puzzling... very.

[85beast]

i have a 2.3l 4x4 5 speed ranger. i need the driver side motor mount...
they do not make a driver side for a 2.3l 4x4. they do for the 2wd, but its 100% different. so tell me. why dont they make a drivers side mount? all the books say N/A as if the truck doesnt even have the damn mount. i called at least 10 junkyards. no one has a 2.3 4x4 NO ONE! do i have some rare ranger or something? seriously. kinda irritating. for now its got a bolt welded in place to keep the engine from twisting around.

any ideas why?

 

[gribly]

Take your old mount and fill it with... can't remember what it's called, but there is a product for this. It'll make it stiff and you'll get more vibration from the motor, but it's designed for higher horsepower applications, so you'll be set. The 2.3 4x4's are kinda rare, I'd love to have one as a daily driver. I'd trade my Mazda for a stock one in really, really good condition.

 

[ZMan]

When we did a motor swap on my buddies truck we just used the rubber from a passenger side mount, it was exactly the same.

 

[85beast]

Take your old mount and fill it with... can't remember what it's called, but there is a product for this. It'll make it stiff and you'll get more vibration from the motor, but it's designed for higher horsepower applications, so you'll be set. The 2.3 4x4's are kinda rare, I'd love to have one as a daily driver. I'd trade my Mazda for a stock one in really, really good condition.

its holding til when/if i get a new mount. if you find out what the stuffs called. let me know

 

[85beast]

When we did a motor swap on my buddies truck we just used the rubber from a passenger side mount, it was exactly the same.

i ordered the pass and it didnt match at all. the company didnt make the right mount cuz it said it was driver side. but both driver and passenger were the same. neither were anywhere near close

 

[gribly]

Okay, I went and looked it up since I like your truck. "3M Window Weld" is the stuff that people used. i had thought there was an actual product for this, but apparently it's just that. I would only do this on a mount that had the safety bolt that goes through it, not on a cheap aftermarket one that is held together only by the rubber and glue. I would think it would tear easy or something.

 

[85beast]

Okay, I went and looked it up since I like your truck. "3M Window Weld" is the stuff that people used. i had thought there was an actual product for this, but apparently it's just that. I would only do this on a mount that had the safety bolt that goes through it, not on a cheap aftermarket one that is held together only by the rubber and glue. I would think it would tear easy or something.

i made my own safety pin.... lol. gotta love growing up with a welder!

ill have to go check it out.

 

[ZMan]

i ordered the pass and it didnt match at all. the company didnt make the right mount cuz it said it was driver side. but both driver and passenger were the same. neither were anywhere near close

Well heres exactly what we did...we put a '92 2.3l into a '85 2.3l powered truck. We did this because he owned both trucks and the '92 was hit by a drunk in a parking lot a few weeks prior. When we did the swap, both trucks had bad drivers mounts, after not being able to find a new mount, we looked at the passenger mount from the '92, and found it to be the same as the drivers mount on the '85.

Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it.

 

[clvanhorn]

weld it solid!

 

[85beast]

Well heres exactly what we did...we put a '92 2.3l into a '85 2.3l powered truck. We did this because he owned both trucks and the '92 was hit by a drunk in a parking lot a few weeks prior. When we did the swap, both trucks had bad drivers mounts, after not being able to find a new mount, we looked at the passenger mount from the '92, and found it to be the same as the drivers mount on the '85.

Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it.

2.3 92 same as 2.3 85? is it the straight hydraulic or the one at a 45* angle?

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Scope if these work.

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sku/Ford/Ranger/Westar/Motor_and_Transmission_Mount/1987/Custom/4_Cyl_2-dot-3L/WSEM2786.html?loc=Front,+Driver+Side

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sku/Ford/Ranger/Westar/Motor_and_Transmission_Mount/1987/Custom/4_Cyl_2-dot-3L/WSEM2785.html?loc=Front,+Passenger+Side


http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?Ntt=Engine+Mount

Edit: Top of page has 800 number also.

 

[85beast]

Scope if these work.

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sku/Ford/Ranger/Westar/Motor_and_Transmission_Mount/1987/Custom/4_Cyl_2-dot-3L/WSEM2786.html?loc=Front,+Driver+Side

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/sku/Ford/Ranger/Westar/Motor_and_Transmission_Mount/1987/Custom/4_Cyl_2-dot-3L/WSEM2785.html?loc=Front,+Passenger+Side


http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?Ntt=Engine+Mount

Edit: Top of page has 800 number also.

nope. no one gets the bottom stud should be up and to the left of the guide pin.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

nope. no one gets the bottom stud should be up and to the left of the guide pin.

Did you scroll through the last link there were two more further down.

 

[85beast]

Did you scroll through the last link there were two more further down.

yeah none are correct. ive ordered 3 different ones. the manufacturer has either mixed up the boxing or didnt make the correct part cuz i ordered 2 of the 2786 and both were different. and the 2785 was the same as the second 2786 i got

 

[scotts90ranger]

the earlier 2.3's used a different mount, you might need the engine cross member bracket from a newer 4x4 2.3 ranger. On the newer ones the drivers and passenger side are the same, but one is upside down from the other. The older ones were a rubber wedge deal where the newer ones are a 4" diameter piece of rubber with studs sticking out either end.