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I recently put a 8.8” axle from an explorer into my 1998 ford ranger 4WD, it had 10 inch drums before, now it has the explorer rear disk brakes. got the explorer brake line to connect into the rangers line, all seemed well. Until I road tested it, the pedal is very soft until the last 25% or so...

94 Ranger, 3.0, 4WD. Dana 35. 3.73 7.5" ~330k miles Earlier this month, my truck started making a rhythmic "thud" sound. Lifted the rear end up and drove it and sure enough, it was coming from my diff. I'm told this could be the pinion bearing, which makes sense to me because there were a lot...

Looking to build a hoonitruck inspired drift truck from my ranger. Want to buy a 5.0 explorer so I can swap parts, rear end, engine and trans etc , wondering what year would be best to go with and what parts can I get from the donor truck . Plan is to lower it and do custom wide body kit with...

Currently trying to engine swap a 2000 4.0 ohv from a 5 speed into a 1996 with the 5r44e, the flexplate, trans bolts, and threads in the engine don’t match up. Has anyone encountered this before and is there a way around it like some sort of adapter, probably should have researched a little more...

I am trying to replace my fuel tank on my 97 ranger 4.0 XLT and it has been rather difficult to find. Does anyone know of another model tank that fits without any modifications?

I'm looking to do a full rebuild of my 2000 Mazda B4000s transmission, it's got the 4.0L, 4WD, M5ODR1 trans, the case is spotless, but the guts are trashed, I know the bell housings are different for different engines, but can I take the internals from another M5ODR1 of a different engine and...

Hey all, I'm at a loss. Swapped my known good 4.0 OHV out of my crashed 2000 4x4 into a newly acquired 2002 FX4 which had a blown head gasket on its 4.0 SOHC (but ran *just* well enough to get it on and off a trailer). Both manuals, swapped PCM appropriately, using the 2002 body side connector...

My son’s 2002 4.0 dohc ranger develops a nasty timing chain issue today. I found a motor out of a 2001 ranger with 105,000 miles for $1300 bucks. That’s cheaper than replacing the timing chains. my sons truck is an automatic and this motor came out of a manual truck. Is there any surprises I...

Title about says it all. Swapping a 28 spline 8.8 axle from a 2000 ranger onto my 91 ranger, in the process of regearing with used 3,55 gears. Using the old pinion bearing as a setup bearing, dremeled it out to a slip fit, and am installing the pinion with the old crush sleeve, outer bearing...

Hey, I'm Lenny from Massachusetts One of my first vehicles was a 1986 Ranger regular cab short bed with a 2.0L 4 speed plus overdrive manual in Light desert tan. It was inherited from my uncle who passed. Was a work truck with no options at all. No power steering, no power brakes, no radio...

Hey there, my 2.0 block decided to blow up recently. Finding a new to me 2.0 block in my area is proving to be near impossible. There is however an early 80’s ranger with a 2.3 efi at a junkyard here where I can get the whole motor for cheap. I’m hoping someone can tell me where to look for a...

i want to swap out the bench seat in my ute for some of the normal seats from some other truck, basically what i’m asking is what is compatible with the bench seat oem like brackets and such, are the seats from the 2nd gen compatible with the 1st gen? also are bronco ii seats compatible in any...

Hello TRS, hopefully ya'll can save my ass at least one more time. Finally got the engine running with no prevalent problems there yet, but when I wanted to move the newly started truck, I wasn't able to put the truck into gear while running. Turned the engine off and pushed through all the...

I have a 94 ranger with a 2.3 4cyl engine and the A4ld trans . The trans is bad and I am ether gona get it rebuilt or swap in a used one or swap to a manual. I'm told a rebuild will cost me a couple thousand dollars and I will still have a not so good a4ld , and as far as swapping in a used...

So, last weekend (July 3rd) I totaled my truck by landing, yes you read that right, on the hood of a Tesla. I’ll share photos below… still waiting on dash cam footage from the Tesla owner. How it happened is I lost my brakes at 70mph exiting an interstate. I decided to hit the ditch on the...

I recently rolled my 99 4x4 auto ranger with 3.0 flex fuel. Which other rangers could i swap that motor into?

Been reading on how to do this swap on my Ranger and I think understand everything I need to do, but have one question before I buy donor axle from a junk yard. If I am planning on installing a locker, should I be looking for an open differential, LSD, or does it matter? Im thinking I want to...

Hello all, I have been searching for an answer for this for what feels like hours. I can find plenty of examples of 4x4 Rangers being 5.0 swapped or manual 2WD being 5.0 swapped but not 2wd auto swaps. So here is my question: I'm currently looking to buy a donor ‘98-‘01 Explorer/ Mountaineer...

Hi, I have a 1996 4.0 xlt 5 speed 2wd, the rear end hit a massive bolder in an ice storm and I bent the frame, trying to find out how easy it would be or if it is possible to swap my engine which is undamaged into another truck, I have a few options on what truck I can buy for this, they are all...

Hey everyone, I finally got around to putting my 1999 leather heated explorer seats and full center console into my 2002 extended cab Ford Ranger with a manual. If anyone is looking to do it, I made a video series on youtube to help others out.