apexFD
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- 1989
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Hey guys,
I just bought a 1989 ford ranger regular cab short box with the 2.3L 4 banger with dual coils, it has 270 000km and is in pretty good shape, runs good. I bought it for 800$ CAD. I just gave it a tune up.. changed all the spark plugs/wires, changed oil/fuel filter, new oil (10w30), new air filter (i ripped out all the heated intake stuff that came from the headers and cut a giant hole in the bottom of the airbox) and just cleaned up the engine. The rear brake line was leaking (behind the gas tank.. what a bitch) so i installed a new brake line from the rear antilock unit (in front of the fuel filter) to the other connector in front of the rear axle (before the splittter).. I also bled all 4 brakes and pumped out all the old fluid. While i was at it i replaced both rear brakes with brand new springs and pads etc etc.
So here is the next thing i want to do.. I want to block off/delete all the emissions stuff. My EGR valve has the front falling off of it, i would rather just get rid of all that crap if i can...
Is there a write up for this? How will it affect my gas mileage, increase or decrease?
I have deleted the emissions on my 1991 rx7 turbo.. i am familiar with the process, i just want to know how to do it on a 2.3L ranger.
Also, after taking my gas tank off (out of curiousity i unscrewed and looking inside the gas tank via the big black ring above the internal fuel pump) my gas meter seems to be acting weird... when the truck is off it reads true (i have 3/4 tank in there right now) but when i fire the truck up the fuel guage reads wayy past full? I dont want to have to take that stupid fuel tank off again.. how can i fix it?!
BTW: This truck will be my Daily driver for a few months strait.. I own a 1993 mazda rx7 that i am doing a bunch of work to at the moment, so when that project is done the ranger will probably be sitting for a few months until the weather gets too bad to drive my FD around... So either way i want to clean up the truck and make it reliable.
Other than that the truck seems to be good... Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ben
I just bought a 1989 ford ranger regular cab short box with the 2.3L 4 banger with dual coils, it has 270 000km and is in pretty good shape, runs good. I bought it for 800$ CAD. I just gave it a tune up.. changed all the spark plugs/wires, changed oil/fuel filter, new oil (10w30), new air filter (i ripped out all the heated intake stuff that came from the headers and cut a giant hole in the bottom of the airbox) and just cleaned up the engine. The rear brake line was leaking (behind the gas tank.. what a bitch) so i installed a new brake line from the rear antilock unit (in front of the fuel filter) to the other connector in front of the rear axle (before the splittter).. I also bled all 4 brakes and pumped out all the old fluid. While i was at it i replaced both rear brakes with brand new springs and pads etc etc.
So here is the next thing i want to do.. I want to block off/delete all the emissions stuff. My EGR valve has the front falling off of it, i would rather just get rid of all that crap if i can...
Is there a write up for this? How will it affect my gas mileage, increase or decrease?
I have deleted the emissions on my 1991 rx7 turbo.. i am familiar with the process, i just want to know how to do it on a 2.3L ranger.
Also, after taking my gas tank off (out of curiousity i unscrewed and looking inside the gas tank via the big black ring above the internal fuel pump) my gas meter seems to be acting weird... when the truck is off it reads true (i have 3/4 tank in there right now) but when i fire the truck up the fuel guage reads wayy past full? I dont want to have to take that stupid fuel tank off again.. how can i fix it?!
BTW: This truck will be my Daily driver for a few months strait.. I own a 1993 mazda rx7 that i am doing a bunch of work to at the moment, so when that project is done the ranger will probably be sitting for a few months until the weather gets too bad to drive my FD around... So either way i want to clean up the truck and make it reliable.
Other than that the truck seems to be good... Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ben
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