1986fordranger
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- Mar 13, 2011
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- Age
- 30
- Location
- central VT
- Vehicle Year
- 1986/1999
- Make / Model
- ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3l/4.0l
- Transmission
- Automatic
ok so I recently bought another ranger for a winter beater, this time a 1984 2.8L V6 5 speed 4wd ranger, the main issue that the truck is having is the starter will grind when you go to crank it over, ( i have to roll start it) the last owner replaced the starter with a autozone reman a few months ago and it worked for awhile then started the grinding, I was talking with a few guys about this and I was told a 4.0L explorer starter will fix the issue, i did do some checking, and it looks as though the bendix is pointed more toward the ring gear on the 4.0 starter then on the 2.8 one, and the 4.0 one has 10 teeth not 9 as the 2.8 one has, just wondering if anyone has done this swap and if so how well did it work ?, thanks for any info