Recent content by 1986fordranger

Hi everyone. Long time no see. As luck would have it I'm the not so proud owner of a 1989 ford bronco ll eddie bauier edition. It Has more new and rebuilt parts on it then the originals. I noticed one day that the drivers side rear axle seal was leaking oil. So I drained the diff and pulled the...

howdy, well as you would know it, today I lost the ignition/door lock key to my 2000 ranger, what all is involved in getting a new key cut ? , I've been told if I bring in paper work stating I own the truck and the vin number they will cut me a new key ?, just wondering if this will work on my...

ok so I recently bought another ranger for a winter beater, this time a 1984 2.8L V6 5 speed 4wd ranger, the main issue that the truck is having is the starter will grind when you go to crank it over, ( i have to roll start it) the last owner replaced the starter with a autozone reman a few...

depending on your application you might want to look into some timbren's, instead of a SAS

hi . im helping out a guy in town to try and get his plow truck running again . anyway its a 1991 extra cab ford ranger with a 2.9l and a 5 speed . it will crank but won't fire . a friend told me he thought it is the knock sensor . i doubt it is . but i got to thinking and figured i'd go about...

hi , im in the middle of fixing the rear frame (rusted out behind the rear spring hangers) and making up a new mounting point for my rear bumper , i could have swaped the rear frame section for a rust free one , or cut the frame rails off infront of the hangers , replaced the hangers and welded...

hi , i recently bought a pretty much rust free black tailgate (paint is in pretty good shape with only one minor scratch) for $75 to replace the rusty one on my 99 ranger (kind of a dark green color) , anyways i was wondering what the majority 's opinion of , if i need to get the gate painted to...

hi . i recently bought a 1999 ford ranger XLT 4x4 automatic extra cab with the bigger 4.0l v6 . also is pretty low mileage at alittle over 92,854 as of current . also has abit under sized tires (225/75r16) . the truck should have 245/75r16's . now this is my question driveing in country/city...

howdy yall long time no see . anyway i'm looking at buying a 1998 ford ranger 3.0l v6 5 speed 4x4 with 185.000 miles . the engine is hard to start when cold and likes to die out and sputter . now heres my question . one of the past owners have cut the four wires on the plug for the mass air flow...

hello , yesterday i was looking at my two dash gauge clusters , one is from a 1987 and one is from a 1986 , and both of them have a black plastic cover that is glued over the light bulbs for the dummy lights , and both have the normal , check engine , check oil and seat belt , rear antilock ...

hello all , i'm thinking about building some sort of home made bed for my ranger , and was wondering if anyone has any other designs aside from the normal flat bed that ya see all over the place , like maybe a mini utitly body or a mini dump bed or possabaly a mini rackbody ? , any ideas/photos...

this is a build thread for my 1986 suzuki samurai jx , currently its pretty much stock , just waiting for winter to end so i can start working on it again , plans involve a 3'' calmini all spring lift kit , some either 30 or 31'' mud tires , some off road bumpers , a cb radio , and some off road...

hey yall , and yes i know this question may be hard for anyone to answer , but i figured i'd ask anyway , how much leg and head room is there in a 1st gen 1983-1992 regular cab ranger with a stock bench seat , compared to a extra cab ranger with a bench seat ? , the reason for asking is i have...

hey yall , i have been running my donor vehicle a 1989 ford ranger with the 2.9L v6 in it around my property hauling dirt and such , and ever since i bought it it would tick at first start up and tick for about 1-2 minutes and then for the most part goe away , any ideas of what would make it...

well to start with less then a year ago i bought a 1989 ford ranger 2.9 v6 5 speed mazda m50d 4wd for a parts truck but i have been running it around the farm just to check everything out and all seemed good i also check the fluids , lately there has been a kind of a beep comeing from the clutch...