Killjoy99
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- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
(Edit): Sorry I fell asleep while typing this,
Hello my name is Johnny. I seriously need help! I'm totally lost and idk what to do anymore. So I have a 1997 ford ranger 4.0 4WD. And also I should mention I am not by any means a mechanic at first I started about a year ago learning from YouTube and forums, now over time I have learned some here and there. I am not a very wealthy man, so I know somne of these choices are not always the best but I was trying to work with what I could afford. me and my wife are barely scraping by as is
I have owned this truck since February and it has been an absolute nightmare. So I have replaced the battery a few months ago. But now it is dead as of yesterday. My clutch went out in the beginning of May, I successfully replaced it and had it running off and on since then. At first I struggled with making gaskets for the seams Inbetween t case and tranny because it was my first time ever doing it, leaked alot of tranny fluid but finally got it sealed.
Then randomly my starter motor went out a few days later. Went a got a starter from junkyard 2 times and everytime I installed it had this loud grinding noise like the solenoid was getting stuck against the flywheel, burned through those two fairly quickly. Also bought a new starter solenoid and ignition switch still the same.. I was able to buy a brand new one a few days later and it was still doing it. So then, I managed to install a toggle switch to manually shut off the starter motor and finally it worked.. but my switch got burned out and melted. Grinding started up again. Later on that same day I started the truck up for the hell of it. And now my starter miracously started working properly. Don't know why or what made it start working but it ran just fine for about 2 days. Now it's seems the alternator is broken. I can jump the car and it will gradually lose power. Going to go replace the battery today and see what happens. Why is it being like this? Help me understand someone please. I don't want to keep pouring more time in money into this thing if it's shorting out somewhere or idk. HELP
Hello my name is Johnny. I seriously need help! I'm totally lost and idk what to do anymore. So I have a 1997 ford ranger 4.0 4WD. And also I should mention I am not by any means a mechanic at first I started about a year ago learning from YouTube and forums, now over time I have learned some here and there. I am not a very wealthy man, so I know somne of these choices are not always the best but I was trying to work with what I could afford. me and my wife are barely scraping by as is
I have owned this truck since February and it has been an absolute nightmare. So I have replaced the battery a few months ago. But now it is dead as of yesterday. My clutch went out in the beginning of May, I successfully replaced it and had it running off and on since then. At first I struggled with making gaskets for the seams Inbetween t case and tranny because it was my first time ever doing it, leaked alot of tranny fluid but finally got it sealed.
Then randomly my starter motor went out a few days later. Went a got a starter from junkyard 2 times and everytime I installed it had this loud grinding noise like the solenoid was getting stuck against the flywheel, burned through those two fairly quickly. Also bought a new starter solenoid and ignition switch still the same.. I was able to buy a brand new one a few days later and it was still doing it. So then, I managed to install a toggle switch to manually shut off the starter motor and finally it worked.. but my switch got burned out and melted. Grinding started up again. Later on that same day I started the truck up for the hell of it. And now my starter miracously started working properly. Don't know why or what made it start working but it ran just fine for about 2 days. Now it's seems the alternator is broken. I can jump the car and it will gradually lose power. Going to go replace the battery today and see what happens. Why is it being like this? Help me understand someone please. I don't want to keep pouring more time in money into this thing if it's shorting out somewhere or idk. HELP
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