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NEW PICS !!1992 Ranger Super Cab Build, with PICS, LONG Term Project!
Well, I guess Im finally gonna get around to creating my build thread. Now that the warm weather is here, I've been able to start making some small changes and minor upgrades. But be warned, this will be a LONG TERM project, probably at least a year or more until its finished. With an almost 6 year old, plus a 6 month old, plus moving to PA from NJ in a couple weeks, plus starting a new job , moving into a new house, getting in shape to attend the Police Academy this time next year, plus having to replenish the toy funds........................... Just bear with me guys, I have a clear vision of where Im taking this project and the wait will be worth it.
Project is a 1992 Ranger Ext Cab 3.0, 2 wheel drive. I got it from a buddy back in 2008 for free as a work truck. Then the crappy A4OD finally gave up on me and it sat in the drive way till this past winter, when I finally found a second truck for parts and had the money to spare to get the trans swapped out.
Last week I was pulling my hair out when I decided to take advantage of the good weather and did a long overdue tune-up, including cap, rotor, coil, plugs and plug wires. I posted a thread about my nightmare in the 3.0 subsection. Turns out at some point in the past, someone did a timing chain on the engine and got the alignment dots for the cam gear and the crank gear 180 out. So when I changed the plug wires and put the new ones on the correct way, I got no start. Finally figured it out with some help of a couple guys and got her running by putting the plug wires on 180 opposite of whats called for to trick everything.
Anyway, here's some pics.
What your looking at..
The green 92 Standard cab is the one I bought as a parts truck for the trans.
The 14" steel wheels and crappy Pep Boys hub caps you see on it are the ones that were on my blue project truck until a couple months ago. The green truck came with 15" Aluminum ones, so I switched em over and polished them up a little, they still need more work though, I'll get to them one of these days, you can see them on the blue ext cab truck in the pics
BTW, The Green Standard Cab 3.0 is FOR SALE ASAP !! Ran FINE when I pulled the trans. The old trans is there to rebuild if wanted. Im moving to PA by the end of April, so this needs to go ASAP !! South Jersey near Rowan University. $700 OR BEST OFFER !!!
The pics of all the parts is what I scored today after 6 hours at the local U Pull It yard.
1) Ford Explorer Limited Front Bumper. I've been searching hi and lo for this thing since I first saw it on TS6034's Build. I found one on Ebay in Washington State for 52 bucks, but cross country commercial shipping would have totaled 150 ! . Found another thru a referral from another salvage yard in PA, but they wanted 200 ! I got this one today for 10 minutes work and 42.00
2) The rest is all the interior trim pieces from the doors back, in gray, including the jump seats, seat belts, retractable cargo cover, etc etc. I was REALLY dreading fighting the Torx bolts for the seat belt mounts, after reading about how stubborn they can be here on the forum. The God's were smiling on me today, as they all came out without hardly any protest, with the lone exception of the two inboard ones for the front seats, which I gave up on after starting to strip one and becoming worried about ruining the bit.
I already had picked up a gray dash board, the door panels and front trim pieces last summer. So all I need now to be ready to switch out the inside is seats, headliner and carpet.
3) Picked up a gray, full length console out of an Explorer ( all the way to the dash underside ) , has a slot for a ten disc changer, extra power outlet, cup holders , etc. Even though this thing was a royal PITA to get out, basically had to take it apart piece by piece to get to all the hidden mounts, this was something I REALLY wanted, second only to the Limited front bumper and lower spoiler.
4) Also scored the overhead console, temp/compass. And a three bulb dome light. Those are the two tan pieces in the pics.
5) Got the updated grill I had been looking for.
Paid less then 100 bucks for EVERYTHING in the Pics
6) Will be going to another Pull It yard down the street to grab the gray lighted visors and the auto dimming rear view mirror. Also found another Explorer at that yard on Sunday that has a HUGE trans cooler and an electric fan on it, gonna try and grab that.
7) Forgot, I also need to find a tilt column to complete my interior mods. Whats the deal on needing the PASS module out of the glovebox so the key works ? Is that on ALL models or just certain model years Explorers?
