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I know this is a very old thread but this is how a mechanical speedometer works. The speedometer cable is gear driven at the tail end of the transmission. The cable is housed in a housing and the top of the housing connects to the speedometer. The cable spins the speedometer and gears inside...

I installed a new IAV and no difference with the idle. I bought a scanner for computer codes and no codes were present. I sprayed starting fluid along the vacuum lines and did not detect any difference in the running of the motor so have to assume no vacuum leaks in the lines. I put on a new...

1992 Ranger 2.9 L V6 AT 4WD 135,000 miles The engine idles poorly, lopes, kind of like if there was a racing cam, lopes, I found one vac line split and replaced it. I have looked for others all look okay to me. Driving the truck runs fine but come to a stoplight, LOPES. What...

Hello everyone. I have a 1992 Ford Ranger 4WD AT 2.9L v6 with a tach. I need a speedometer for the truck. The tach and gauges work so I do not need to instrument cluster. I am British Columbia, Canada. Anyone out there know where I can purchase a speedometer?? thanks

Robert1, did you solve your problem from 2012? if so what was the solution as I have a 92 ranger 2.9v6 and same trouble, idles rough and going down hill holding the throttle / speed steady the engine jerks and runs rough, pulling up a hill it seems to run fine.

Hello. I have a 1992 Ford Ranger 4WD Automatic transmission. 2.9 L V-6 engine. 103,000 miles I live in southern Alberta and this is a Canada-built truck I have had this truck for about 18 months and put about 22,000 miles on it. has been running fine until about a month ago. It USED TO...

Hello. I have a 1992 Ford Ranger 4WD, auto transmission. Lately the transmission won't shift into Overdrive except on a rare occasions. The truck has 101,000 actual miles. I have had it for 18 months and it has been going into overdrive just fine until about a month ago. So I took off the...

I have had this truck for about 18 months and put about 20,000 miles on it. it has 130,000 total miles. Ever since I have had this truck there has been something just not right when starting from a full stop. It is like a worn-out U-Joint, there is a feel of a little slight slop like the...

thank you for this print out!! so, with the warning lights on the braking system works like a "normal" vehicle which I assume means that it will not prevent the rear wheels from locking up but braking is still good. The master brake cylinder was near full i added about 1 teaspoon of fluid...

QUESTION> I see this thread is years old. Today is 24 Oct 2022. I have a 1992 Ford Ranger 4WD automatic transmission. Been running great. No trouble lights ever. Today I got stuck in the snow and had to go forward/backward/forward/backward a few times in 4WD in order to get out of the...