Kizzle
New Member
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2020
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- 10
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- Location
- Charleston SC
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
I’m new here. I got an 85 Ranger, the 2.8 about a month ago and have been troubleshooting all sorts of things to get the truck running right. In all honesty I’m new to working on cars as a whole but I’ve learned a lot in the past month and this forum has been very helpful. Truck is in great condition but I felt like it wasn’t running as good as it should. Started with the usual standard tune up, all the fluids, spark plugs, etc. The man I bought it from mentioned that it prob needs carb rebuilt. So I eventually looked into it. carb looked great externally but I took his word for it And got the kit. When I started removing it I disconnected the mixture control/ feedback solenoid and it was somewhat gooey/ broken plastic and burnt looking. I still rebuilt the carb tho it seemed fine. Truck is not running that good and stalling in idle. Pretty positive solenoid is toast and found one online I believe. Couldn’t find one specifically for the 85 2.8 but one that looks just like it, gasket and all. I’m wondering if the truck running poorly is from this and if I replace it, could another electrical issue have contributed to the old one failing. Sry for long post, just how it flowed.