kpiztheniz
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First off, let me just go on record that I'm not extremely well versed in auto repair so forgive my ignorance. I bought a '93 Ranger 4x4 4.0L as a fun/project car and it's turned into quite the ordeal (289,000 miles probably doesn't help!). It had been sitting for some time, so that may have something to do with the issues I'm having, but I'm not sure. My uncle has helped a lot but he's exhausted his knowledge. Here's what I have going on....
Truck won't start without starting fluid if it's been sitting for more than an hour or so(what's weird too is that it hardly needs any starting fluid to get going as we can only spray it in way up front by the grill at an air intake).
Once it starts, it runs OK, but seems to be missing.
Idles around 1000 or so....seems high.
Battery reads 12V and seems okay.
There are "dead" spots that occur in certain gears when you try and give it gas nothing happens.
Once you shut it off, you can start it back up, no problem. This is what is so puzzling to me. If I could get it to start from 'cold' I could deal with it not running so great since it's quite old, but with it having trouble starting and the dead spots when accelerating, it doesn't give me much confidence on taking this bad boy out on the road.
Here's what we've done so far.....please note, a lot of this was my uncle guessing and me just going along for the learning experience
- Pulled gas tank; emptied out old fuel, cleaned thoroughly, and re-attached.
- Replaced Fuel Pump
- Replaced Fuel Filter
- Changed oil and oil filter
- Replaced air filter
- Replaced spark plugs
- Replaced coil/wire set
- Replaced fuel regulator
- Replaced fuel injectors (pack of 6 refurbished from ebay)
Truck won't start without starting fluid if it's been sitting for more than an hour or so(what's weird too is that it hardly needs any starting fluid to get going as we can only spray it in way up front by the grill at an air intake).
Once it starts, it runs OK, but seems to be missing.
Idles around 1000 or so....seems high.
Battery reads 12V and seems okay.
There are "dead" spots that occur in certain gears when you try and give it gas nothing happens.
Once you shut it off, you can start it back up, no problem. This is what is so puzzling to me. If I could get it to start from 'cold' I could deal with it not running so great since it's quite old, but with it having trouble starting and the dead spots when accelerating, it doesn't give me much confidence on taking this bad boy out on the road.
Here's what we've done so far.....please note, a lot of this was my uncle guessing and me just going along for the learning experience
- Pulled gas tank; emptied out old fuel, cleaned thoroughly, and re-attached.
- Replaced Fuel Pump
- Replaced Fuel Filter
- Changed oil and oil filter
- Replaced air filter
- Replaced spark plugs
- Replaced coil/wire set
- Replaced fuel regulator
- Replaced fuel injectors (pack of 6 refurbished from ebay)