Montana
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hey all,
I just brought home the inherited '89 Ranger. its a 2.3L dual plug head, with the A4LD tranny.
Had some work to do before I drove it 1000+ miles home. Replaced the spark plugs, wires. Changed the oil/ filter. Changed the differential fluid. Purred like a kitten...
About 1/4 the way home, it started to idle real bad. Down to about 600 rpm, and sounds like its missing a cylinder, maybe. chug - chug - chug - chug - chug - chug.... Seems to run fine off idle, and at cruising speed.
Don't know if its related, but it also started to shift in to D, and R real hard. The whole truck twists, and with the brakes held on, it will still chirp the tires going into D.
Any quick easy things I can try to look for here?
I just brought home the inherited '89 Ranger. its a 2.3L dual plug head, with the A4LD tranny.
Had some work to do before I drove it 1000+ miles home. Replaced the spark plugs, wires. Changed the oil/ filter. Changed the differential fluid. Purred like a kitten...
About 1/4 the way home, it started to idle real bad. Down to about 600 rpm, and sounds like its missing a cylinder, maybe. chug - chug - chug - chug - chug - chug.... Seems to run fine off idle, and at cruising speed.
Don't know if its related, but it also started to shift in to D, and R real hard. The whole truck twists, and with the brakes held on, it will still chirp the tires going into D.
Any quick easy things I can try to look for here?
