92 F150 question(s)

[rusty ol ranger]

My neighbor bought his 17 yr old kid a pretty decent 92 F150 for like 1200bucks. Its a 302/E4OD/2wd reg cab long box.

Anyways....someone grenaded the driveshaft in it (why it got sold, twisted it right off in the middle....guy claimed it "rusted and broke"...yeah right)

Anyways....they put a driveshaft in it and it does move and shift through the gears.....but it shifts firm. The speedo also doesnt work and rear ABS is on.

I crawled under it found the pigtail to the speed sensor totally gone. So i fixed that for them and tossed a speed sensor in it. Still same thing.

I find it weird it shifts still with no speedo....my 97 didnt when the sensor went. Truck only has 130k so i dont think the tone ring would be bad.

The speedo does "come to life" when you turn the key on so i dont think the Speedo itself is bad. I didnt dig to far into wiring but it seemed ok besides the pigtail.

Any ideas?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Wiring could be damaged elsewhere when the pigtail was pulled on.

Do they have sensors in both the trans/tcase and rear axle?

 

[Curious Hound]

Is there a speed sensor on the transmission? Sometimes, way back then, the one on the diff was for RABS only.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Wiring could be damaged elsewhere when the pigtail was pulled on.

Do they have sensors in both the trans/tcase and rear axle?

Is there a speed sensor on the transmission? Sometimes, way back then, the one on the diff was for RABS only.

That i dont know. I figured it just had the rear axle one. Ill have to look into that.

When i get back over there ill check the wiring further up. Besides the pigtail back where i spliced it seemed ok. It looked like a mouse chewed the pigtail.

I do wonder now if that driveshaft maybe took some wires out, but all the taillights and stuff work