Possibly have a newer motor?

[Rusty Bouquet]

According to what I read here, in the link below, the 3.0 had a distributor till 94. My 93 has no distributor. Is the info I'm reading correct? Thanks!

https://therangerstation.com/tech_library/3_0performance.html

 

[mtnrgr]

Every 3.0 Ranger from 91-94 has a distributor. It's located in the very back by the firewall. Only the 2.3 and 4.0 engines had a coil pack those same years. Picture would help with this.

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

It's got a coil pack. It's most definitely not the early motor(with a dizzy). I was just wondering if the 94 cut off date for the distributor equipped motor was correct.

 

[Josh B]

Are you positive it's a 3.0 ?

Also are you sure the coil on it is stock?

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

Up till this development, I would swear it was factory everything. It appears to be very unmolested, under the hood anyways. I suspect it was a fleet truck of some manner, earlier it's life. I can post a motor pic tomorrow, but it just looks like a factory 3.0 with edis.

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

Finally got some pics of my "93" 3.0...

 

[Dirtman]

Pffffft that's just a square distributor.

 

[Josh B]

That looks near identical to the 4.0

 

[snoranger]

That looks near identical to the 4.0

That’s because it is a 4.0L

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

I guess you do learn something new everyday! The PO was under the impression it was a 3.0... These v6's are all new to me. That would account for the mpg too. Looks like I'm movin' on up to the 4.0 forum!

 

[Josh B]

did you read the labels under the hood ?

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

I checked the door tags, which didn't mention a motor. Till it clicked in my head about the coil pack, I had no reason to question that it wasn't a 3.0...

 

[Josh B]

the engine will be on a tag under the hood, along with emmissions tag

 

[Uncle Gump]

Looks like I'm movin' on up to the 4.0 forum!

That about brought tears to my eyes from laughing.

What is the 8th digit of the VIN? X

 

[Rusty Bouquet]

I finally found the "4.0" on the core support sticker. Talk about fine print... I could barely see it! And the 8th digit of the vin is "X".