1994 4.0l m5r1Transmission swap

[superskinsfan]

Hello all I recently bought my second Ranger from a guy who was in the process of installing a newer m5r1 transmission in it. Everything is all set with it except I have no speedo because the location for the vss is plugged off. Does anyone know if I can remove the plug from the tailshaft and install the vss or do I have to replace the whole tailshaft section if that is even possible. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[AllanD]

As I've had a couple later M5OD-R1's apart I can say that On the ones I worked on the
speedo drive hole for the VSS was simply not machined in the tailshaft housing.

However the output shaft itself was completely machined for the speedo drive gear, the anti-rotation ball and the Retaining Cir-clip, so presuming you have an output "Tail-cone"
for a speedo drive and the three internal parts (worm gear, location ball and cir-clip) it is something you should be easily able to retrofit.

I'm 99.5% sure I have a tail-cone and 110% sure I have the other three parts so failing all else PM me and I can send them to you, not free of course, but certainly a lot easier than harvesting the stuff from the local You-pull-it yourself

However I have never seen, let alone disassembled a 2wd M5OD-R1HD trans (01-up made specifically for a 4.0SOHC)
so for this you are on your own.

While I have in my physical possession TWO M%OD-R1HD transmissions, both are 4x4 transmissions, so would not answer you question even were they sitting in my lap right this minute, as 4x4 transmissions never have provisions for a speedo drive.

 

[orangealpine]

2) The government ENCOURAGES US TO JUDGE ALL GUN OWNERS because of a FEW lunatics.

Really? In what way?

Bill

 

[AllanD]

Really? In what way?

Bill

If you don't see it and need it explained to you you first need a shovel to dig your head out of the sand... or a speculum to get your head out of your ass, Potentially both.

have you lived in a cave during the last several years where some lunatic went on a shooting spree and what the government proposes is to make more laws making it harder for the rest of us to defend ourselves, but would have no effect whatsoever on the lunatic that
committed the crime?

Look at the change in gun laws in Connecticut? that asshole Lanza did not BUY the gun he used, he Murdered his mother to steal hers!
So does the state of Connecticut have some magic form that a firearms purchaser fills out to predict that if they are refused a purchase that they will murder a close relative to aquire one anyway?

Has the CT legislature spent the last two years snorting angle dust drinking LSD laced cola dna watching endless repeats of the movie "Minority Report"? whatever the case and member of their legislature who voted for those new laws belongs in a strait jacket
or simply stood against a wall and shot for their arrogance.

So at what point are the new laws anything but an opportunistic action by people who would disarm us all?