Braindead
Member
- Joined
- May 3, 2015
- Messages
- 34
- Reaction score
- 5
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Burnaby BC Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 84, 85, 94, 97
- Make / Model
- Rangers
- Engine Size
- 8"electric, 2.3, 4.0-OHV, 4.0-OHV
- My credo
- They say it can't be done, so I did it. Again
I need help.
I have tech questions that may or may not seem normal.
I am going to list the vehicles that I have.
The vehicles I have are;
89 2wd ex-cab 2.9 Ranger A4LD- WAS Daily driver/ Income source Reverse gone 200,000 KM
91 4x4 4dr Explored 4.0 A4LD Bought for the engine and rear end reverse gone 380,000 KM
1992 F150 2wd 300 IL6 5 speed Manual Just bought yesterday as new daily driver/ income source
1977 Pinto Cruising Wagon 2.3 IL4 C3 mostly all original, daily driver backup, is to be restored KM unknown (odo MUST have rolled over)
1977 Pinto Cruising Wagon (WAS 2.8 V6 C4) was recently bought with Engine and trans missing. is to be modified.
1979 F350 Beaver Tail 460 4 speed PTO deck winch on Propane
1990 Volvo 740 GLE Twincam
I also have an extra 4x4 A4LD Cologne Bell housing from 91 Explorer, I bought from a farmer who claimed it was good
Extra 4x4 5 speed manual from 91 Explorer, Cologne Bell housing, same farmer, same story, no clutch or clutch parts
Original intention was to combine the Explored's 4.0 and rear end, with the extra 5-speed into the empty Pinto.
The extra A4LD was going for the Mighty Ranger, but the trans died This Ranger is one of the five best vehickles I have had out of over 120 vehicles. I am NEVER getting rid of it (I said that once before about a car) and now that I have the F150 to take over the Mighty Ranger's income role, it is going to get some real TLC.
Sold the 3.0 SHO engine i had foolishly bought for the Pinto.
Since the Mighty Ranger's trans has died, IO am faced with a dilemma.
At this point I am upgrading the Mighty Ranger with the 5-speed manual. I suppose I should take the Explorer rear end and put it into the Ranger in place of the 7.5. Then take the 7.5 and place it into the Pinto.
Except for the F150 all of these Fords have close or VERY close rear end widths.I will have to put skinnier tires on the rear of the Ranger (265-75-16) due tom the wider flanged Explorer rear end.
The explorer's 4.0 appears to have 380,000 KMs on it (236,000 miles), but seems to run fairly well, should get another summer out of it I think, so I may still put it into the Pinto. Then take the dead A4LD from the Ranger, and the "good" A4LD from the farmer and put the Ranger's tailshaft and housing into the "good" unit then place it behind the 4.0 in the Pinto, and the 8 inch that comes out of the Pinto goes into the 4cyl Pinto and put the 6.75 rear in storage along with the mostly original interior. What I need to know is about the A4LD bell housing. Does it fit the C3? What about the C4? or C5? Then I could place the original 2.3 and C3 into storage also, and replace them with a Turbo Coupe driveline that I have found for $500 with electronics. IO ALMOST got a '95 Continental today with a good RUNNING 4 cam 4.6. For $200 ! It was on it's way to the scrap yard, I assume it had a dead trans, I didn't see any body damage. What should I do with the transmission for the Pinto, after I disassemble it for the tail shaft? rebuild it, or just a shift kit, or what. BTW, I am not very rich lately. Can a person MAKE any of the kit's parts, other than fl;at gaskets? Are there instructional videos available? Where does the Trans mounting bracket sit compared to the Pinto's C4? I have about a thousand questions, but help with these would be a great start. Anything I need pretty much has to come from private sellers, because I just don't have much cash recently. Everything has gone to buying vehicles for parts and income, I drive for a living picking up mostly industrial equipment. Sometimes small stuff, up to very VERY large items sometimes requiring a crane truck.
I can't seem to grasp even the basics of how to navigate forums.
