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Finally got her back on the road again, for now. Around 130,000 miles, Michigan truck. Had it since I was 16, first vehicle. In a few years, I'm going to register it as a historic vehicle in my state so I can use a period correct blue and white license plate from '97. Tires are improper (too...

As long as I have owned my Ranger, the driver's side hazard light doesn't work. Both turn signals, brake lights, running lights, etc. all work perfect. When I push the hazard lights button, only the right side works. The left side doesn't even illuminate on the dash like the right one does. I...

My 1997 Ford Ranger with 130,000 miles died on me while driving. It would crank, but not fire up. A few weeks prior, it would lose power on the road and then the engine would surge back to life and all was normal until it would happen again. The CEL would blink when this would happen. It would...

I have asked this on an explorer forum but have not gotten any replies. My front airbag sensor for my 2005 Explorer XLT is corroded and broken and needs to be replaced (air bag code 42) I also have to replace the wiring harness as that is badly corroded too. I have already acquired the Air...

Hello, my Ranger has been leaking some power steering fluid for about a week now in my driveway. I popped the hood and found the little blue/gray rubber piece was popped out of the wire harness connecting to the pressure switch and you could see fluid was leaking out. I put the rubber piece...

This is my baby. Fires 5.56x45. The original SL8 receiver had to be chopped, plastic welded and steel reinforced to be fused to a demilled G36 rear section in order for it to look and function like this. It has a 12.5" G36K barrel with a permanently attached flash hider to meet the 16" legal...

I have a 1997 Ford Ranger 2.3l and the driver's side seat belt buckle broke and appears to be unserviceable. I am assuming the spring broke on the inside of the buckle. It no longer retains the male end of the belt. I have looked at a few local junkyards and the compatible buckles I have...

I noticed a few weeks ago a squeaking sound coming from the steering wheel. It doesn't matter if I am going straight, turning, sitting there idling, even parked with the engine off, I can get the squeak to happen by bumping or jerking the steering wheel. It is very high pitch and comes in very...

I just replaced the 6 GE 194 lamps for my dashboard as a few were dead and the others were on their way. The light that illuminates the head light selector switch options (off, parking ambers, and on) was also dead. When I took apart the assembly I noticed it is not a 194, but something else...

She's still looks good after over 92,000 miles and a number of bad MI winters. My first truck and I am going to keep her as long as I can. Mostly have done cosmetic mods. After the snow season I plan on fixing the leaking fuel filler neck and replacing the exhaust system with new O2 sensors...

My '97 ranger has been acting up lately. At first I thought it was my tranny then power steering but at this point I'm not sure. Whenever I turn my ranger while giving it some throttle I get a bad vibration that sounds like it is coming from the front passenger area. It's almost like a...

My Ranger has always had a crack a few inches long from the top and goes down vertically in the center of my passenger side airbag dash cover. It appears to be spreading slowly, I am guessing there is a groove on the other side to make the panel split easier in the event the bag is deployed and...

On my way home from school today I lost it on an overpass that was icy. (I didn't feel my truck get loose the previous 50 or so miles I drove that day so perhaps I should have been going slower.) I fishtailed a few times between a semi trailer and a guard rail (not fun) before ending up in the...

Hello all, I can't find a thread about this anywhere. I would like to remove my windshield wiper arms all the way down to the base, one of them has the black paint faded into the metal. I figure it would be an easy paint job once they are off but I can't figure out how to get these babies off...

Finally bought a front license plate bracket and a custom front plate for my ranger. It has such a nice mirror finish. Love it!

As far as I know my 97 Ranger still has the stock fuel filter, will changing this out with a new one improve MPG? I also have the ever so popular cracked fuel filler neck, when I top off my tank I lose typically 1 or more gallon of gas. Could this affect fuel pressure or cause gas evaporation...

My truck is a 1997 2.3l XLT. Previously I was going to replace my exhaust system from everything behind the cat and back (muffler, pipes, exhaust tip) and now I am thinking of even replacing the cat itself as it sounds like it is rattling. I am getting very bad highway MPG and I suspect this...

O2 Sensor for 1997 XLT 2.3l I looked under my Ranger and see one Oxygen sensor around the cat, is that the only one for my particular model? I have really bad MPG (about 13 highway) and I am trouble shooting the issue. My O2 sensor(s) have never been replaced and wonder if that is the...

Hello, I have an automatic 1997 XLT, 4 cylinder 2.3L engine. I now travel daily to my school which is 27 miles away, the trip is almost all highway so speeds of 60-70MPH. My Ranger has seemed to always get great mileage before and I suppose before school I never realized how bad it was on gas...

Hello all, my 1997 2.3l Ranger started running a bit louder a year or so ago and I noticed the muffler has three holes burned in the side facing the gas tank. They are a few inches or so large and the area around them is very brittle. The heat shielding material on that side of my gas tank is...