jobar
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- Location
- Warner Robins, Georgia
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0 liter
- Transmission
- Manual
Hey guys, looking for some opinions from y'all. I just got back into the ranger scene after being absent for about 2 1/2 years. I recently picked up a 2001 ranger edge, 3.0, 2wd, 5 speed about 2 weeks ago. After about 4 days i lost the slave cylinder in the transmission. I went ahead and replaced the slave cylinder, clutch, pressure plate, and had the flywheel resurfaced while I was under there. Im going camping next wednesday. About a 200 something mile drive. 4 hours.
My first concern is, I will have half of the bed full of firewood and the other half camping gear. (possibly a trailer with 4 canoes and 2 kayaks). Will the clutch, slave cylinder, etc.. be broken in enough for this haul? There will only be about 350-400 miles on the new stuff.
My second concern is, I have a slight vibration at 65mph. Not sure what it is? I checked entire driveline and found nothing. This was before the I worked on the trans. Still there after i worked on the trans. I read on here where some other guys were having the same problem with this generation of rangers. Ring and pinion I believe is what they said the reason was for the vibration. Now that has me conerned with the weight in my bed and the possible trailer. My concern is not wether my ranger can tow it, but rather should I be concerned with the vibration and the weight adding to the load on the driveline? Mainly the ring and pinion. P.S. 7.5 rear axle with 3.73's.
Thanks in advance.....
My first concern is, I will have half of the bed full of firewood and the other half camping gear. (possibly a trailer with 4 canoes and 2 kayaks). Will the clutch, slave cylinder, etc.. be broken in enough for this haul? There will only be about 350-400 miles on the new stuff.
My second concern is, I have a slight vibration at 65mph. Not sure what it is? I checked entire driveline and found nothing. This was before the I worked on the trans. Still there after i worked on the trans. I read on here where some other guys were having the same problem with this generation of rangers. Ring and pinion I believe is what they said the reason was for the vibration. Now that has me conerned with the weight in my bed and the possible trailer. My concern is not wether my ranger can tow it, but rather should I be concerned with the vibration and the weight adding to the load on the driveline? Mainly the ring and pinion. P.S. 7.5 rear axle with 3.73's.
Thanks in advance.....