I am pretty sure I posted a thread recently about my situation. At least I TRIED to.
So, I hope I remember to "copy" the text before I try to send it and it tells me I can't because I am not signed in, even though it had already said that I was.
BUT,
I have tech questions that may or may not seem normal.
I am going to list the vehicles that I have.
The vehicles I have are;
89 2wd ex-cab 2.9 Ranger A4LD- WAS Daily driver/ Income source Reverse gone 200,000 KM
91 4x4 4dr Explored 4.0 A4LD Bought for the engine and rear end reverse gone 380,000 KM
1992 F150 2wd 300 IL6 5 speed Manual Just bought yesterday as new daily driver/ income source
1977 Pinto Cruising Wagon 2.3 IL4 C3 mostly all original, daily driver backup, is to be restored KM unknown (odo MUST have rolled over)
1977 Pinto Cruising Wagon (WAS 2.8 V6 C4) was recently bought with Engine and trans missing. is to be modified.
1979 F350 Beaver Tail 460 4 speed PTO deck winch on Propane
1990 Volvo 740 GLE Twincam
I also have an extra 4x4 A4LD Cologne Bell housing from 91 Explorer, I bought from a farmer who claimed it was good
Extra 4x4 5 speed manual from 91 Explorer, Cologne Bell housing, same farmer, same story, no clutch or clutch parts
Original intention was to combine the Explored's 4.0 and rear end, with the extra 5-speed into the empty Pinto.
The extra A4LD was going for the Mighty Ranger, but the trans died This Ranger is one of the five best vehickles I have had out of over 120 vehicles. I am NEVER getting rid of it (I said that once before about a car) and now that I have the F150 to take over the Mighty Ranger's income role, it is going to get some real TLC.
Sold the 3.0 SHO engine i had foolishly bought for the Pinto.
Since the Mighty Ranger's trans has died, IO am faced with a dilemma.
At this point I am upgrading the Mighty Ranger with the 5-speed manual. I suppose I should take the Explorer rear end and put it into the Ranger in place of the 7.5. Then take the 7.5 and place it into the Pinto.
Except for the F150 all of these Fords have close or VERY close rear end widths.I will have to put skinnier tires on the rear of the Ranger (265-75-16) due tom the wider flanged Explorer rear end.
The explorer's 4.0 appears to have 380,000 KMs on it (236,000 miles), but seems to run fairly well, should get another summer out of it I think, so I may still put it into the Pinto. Then take the dead A4LD from the Ranger, and the "good" A4LD from the farmer and put the Ranger's tailshaft and housing into the "good" unit then place it behind the 4.0 in the Pinto, and the 8 inch that comes out of the Pinto goes into the 4cyl Pinto and put the 6.75 rear in storage along with the mostly original interior. What I need to know is about the A4LD bell housing. Does it fit the C3? What about the C4? or C5? Then I could place the original 2.3 and C3 into storage also, and replace them with a Turbo Coupe driveline that I have found for $500 with electronics. IO ALMOST got a '95 Continental today with a good RUNNING 4 cam 4.6. For $200 ! It was on it's way to the scrap yard, I assume it had a dead trans, I didn't see any body damage. What should I do with the transmission for the Pinto, after I disassemble it for the tail shaft? rebuild it, or just a shift kit, or what. BTW, I am not very rich lately. Can a person MAKE any of the kit's parts, other than fl;at gaskets? Are there instructional videos available? Where does the Trans mounting bracket sit compared to the Pinto's C4? I have about a thousand questions, but help with these would be a great start. Anything I need pretty much has to come from private sellers, because I just don't have much cash recently. Everything has gone to buying vehicles for parts and income, I drive for a living picking up mostly industrial equipment. Sometimes small stuff, up to very VERY large items sometimes requiring a crane truck.
I can't seem to grasp even the basics of how to navigate forums.
I am pretty sure I posted a thread recently about my situation. At least I TRIED to.
So, I hope I remember to "copy" the text before I try to send it and it tells me I can't because I am not signed in, even though it had already said that I was.
BUT,