ranger_lover
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Hello and thanks for your time. I will be soon getting ready to replace my bearings on a 99 3.0 ranger and I have had a hard time finding specific bearing information online. maybe I am just not looking in the right place, I don't know.
anyway my question is on the 3.0 Vulcan engine, range of 98-01 (4wd if that matters), what are the Main and piston bearing clearances for that engine? what I will need specifically are:
Clearance Specs between bearings
- NEW
- SERVICE LIMITS
Those are the two things I am having a hard time finding online, and haven't called ford yet but not sure they would help me. reason why I am doing this is because mine are so worn that a new front main seal lasts about the third time I drive it then I have a slowly worsening oil leak on the passenger side, bad enough that I am losing about a quart of oil every 100ish miles. that's another topic I have never found is an oil leak caused by worn bearings coming from the front seal, where you park you vehicle and come back to find a small line of drips on the passenger side.
anyway, thanks for your time and if someone could get those numbers to me I would appreciate it.
oh and if you wouldn't mind specifically saying which is for NEW and LIMITS, and I don't know if would need to replace them but if possible include the piston bearings clearances as well, and thank you again.
anyway my question is on the 3.0 Vulcan engine, range of 98-01 (4wd if that matters), what are the Main and piston bearing clearances for that engine? what I will need specifically are:
Clearance Specs between bearings
- NEW
- SERVICE LIMITS
Those are the two things I am having a hard time finding online, and haven't called ford yet but not sure they would help me. reason why I am doing this is because mine are so worn that a new front main seal lasts about the third time I drive it then I have a slowly worsening oil leak on the passenger side, bad enough that I am losing about a quart of oil every 100ish miles. that's another topic I have never found is an oil leak caused by worn bearings coming from the front seal, where you park you vehicle and come back to find a small line of drips on the passenger side.
anyway, thanks for your time and if someone could get those numbers to me I would appreciate it.
oh and if you wouldn't mind specifically saying which is for NEW and LIMITS, and I don't know if would need to replace them but if possible include the piston bearings clearances as well, and thank you again.
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