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- Macon/Fort Valley, GA
- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- V8
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
This is not my truck and I don't have access to it.
My cousin picked up a late late 90s (IIRC) Flex Fuel 3.0L Ranger. Gotta think it was a 98-99 body looked right and it was a 4 door according to him. Had a bad motor when he bought it, but his mother had a 97 3.0L non-FF Ranger with a bad transmission.
According to him they pulled the long block (block, heads, cam) out of the 97 and dropped it into the later Ranger. Now the truck will run and drive, but "bucks" from about 35-55 MPH. Bucks is his word, I'm thinking it might be a missfire. Just looking for ideas to throw his way next time I see him. Not interested in trying to diagnose it or fix it for him, got enough of my own stuff that I need to work on.
I'm kinda wandering if it might be a cam difference between the FF and non FF motor? Causing problems with the computer not being tuned for it.
Any other ideas or suggestions I can throw his way.
My cousin picked up a late late 90s (IIRC) Flex Fuel 3.0L Ranger. Gotta think it was a 98-99 body looked right and it was a 4 door according to him. Had a bad motor when he bought it, but his mother had a 97 3.0L non-FF Ranger with a bad transmission.
According to him they pulled the long block (block, heads, cam) out of the 97 and dropped it into the later Ranger. Now the truck will run and drive, but "bucks" from about 35-55 MPH. Bucks is his word, I'm thinking it might be a missfire. Just looking for ideas to throw his way next time I see him. Not interested in trying to diagnose it or fix it for him, got enough of my own stuff that I need to work on.
I'm kinda wandering if it might be a cam difference between the FF and non FF motor? Causing problems with the computer not being tuned for it.
Any other ideas or suggestions I can throw his way.