jfisher
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- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0
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- Automatic
Truck is a 1994 Ranger with the 4.0. A valve is sticking on the driver side head and the truck is missing. It can be tought to start at first, but once it gets going, it's fine. I decided to replace the entire engine(163k) instead of fixing the head because the oil filter is almost rusted through on the truck currently, so I can tell this engine has not been taken care of.
This past weekend, I picked up a supposedly 66k mile 4.0 OHV. Not sure what it came out of, as I bought it off a guy who bought it from a junkyard. It supposedly came out of another 94' Ranger, but I don't really pay attention to hearsay. The engine was a little grungy and looked like there may be a possible leak at the back of the intake manifold. I degreased the engine and it cleaned up well and I'm now looking to do some maintenance on the engine before I drop it in.
What all do you recomend I replace? I'm definitely going to do valve cover, exhaust, and oil pan gaskets, as well as the rear main. I'm not sure if the lower intake manifold uses a gasket or not, as I only see black silicon now. Either way, I'll pull that off and re-seal/replace the gasket.
Anything else I should replace while I have the engine out and on a stand??
This past weekend, I picked up a supposedly 66k mile 4.0 OHV. Not sure what it came out of, as I bought it off a guy who bought it from a junkyard. It supposedly came out of another 94' Ranger, but I don't really pay attention to hearsay. The engine was a little grungy and looked like there may be a possible leak at the back of the intake manifold. I degreased the engine and it cleaned up well and I'm now looking to do some maintenance on the engine before I drop it in.
What all do you recomend I replace? I'm definitely going to do valve cover, exhaust, and oil pan gaskets, as well as the rear main. I'm not sure if the lower intake manifold uses a gasket or not, as I only see black silicon now. Either way, I'll pull that off and re-seal/replace the gasket.
Anything else I should replace while I have the engine out and on a stand??