Spurs234
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- Joined
- Feb 25, 2018
- Messages
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- Location
- Texas
- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- It's all just nuts and bolts
The 3.0 motor is no good in my ranger any more. The block is all rusted and the head gaskets are popped. It sat for a while but I have the opportunity to buy a 1998 explorer 4.0 that's a manual for $180. My ranger is also a manual. It runs and drives but the motor has a small tick to it. It sounds like a cam lifter to me but it could be many other things. My plan is, if it's easy enough to do the swap is to redo all of the seals on the 4.0 and put new rod bearings in it and new cam lifters and new push rods and a new timing chain if it's not to work out to kind of freshen it up. The 4.0 only has about 153,000 miles. Is it worth it or should I look for a junkyard 3.0? Also how good are the 4.0 engines?