The spoiler and driving lights you see on the blue project truck is just a standard Ranger one, brand new for 35 bucks, when it was looking like my search for a Limited front bumper was going to be long and likely futile. Even though I found what I wanted today, I still dont regret the afternoon I spent switching out the old beat up front spoiler and installing the driving lights.
The long term plan is to add a roll pan with a flip down tag mount to hide a receiver hitch, some side skirts for ground effects along the sides, lower it 3/4, just enough to bring the fender lip down to the top or just a little past the top of the tires. Switch the rear to the Explorer 8.8 with rear wheel discs, finish rebuilding the front end ( ball joints, tie rod ends , etc ).
Cowl Induction Hood, clear turn signal/marker lights up front and " Euro " taillights, swap the tailgate handle to the inside, Rhino Line the bed, hardshell fiberglass tonneua cover, paint it either Black Cherry Mettalic, maybe two tone Black Cherry over Gray, I dunno , still playing with ideas.
17" Polished Cobra Rims, and swap the powertrain for a C4 and a Mustang 302 with GT40 heads.
One of the guys that was finally able to help me get her running last week after the tune up debacle is a Ford Certified Tech and was just recently on an NHRA Team that lost its sponsorship, so he'll be my engine guy.
I REALLY hate to lose overdrive, but the NHRA guy said go with a C4 for durability under high horsepower. I'll be stoked if I can get this thing to run in the mid 12's and still be a reliable daily driver. Someone mentioned an AOD, but said it was heavy. If anyone has any ideas, by all means feel free to offer them. This is my FIRST Ranger and FIRST two wheel drive pick-up EVER( hence the screen name Trailrated92, Im a Jeep guy)so there's a pretty steep learning curve I have to climb.
BTW, will Explorer power seats fit the seat tracks of a Ranger 60/40 split ? OR will the Explorer seat tracks match up to the bolt holes in the Ranger Floor Pans ? NO big surprise, but Im striking out trying to find decent Mustang, Turbo T-Bird or other " direct bolt in" seats. But I found more then a few sets of power Explorer seats in pretty good shape today.
Ok everyone, thats all I have for now, fire away
Well, I guess Im finally gonna get around to creating my build thread. Now that the warm weather is here, I've been able to start making some small changes and minor upgrades. But be warned, this will be a LONG TERM project, probably at least a year or more until its finished. With an almost 6 year old, plus a 6 month old, plus moving to PA from NJ in a couple weeks, plus starting a new job , moving into a new house, getting in shape to attend the Police Academy this time next year, plus having to replenish the toy funds........................... Just bear with me guys, I have a clear vision of where Im taking this project and the wait will be worth it.
Project is a 1992 Ranger Ext Cab 3.0, 2 wheel drive. I got it from a buddy back in 2008 for free as a work truck. Then the crappy A4OD finally gave up on me and it sat in the drive way till this past winter, when I finally found a second truck for parts and had the money to spare to get the trans swapped out.
Last week I was pulling my hair out when I decided to take advantage of the good weather and did a long overdue tune-up, including cap, rotor, coil, plugs and plug wires. I posted a thread about my nightmare in the 3.0 subsection. Turns out at some point in the past, someone did a timing chain on the engine and got the alignment dots for the cam gear and the crank gear 180 out. So when I changed the plug wires and put the new ones on the correct way, I got no start. Finally figured it out with some help of a couple guys and got her running by putting the plug wires on 180 opposite of whats called for to trick everything.
Anyway, here's some pics.
What your looking at..
The green 92 Standard cab is the one I bought as a parts truck for the trans.
The 14" steel wheels and crappy Pep Boys hub caps you see on it are the ones that were on my blue project truck until a couple months ago. The green truck came with 15" Aluminum ones, so I switched em over and polished them up a little, they still need more work though, I'll get to them one of these days, you can see them on the blue ext cab truck in the pics
BTW, The Green Standard Cab 3.0 is FOR SALE ASAP !! Ran FINE when I pulled the trans. The old trans is there to rebuild if wanted. Im moving to PA by the end of April, so this needs to go ASAP !! South Jersey near Rowan University. $700 OR BEST OFFER !!!
The pics of all the parts is what I scored today after 6 hours at the local U Pull It yard.
