Long time listener, first time caller...

[Turboford]

Hey all. I'm *sort of* a newb with Rangers (diehard Ford, however). I own an 88 XLT standard cab/long bed 5spd 4x4. Stole it for $300! Quickly fell in love with it before it blew the head gasket :\

Now, part way thru a turbo 2.3L swap. Considering some..."other"...upgrades.

 

[Jspafford]

Welcome!

 

[Turboford]

Thank you much Jspafford! Nice to know SOMEONE finally welcomed me lol

 

[shane96ranger]

Welcome sir! Glad to have you.

 

[Mark_88]

Yeah, welcome to TRS...I was going to peak at this thread to see what you had turbo charged and now I'm glad I did...

Pics of the swap would have been nice...if you've been documenting it...people on here are pic and document freaks...lol

 

[Turboford]

Well, it's pretty straightforward for the most part. The one thing I'm having trouble with is the heater box (mine had a/c). I'm so frustrated with it (and too lazy to pull the engine again) to remove it in favor of a non-a/c box, that I'll run w/o and that's my motivation for a SAS (keep in mind the part where I don't wanna mess with the heater box hahaha).

Truck is kind of a mess right now, anyway. It's about 3/4 finished and it's just resting in the engine bay with the wire harness half hooked up. Need to plumb the VAM, check/change fluids, and change the crank pulley to serpentine.

Btw, totally wrong part of the forum, but how does the crank pulley come off? Looks like its removed with a 2 or 3 jaw puller??

 

[b3nt]

Great movie reference, Dude!