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Well that made a difference, truck is much snappier now. Also I think it was running a bit rich before, I could often smell unburned fuel but not now. Good thing I did the belt, the tensioner was shot as was the water pump, I doubt they changed them when they did the belt.

Awesome, thanks RonD, tor the quick answer, I couldn't figure why it was running fairly well if this was out.

Doing the timing belt on my 96 2.3, it was last replaced about 60K ago. Noticed whomever did the belt last had the oil pump out by one tooth clockwise. Any idea how this would affect the running? Thanks

Solved here https://www.therangerstation.com/forums/index.php?threads/1996-2-3-manual-stalling-issue.188839/ Good to know that if the PCM does not get a speed sensor signal the truck will not run right, stalling, running rich, poor idle are all symptomatic of this. Thanks.

Update, as I suspected the wiring harness was not the correct one for this truck, somewhere in it's history it has been swapped out for one from a different year or options, either way it was wrong. I bought the one off ebay an installed it today, everything now works as it should :yahoo: Thanks...

There are gry/blk wires at pin 58 on the PCM and pin 9 on the GEM and pin 1? on the cluster. The blu/y ohms out on pin 64 of the PCM. I saw this 96 harness on ebay and I can see the wiring on the grey connector that mates to the VSS section and there is a visible gry/blk wire there that mine...

If I wanted to run a jumper from the VSS to the PCM/GEM/Speedo any suggestions on where to splice in? Thanks

Thanks, the more I look at it the more I am convinced this is the wrong harness. The LB/Y ohms out at pin 64 on the PCM. Just strange that the only thing not working on this truck is The P0500 no VSS Signal, so speedo and engine fuel mgmt are not working correctly. The LB/Y wire is spliced off...

yes the gry/blk and the pk/o are connected to the vss

VSS is new and I spun it on the bench, works fine. Which side are you wanting me to test?

Hi RonD, it is definitely the grey/blk coming from the VSS and transitions to light blue/yellow at the connector.

Hi, no cruise on this truck, the grey/blk is the light wire at the bottom front of the connector in the photo it connects to the light blue/yellow opposite in the female end, I have checked the pink/orange ground and it is good.

Thank you, I have seen this one before and wanted to confirm if I had the correct one, the problem I have is the grey/black wire after the first connector from the VSS exits as light blue/yellow and that splices into another light blue/yellow, one of them goes to pin 64 on the PCM. Pin 58 on...

Thanks but that must be for a later model, 96 has the vss on the transmission.

Can anyone tell me for a 1996 Ranger 2.3 Manual 4x2, what path the wiring for the VSS takes, does it go direct to the PCM/GEM/Speedo via the grey/black wires or does the signal get processed another way. Thanks

Okay, not sure what is going on here, this is the connector from the VSS/02 sensor harness to the main harness. Bottom right is the grey/blk wire from the VSS going in but the wire coming out on the other side of the connector is Green/Yel and goes to pin 64 on the PCM which is for the TR...

Anyone have a PCM pin out diagram for a 96 Ranger 2.3 Thanks

Thanks for all the input, I appreciate it for sure. To clarify a couple of things. This truck is a manual with 2W ABS, no A/C I have replaced the VSS and IAC with new parts. I got my new scan tool yesterday and it is only showing a stored code for the VSS circuit so I am going to check the...

Hi all, looking for some help on a 96 2.3 manual 2WD I bought recently. Problem: When coming to a stop in 1st or 2nd gear the truck stalls. Some back ground info: Manual 2W ABS, no A/C Truck runs very well, idles smooth starts fine cold or hot, slight smell of running rich and may lack a bit...