Recent content by brother rat

Hi there. I'm currently driving a 2004 Sport Trac 2WD. It runs great, and I really like the vehicle. It is getting older, but only has about 130k miles. The 4.0 SOHC has been a great motor, so far, if not slightly underpowered. Any recommendations on getting even a little more juice out of it...

Driving our Focus wagon down the freeway at 75 mph, sudden rattling sound and no power. The rattling was pretty quiet, like I had a piece of plastic or something stuck in the grill flapping in the wind (I actually thought the car next to me had the rattling sound). As the car slowed to a stop...

1994 single cab. Already has a pioneer afermarket head unit, that I am replacing with another Pioneer unit. I'm not have any luck with the removal tools. Any trick to it? Or do I need to tear apart the dash? If so, what is the most efficient way to get to where I'm able to remove the old unit...

My 94 2.3 at 175k recently started pinging on acceleration. Never had a problem with it before, and now it's constantly pinging on acceleration. I saw some mention of this in other threads as being common to the 2.3 I was just wondering who else has the same issue? Just how common is it? Any...

I know this has been hashed and re-hashed. I've read up a lot on this forum and other sources. Here's the deal: '94, 2.3, auto, 2WD. The 2.3/auto is just too anemic. So I'm considering the options and I'm just looking to bounce some ideas around and get feedback. 4.0 swap? 3.0L swap? I'm in...

'94, 2.3, auto, 177k, hasn't thrown the CEL But if I fire up the truck and just let it idle, after about 30 sec. it starts to lope a little bit (almost like a miss, but it's hard to tell, it's pretty subtle) it will idle like that for 2-3 minutes and then start to die, or in some cases it does...

I've confirmed that the brake reservoir is full. When coming to a stop, my brakes work, but then the pedal begins to travel farther and farther and feels pretty spongy. The truck comes to a complete stop. But when stopped I can pretty easily depress the brake pedal all the way to the floor...

I was wondering if anyone has used different types of tire front/rear on their 2WD (I'm sure someone, somewhere has done so). Either street tires up front and A/T's on the back, or A/T's on the front and M/T's on the back, or any other combination. I'm just curious to see what options anyone has...

The axle code on my door sticker is 86. That should be a 7.5" open 3.73. What's actually under the truck is an 8.8" (original owner must have swapped) and the axle tag indicates open 4.11 gears. When I lifted up the rear end this weekend, for every complete tire rotation the driveshaft does ~1.8...

My radiator developed a leak, so I'll be replacing it this weekend. I'm assuming it should be pretty straight-forward. Any pitfalls I should be aware of?

My 2WD Ranger has an 8.8" axle with 4.11 gears. I want some type of traction device in the rear, but I'm not really interested in learning to setup gears and what not. So, I'm looking at a lunchbox style locker/limited-slip. The truck is my daily driver and only sees occasional snow/ice...

We've had this 1994 Ranger in our family since 1997 and it was my daily driver until I moved away for college. It stayed with my folks and they just recently purchased a newer truck so I got the Ranger back from them. I'll put up some pictures later on when I have a chance. It's a std. cab...

I'm going to be picking up my Ranger in a week or so. The first thing I want to do is put a tool box in the bed. Can you recommend any brands (DeeZee, Delta, etc.)? And can you recommend any stores to purchase from? Thanks.

My Ranger (1994) has different keys for the door and ignition. Is this common to all Rangers? The ignition key also locks the glove box. I know that some Ford passenger cars had a separate key for the trunk, but ignition and doors were usually the same key. I'm just wondering if maybe at some...

Hi there. I have a 94 single cab, short bed ranger with the 2.3L which has served very well for many years now. I've been reading up on swapping a 4.0 OHV, I think that would make for a fun little truck. I'm wondering if anyone in California has done this swap before. How hard was it to get CARB...