88 Ranger XLT

[adsm08]

The 89TM heads? are they off of a spacific year 2.9l? I have a Couple of sets of heads at this point and I know a few are aftermarket replacemnts but im sure that they are not the World Class heads. I may just throw it together with what i got and see how long it lasts. The 1k miles a year it might see and at low boost may not even be enough to hurt anything.

The 89TM heads are the 89+ MY castings. They "fixed" the head cracking issue.

 

[olranger]

I miss my ranger, sold it for an f150 stupid me

 

[MikeR]

So since the snow stopped I have been running the ranger around town. Shaking it down and stuff. Put about 500 miles on it so far and noticed 1 I need to put the steering stabilizer on. 2 need to fix my camber. 3 I need traction bars of some sort. I get stuck very easily in mud snow water gravel. Lol.

Good news is the 2.9l doesn't feel like it is lacking in power at all. I was worried about the auto trans slipping but that seems solid. I do need to calibrate the speedo but I think I'm going to wait till I swap in the 4.10s and dana 35 this fall.
Here is a couple of pics of me around town.

more to come when it warms up lol.


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[MikeR]

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[MikeR]

Pulled the dash out of the ranger to fix some cracks and where the paint was peeling. It's almost all the way back in now will have to get some new pics.

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[MikeR]

Been busy on the ranger fixed the dash built new drivers and pass side door panels installed a steering stabilizer and blue tooth head unit. Installed front wheel spacers and rear traction bars also swapped in a 4.0l rad. Took the truck to the truck show in carslile and then did a little trail driving up at my cabin.

 

[MikeR]

Next up on my todo list is to build a set of rock sliders and front tube bumper. Also looking to add some lights to the front.