ThermionicEmissions
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- Location
- Victoria, BC, Canada
- Vehicle Year
- 2008
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hi all, first I'd like to say thanks to the members of this forum for being so helpful! I'm a new Ranger owner and although I'm new to working on cars, I'm planning to do as much maintenance on it as I can.
After reading some horror stories I'm thinking about replacing the camshaft synchronizer in my '07 3.0. It's only got about 75k miles on it, and it's not making any noise, but I did read this article on TRS where Wicked_Sludge recommends replacing at 80K miles. Figure it couldn't hurt, unless I drop something in the hole.
Anyhow, I'd like to hear from anyone who has replaced theirs, to know if you had to disconnect the main wiring harness at all. The two main branches of it are right above the cam synch'r and they don't want to move much.
I'm also thinking I'll replace the PCV valve while at it, and I'm hoping someone can confirm it is this part.
Thanks all.
After reading some horror stories I'm thinking about replacing the camshaft synchronizer in my '07 3.0. It's only got about 75k miles on it, and it's not making any noise, but I did read this article on TRS where Wicked_Sludge recommends replacing at 80K miles. Figure it couldn't hurt, unless I drop something in the hole.
Anyhow, I'd like to hear from anyone who has replaced theirs, to know if you had to disconnect the main wiring harness at all. The two main branches of it are right above the cam synch'r and they don't want to move much.
I'm also thinking I'll replace the PCV valve while at it, and I'm hoping someone can confirm it is this part.
Thanks all.