Shoeboy
New Member
- Joined
- Aug 6, 2007
- Messages
- 738
- Reaction score
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- Age
- 36
- Location
- Calgary, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 2001
- Make / Model
- Chrysler
- Engine Size
- 2.4L
- Transmission
- Manual
Well, I bought my replacement Ranger about a month ago. Its not a bad truck except there are some things that have been annoying me. The two biggest things that annoy me is for one, the 3L is stupidly gutless, and two, with the subs in the box, I have very little space, less then the trunk space in my old Caravelle (K-Car body style). I originally wanted a 4L 5 speed 2WD standard cab step side, but this came up when I was needing something cheaper on gas ($80/week with my old Dakota). I also have a massive internal oil leak, about 1L of oil for ever 1000km. I'm thinking of just dumping this truck and picking up a Focus wagon (so I can still have some space, but cheap on gas), or picking up another Ranger/small F150 when one comes along, or drive it and keep topping the oil up. Another idea I just had was to replace the engine with the 4L, should be a straight forward swap, it wouldn't be to bad if I found a 4L with lower mileage, it should bolt up to the 5 speed. What does everybody think, any other ideas, anything welcome. I do have the truck up for sale at the moment, but I'm not 100% decided about selling it or not.