lukewarm
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1986 ranger stx, 2.9. 5 speed 4x4 .. i dont know the transfer case type atm, but it's original.
Anyway, this thing was my daily commuter this winter, and when spring hit i decided to put it into 2wd. That day, it started makin a horrific banging noise (that shudders the whole truck) when getting it to move in 1st and reverse.
It didnt do this in 2wd when there was ice (this is alaska, there was always ice for a while), but when the roads dried out, it started this.
I've put it in and out of 4 wheel drive again, it does it less, much less, in 4x4.
It's repetitive too, atleast when moving, it will sound like some one dropping bircks in the bed as we get movin. It got to the point where it just started to do it in second gear .. and i stopped driving it.
Now, it's parked. it has to be parked just right to make the noise. Leave the Ebrake on, and try to move it in first or reverse, and all hell breaks loose down there. But, if i pull 5 feet forward, it wont do it.
i cant get under there while it's running and see what it is, if it is a transfer case, or rear end. all the u joints SEEM fine when i move the drivelines.
... anyone know what this is? This was my dads baby, and now i have it. It's an amazing truck, and would hate to have to let it go for pennies because i cant figure this out.
Thanks...
Luke
Anyway, this thing was my daily commuter this winter, and when spring hit i decided to put it into 2wd. That day, it started makin a horrific banging noise (that shudders the whole truck) when getting it to move in 1st and reverse.
It didnt do this in 2wd when there was ice (this is alaska, there was always ice for a while), but when the roads dried out, it started this.
I've put it in and out of 4 wheel drive again, it does it less, much less, in 4x4.
It's repetitive too, atleast when moving, it will sound like some one dropping bircks in the bed as we get movin. It got to the point where it just started to do it in second gear .. and i stopped driving it.
Now, it's parked. it has to be parked just right to make the noise. Leave the Ebrake on, and try to move it in first or reverse, and all hell breaks loose down there. But, if i pull 5 feet forward, it wont do it.
i cant get under there while it's running and see what it is, if it is a transfer case, or rear end. all the u joints SEEM fine when i move the drivelines.
... anyone know what this is? This was my dads baby, and now i have it. It's an amazing truck, and would hate to have to let it go for pennies because i cant figure this out.
Thanks...
Luke