Ok, could use a little more help identifying a transmission that the salvage yard says came from a 1992 Ford Ranger ("It's virtually impossible for us to mislabel something because....").
I've got the transmission in the truck and ready to go.... and wouldn't ya know it, the shift lever I have from my 1991 will not work... it seems the shift lever "hook up?" is about 1/8 - 1/4" lower... therefore the shift lever is a sloppy mess/not engaging properly!
1st, Salvage yard says truck it came from is scrapped... so no recovering the shifter it should have....
2nd, no labels or stamped id on transmission.... why?!?!
3rd, Ford Dealer says all the 91-94 use the same shift lever... I am missing a plastic bushing that goes onto the ball of the shifter (in the middle of the lower portion) but that does not appear to be the issue because below that is the shaft that appears to be short as mentioned....
sooooo, seeing as it had a electronic speedometer and now this issue I'm pretty sure someone somewhere screwed something up and now I've paid by putting the time into this.... If I could identify the transmission I could probably figure a way to get the RIGHT shifter for it... any ideas?!?
The transmission does appear to work when I was able to sorta engage into some gears with engine running... I didn't drive it anywhere as it's very unreliable (sloppy!!!) but it looks like a M50D and after my tailstock swap it's basically the same... looking at the upper plate I wonder if I should have swapped that? but at this point, pulling the transmission AGAIN is really infuriating! Rather find a correct stick!