huggyb1972
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- Oct 31, 2010
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- Location
- Circle City, Indiana
- Vehicle Year
- 87'
- Make / Model
- FORD
- Engine Size
- 2.3l soon to be Turbo
- Transmission
- Manual
I picked this little Ranger up this week as a cheeeeeep little truck to drive back and forth to work while I pay off a big old Dr. bill. Craigslist ad said 94 ranger $500. I guess I was the only guy who had actually called and showed up. I looked it over what a actual mess truck is all there but the engine was not running due to a supposed locked cam, the rear axle it being held in place with bailing wire tie down straps and 2x6's under the bed.
I offered $100 since there was so much to repair to get it street worthy again we shook on $150 then I called a tow truck. the day after it came home I dug into the engine and found the #3 cam bearing seized and had to pull the cam out with a jack bolt and a big socket. I replaced the cam bearing with a new one and verified the oiling system was carrying oil to that spot, so it's still a mystery why it seized for the time being. Saturday morning I put the timing belt back in, put the front pulley back on, hit the key, and it fired right up. So now I've spent about $200 on a $150 truck plus a $25 tow bill and at least have had the engine running for 25 minutes to get it up to temp and listen for any troubles in the engine or trans. The driveshaft pulled out of the trans on the ride home when it went over rail road tracks.
Tomorrow were going to pull the bed and replace the hangers and shackles with the parts that came on the fed ex truck Saturday afternoon. I have my eye on a flareside bed that I think is the same color green and then I 'm just going to use some of the camo film on the lower body line and see how it looks.
I offered $100 since there was so much to repair to get it street worthy again we shook on $150 then I called a tow truck. the day after it came home I dug into the engine and found the #3 cam bearing seized and had to pull the cam out with a jack bolt and a big socket. I replaced the cam bearing with a new one and verified the oiling system was carrying oil to that spot, so it's still a mystery why it seized for the time being. Saturday morning I put the timing belt back in, put the front pulley back on, hit the key, and it fired right up. So now I've spent about $200 on a $150 truck plus a $25 tow bill and at least have had the engine running for 25 minutes to get it up to temp and listen for any troubles in the engine or trans. The driveshaft pulled out of the trans on the ride home when it went over rail road tracks.
Tomorrow were going to pull the bed and replace the hangers and shackles with the parts that came on the fed ex truck Saturday afternoon. I have my eye on a flareside bed that I think is the same color green and then I 'm just going to use some of the camo film on the lower body line and see how it looks.
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