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Ok i have some questions like what would u do. i have a 2001 ford ranger auto V6 4.0L sohc 4x4(BW1354). It has 145,000 miles on it and the back timing chain is bad, like so bad u on run your hand around it and jump a tooth or 2. i love my ranger it is my first car i had. I have had it for 4 years now.
Now i was on craigslist just look looking for a V8 for ranger and i saw a 1999 explorer V8 AWD 222,000 miles for $700 he said run but may over heat on long drive. need to be towed and the hood will not open. So me and a buddy driving out there with a tow dolly and it would not start(battery was dead). i don't want to push it on the dolly so i said 600 he paused and said ok. i paid he than i got a pry bar and open the hood to jump it. start first try and run great really. filled it up with water and it had a very small leak from a hose. we put it on the dolly and we remember we forget the tools to remove driveshaft. so we said we driving it to a parts store or something. we ended up driving it all the way home(hour and a haft). and when to sleep because it was 1 am. wake up next morning to look at it and it was nice(a older couple owned it its hole life). it is fully load and really clean. i fix the hood and the water leak and next my dad is driving it because his trans whent out(Honda, i should have it done but tuesday)
so what would u do swap the V8 in to the ranger(like i wanted to when i buy the explorer) or sell the explorer(because its to nice to be trashed) and fix the V6.
now if i do the swap i want the disc brakes in the rear to and i dont want AWD so i uses my T case(if i hear right it bolts up to the V8 trans). i would like manual transmission but i dont know what all goes in to it. and i am not worried about wiring.
i love to your input, and what u do, and if v8 story and helpful thing please
thank you all for reading and sorry for the spelling not my bad thing about me.
Ok i have some questions like what would u do. i have a 2001 ford ranger auto V6 4.0L sohc 4x4(BW1354). It has 145,000 miles on it and the back timing chain is bad, like so bad u on run your hand around it and jump a tooth or 2. i love my ranger it is my first car i had. I have had it for 4 years now.
Now i was on craigslist just look looking for a V8 for ranger and i saw a 1999 explorer V8 AWD 222,000 miles for $700 he said run but may over heat on long drive. need to be towed and the hood will not open. So me and a buddy driving out there with a tow dolly and it would not start(battery was dead). i don't want to push it on the dolly so i said 600 he paused and said ok. i paid he than i got a pry bar and open the hood to jump it. start first try and run great really. filled it up with water and it had a very small leak from a hose. we put it on the dolly and we remember we forget the tools to remove driveshaft. so we said we driving it to a parts store or something. we ended up driving it all the way home(hour and a haft). and when to sleep because it was 1 am. wake up next morning to look at it and it was nice(a older couple owned it its hole life). it is fully load and really clean. i fix the hood and the water leak and next my dad is driving it because his trans whent out(Honda, i should have it done but tuesday)
so what would u do swap the V8 in to the ranger(like i wanted to when i buy the explorer) or sell the explorer(because its to nice to be trashed) and fix the V6.
now if i do the swap i want the disc brakes in the rear to and i dont want AWD so i uses my T case(if i hear right it bolts up to the V8 trans). i would like manual transmission but i dont know what all goes in to it. and i am not worried about wiring.
i love to your input, and what u do, and if v8 story and helpful thing please
thank you all for reading and sorry for the spelling not my bad thing about me.