1) Ford Explorer Limited Front Bumper. I've been searching hi and lo for this thing since I first saw it on TS6034's Build. I found one on Ebay in Washington State for 52 bucks, but cross country commercial shipping would have totaled 150 ! . Found another thru a referral from another salvage yard in PA, but they wanted 200 ! I got this one today for 10 minutes work and 42.00
2) The rest is all the interior trim pieces from the doors back, in gray, including the jump seats, seat belts, retractable cargo cover, etc etc. I was REALLY dreading fighting the Torx bolts for the seat belt mounts, after reading about how stubborn they can be here on the forum. The God's were smiling on me today, as they all came out without hardly any protest, with the lone exception of the two inboard ones for the front seats, which I gave up on after starting to strip one and becoming worried about ruining the bit.
I already had picked up a gray dash board, the door panels and front trim pieces last summer. So all I need now to be ready to switch out the inside is seats, headliner and carpet.
3) Picked up a gray, full length console out of an Explorer ( all the way to the dash underside ) , has a slot for a ten disc changer, extra power outlet, cup holders , etc. Even though this thing was a royal PITA to get out, basically had to take it apart piece by piece to get to all the hidden mounts, this was something I REALLY wanted, second only to the Limited front bumper and lower spoiler.
4) Also scored the overhead console, temp/compass. And a three bulb dome light. Those are the two tan pieces in the pics.
5) Got the updated grill I had been looking for.
Paid less then 100 bucks for EVERYTHING in the Pics
6) Will be going to another Pull It yard down the street to grab the gray lighted visors and the auto dimming rear view mirror. Also found another Explorer at that yard on Sunday that has a HUGE trans cooler and an electric fan on it, gonna try and grab that.
7) Forgot, I also need to find a tilt column to complete my interior mods. Whats the deal on needing the PASS module out of the glovebox so the key works ? Is that on ALL models or just certain model years Explorers?
The spoiler and driving lights you see on the blue project truck is just a standard Ranger one, brand new for 35 bucks, when it was looking like my search for a Limited front bumper was going to be long and likely futile. Even though I found what I wanted today, I still dont regret the afternoon I spent switching out the old beat up front spoiler and installing the driving lights.
The long term plan is to add a roll pan with a flip down tag mount to hide a receiver hitch, some side skirts for ground effects along the sides, lower it 3/4, just enough to bring the fender lip down to the top or just a little past the top of the tires. Switch the rear to the Explorer 8.8 with rear wheel discs, finish rebuilding the front end ( ball joints, tie rod ends , etc ).
Cowl Induction Hood, clear turn signal/marker lights up front and " Euro " taillights, swap the tailgate handle to the inside, Rhino Line the bed, hardshell fiberglass tonneua cover, paint it either Black Cherry Mettalic, maybe two tone Black Cherry over Gray, I dunno , still playing with ideas.
17" Polished Cobra Rims, and swap the powertrain for a C4 and a Mustang 302 with GT40 heads.
One of the guys that was finally able to help me get her running last week after the tune up debacle is a Ford Certified Tech and was just recently on an NHRA Team that lost its sponsorship, so he'll be my engine guy.
I REALLY hate to lose overdrive, but the NHRA guy said go with a C4 for durability under high horsepower. I'll be stoked if I can get this thing to run in the mid 12's and still be a reliable daily driver. Someone mentioned an AOD, but said it was heavy. If anyone has any ideas, by all means feel free to offer them. This is my FIRST Ranger and FIRST two wheel drive pick-up EVER( hence the screen name Trailrated92, Im a Jeep guy)so there's a pretty steep learning curve I have to climb.
BTW, will Explorer power seats fit the seat tracks of a Ranger 60/40 split ? OR will the Explorer seat tracks match up to the bolt holes in the Ranger Floor Pans ? NO big surprise, but Im striking out trying to find decent Mustang, Turbo T-Bird or other " direct bolt in" seats. But I found more then a few sets of power Explorer seats in pretty good shape today.
Ok everyone, thats all I have for now, fire away
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Anyway Pics are now available in the thread
I think the results turned out damn good considering what I had to work with and the conditions.
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