What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[Curious Hound]

Stopped a belt squeak issue, checked all fluids, lubed all the grease fittings, aired up the tires and updated my adventure board. All ready to start loading up for the Fall Colors Campout. Don't be afraid to show up even though you didn't make reservations earlier. Just pack your stuff and get there.

TRS Event Thread '2025 TRS Fall Colors Campout'

Dec 19, 2024

Join us for a Relaxing Fall Colors Campout!
October 2 - 5, 2025 - in Cass, West Virginia

We will be staying at Whittaker Campground
1167 Gum Rd, Cass, WV 24927
(304) 456-3218

Campground rates are $30 per night for primitive tent camping, more for water/electric hookups or trailers/RVs. If we have enough committed participants by early April, I will negotiate a group discounted rate. If that happens, I may need to have you send me your reservation money so I can make payment as a group. More details on this as it develops...

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[Saddle Tramp]

I had the transmission fluid changed at 128,000 miles. I had it done earlier this year by Aamco but wasn't sure about it. (I was worried that they just syphoned it from the fill tube and put new stuff in.) It felt like it gained twenty horsepower.

 

[holyford86]

Continued on with my cab reconstruction project, tonight was back wall day, it's about 3/4 done, I'll finish it tomorrow

Not sure why this posted upside down, it still gets the point across though.

 

[Tbow2025]

I put the Raptor grille on it today. Before and after photos attached.

 

[SenorNoob]

I look forward to a closer look Saturday.

 

[Tbow2025]

I look forward to a closer look Saturday.

Me too

 

[tmr416]

Kept chugging along on my resto-mod. Rebuilding axles with new gears, ordering new engine parts and prepping for reassembly.

 

[superj]

I was looking at m220 diff covers and then realized that is the same diff on my wife's wrangler. So i googled it and its also used on the canyon/colorado.

How odd that all the american midsize trucks use the same diff now days

 

[SenorNoob]

Aren't they build by Dana? Probably cheaper to buy one from them than design it yourself.

 

[Tbow2025]

Aren't they build by Dana? Probably cheaper to buy one from them than design it yourself.

Yeeeaaap

 

[Rick W]

Oh wise ones, I really need some help

1997 xlt ext cab 4.0ohv 5-spd

Continuing saga of trying to get The Road Ranger to run right. If you recall when I went back back-and-forth to Pennsylvania, it seemed to lose a little power on the way back, and I was getting soot in the left exhaust pipe. This is what I have done, in order, over the last few weeks.

I changed the plugs and the plug wires. The front plug on the driver side was actually loose, wiggling. Seemed to run a little better, but still not right. Occasionally gurgling sound out of the left tailpipe.

I used a smoke machine to check for vacuum leaks, not many, all fixed.

I ran a can of seafoam through the engine from a 1/3 tank full condition. No result. If I was underload on a hill, or I just stomped down hard on the gas pedal, it would bog down like either it was flooding, or it was starving for Fuel. If I pump the gas quickly, sometimes it would recover, sometimes it would recover halfway.

I ran the tank down to about 8 gallons, and I ran a can of carbiclean. I drove it 35 miles at highway speeds twice over a three hour period, then let it sit for two days to let the stuff do its work, and then headed out again, 35 miles at Highway speed twice a couple hours apart. It actually ran much worse. It was hard to even rev it up in first gear, and would bog down horribly like above if I pushed hard on the gas pedal. After a couple miles, it smoothed out, but it didn’t go away.

I changed the fuel filter. Made no difference.

I changed the PCV valve. When I read up on PCV valve symptoms, it seemed to be exactly what the truck was doing. The old PCV valve still rattled, but it looked pretty nasty. Anyway, no noticeable improvement. The truck boggs down so bad it’s difficult to drive. I have to really watch what I’m doing if I’m pointed uphill from a stop, and at any speed in any gear if I stomped down on the gas, it will bog down, again seems like it’s either flooded or starved. If I work the gas pedal slowly, it purrs like a kitten and shifts OK until it’s under a load or when I’m pulling out from the start.

I bought a coil pack that I can change out, that’s not such a big job. I also bought injectors, but that is a big job for me, and I need some advice before I tackle that.

I can’t help but feel it’s something pretty simple that I’m missing. The truck was running way too good before “I fixed it.“

Help!!

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Oh wise ones, I really need some help

1997 xlt ext cab 4.0ohv 5-spd

Continuing saga of trying to get The Road Ranger to run right. If you recall when I went back back-and-forth to Pennsylvania, it seemed to lose a little power on the way back, and I was getting soot in the left exhaust pipe. This is what I have done, in order, over the last few weeks.

I changed the plugs and the plug wires. The front plug on the driver side was actually loose, wiggling. Seemed to run a little better, but still not right. Occasionally gurgling sound out of the left tailpipe.

I used a smoke machine to check for vacuum leaks, not many, all fixed.

I ran a can of seafoam through the engine from a 1/3 tank full condition. No result. If I was underload on a hill, or I just stomped down hard on the gas pedal, it would bog down like either it was flooding, or it was starving for Fuel. If I pump the gas quickly, sometimes it would recover, sometimes it would recover halfway.

I ran the tank down to about 8 gallons, and I ran a can of carbiclean. I drove it 35 miles at highway speeds twice over a three hour period, then let it sit for two days to let the stuff do its work, and then headed out again, 35 miles at Highway speed twice a couple hours apart. It actually ran much worse. It was hard to even rev it up in first gear, and would bog down horribly like above if I pushed hard on the gas pedal. After a couple miles, it smoothed out, but it didn’t go away.

I changed the fuel filter. Made no difference.

I changed the PCV valve. When I read up on PCV valve symptoms, it seemed to be exactly what the truck was doing. The old PCV valve still rattled, but it looked pretty nasty. Anyway, no noticeable improvement. The truck boggs down so bad it’s difficult to drive. I have to really watch what I’m doing if I’m pointed uphill from a stop, and at any speed in any gear if I stomped down on the gas, it will bog down, again seems like it’s either flooded or starved. If I work the gas pedal slowly, it purrs like a kitten and shifts OK until it’s under a load or when I’m pulling out from the start.

I bought a coil pack that I can change out, that’s not such a big job. I also bought injectors, but that is a big job for me, and I need some advice before I tackle that.

I can’t help but feel it’s something pretty simple that I’m missing. The truck was running way too good before “I fixed it.“

Help!!

Probably best to start a new thread. Sorry, I can't help more.