Recent content by homegrownranger

Well after 231 thousand my automatic 2.3 transmission blew out. I was wondering what other transmissions will bolt up to my motor. Im not sure if the older 2.3 bell housings are the same. I know the 2.5 are the same. any help would be great thanks.

The clutches in my ranger are tearing themselves apart and it no longer will shift properly after 232,886 miles. I was wondering what other trannies I could put in it so I can get it back on the road. I heard that a 2.5 had the same bell housing I dont care if it is manual or automatic. thanks...

Ok I started another project. I bought a 83 with a good motor so I pulled it and put it in my 87 crew cab and I went to start it yesterday and it is popping through the intake. I cant tell if it has a blown head gasket a bent rod or what. I just cant see why it wont run now but it started right...

I bought an 89 ranger 4cyl 5 speed with a repuilt motor bored 60 over. It wont start. First the fuel pump wouldnt come on so I replaced. Then it started but shut off. I replaced the fuel pressure sensor to see if that was the new problem and its still the same. For some reason the coil only gets...

I looked again today and for the life of me I cant track it. its coming off the driver side top of the intake and then goes straight down and from there I keep losing it. The line rotted collapsed and then sucked a hole in it.

Its a 2002 2.3 automatic. there is a vacuum hose on the back of the motor that rotted off and i can hear it whistling. I was wondering where it went, I cant seem to follow it. And can you just replace it with just a regular vacuum line?

It had a thick plastic bed liner in it. The front and back of the bed where gone only the middle bolts were holding it on. It was in rough shape but now its all ready to go. Just need to put the bed on it and drive it till I rebuild my 302.

Yeah it was his pool truck. He parked it for 6 months because it scared him and hes moving now so he sold it for almost nothing. I could scrap it and make money on it. But I will drive it till I finish rebuilding my 302

The other day my 302 blew up so I got on craigslist and found an 02 ranger. I went and picked it up for 350 dollars. Its a 2.3 automatic single cab short bed. It use to be a pool company truck with 168 thousand miles on it. Besides the bed rear frame and bumper being rotted out its a good little...

Well yesterday I ran the ranger really hard. I raced a cop, and won by the way, then I hauled 2 and a half tons of steel to the junkyard. On the way home the motor started knocking. I drove home and now the engine is dead. Im starting from scratch again. I picked up an 02 ranger yesterday for...

Well I finally got everything working and drivable but now when Im just trying to slowly gain speed it jerks so to say. Like it has power than it doesnt kind of thing. I cant figure out what it is. Cause the moment you floor it it opens right up and goes. Any ideas on what it could be? Its a 69...

Well I finally got my motor running better today and took the valve covers and noticed the cam is wore bad. Its not getting as much compression in those cylinders that the cam is the most wore in. Now Im getting a cam but not sure what to get. I want it to be recreation and towing. I have a 69...

I got the entire truck done the other day and now it has no balls. its top speed is like 25. Its a 69 mustang 302 with a edelbrock carb on it. when you hit the gas it sputters and slowly climbs rpms. I put new plugs new wires on it and still no change. I tried timing it and still no change. its...

I have no room for anything but my 4cyl radiator without a lot of cutting I was wondering if I could use my stock one with a fan and shroud on one side and electric fans on the other and if it would cool alright. Also need driveshaft help

I never did a thread when I decided to make my 92 4cyl 4 wheel drive, but now Im doing one for my v8 swap and straight axle. I have a 69 302 from a mustang with msd hedman headers 4 barrel intake edelbrock carb and what not. Throwing in a gear to gear 4 speed from a 79 and a gear to gear t...