98 mountaineer 5.0 into 98 Ranger

[stranger]

i ran the 3.0 pump for a year.if yours is an ffv then the v8 pump is no better. but you may need to disconect the hose on the intank regulator

 

[neilk]

yes the Mountaineer has a 8.8 tractionloc in it and yes I am going to put it and the rear springs in my Ranger,,, this may sound silly but what is ffv? Will it be obvious which I have? I am going to dig into that this afternoon after the bulkhead fitting comes, I have plenty to do,,,lol,,,thanks,Neil

 

[stranger]

flex fuel vehcile

is there a leaf on your tailgate

 

[neilk]

well I got it cranking, got spark, but no fuel so I think Stranger was right I need to deal with the Pats crap, I wonder what would happen if I installed a seperate circuit to power the fuel pump, wonder if it would bypass the pats and run normally, any thoughts?,,,,Neil

 

[stranger]

either,install pats and key reader with mountie key.or get a 97 pcm and rewire ac for wot control since the 97 has an external wot relay

 

[neilk]

I am going to get a 97 PCM, I don't have ac so that shouldn't be an issue. I found a used pcm localy so I'm off to get it this morning,,,thanks,Neil

 

[neilk]

its alive! many thanks to Stranger for pointing me in the right direction,

 

[stranger]

be safe and enjoy.let your experience help others that try a swap.you did that pretty quick

 

[neilk]

anybody know where the VSS is located on my 98 Ranger, tranny won't shift and I have P0500 and P0707 codes, everything I have read says it is on the right side of the tranny but it's not, I checked both trannies the 3.0 and the 5.0, I thought I was home free, backed it outta the garage put it in drive pulled out on the street and the stupid thing won't shift outta first, it doesn't even try, I guess I need to check the TPS also, I'm pullin my hair out here, plus driving my 78 F250 4x4 390 is killin me,,,lol,,,Neil

 

[stranger]

its in the rear.then runs thru the abs.there should also be a oss on the trans tail or t case.you may need to reset abs and pcm by removing battery cables and grounding pos cable.

 

[neilk]

I wonder if the fact that the Mountie had 4 wheel abs and the ranger only has rear is causing the conflict? Do you think I will have to put the abs stuff from the mountie on my ranger? boy that would probably be a blast. One other thing I don't know if I mentioned, when I put the truck in reverse I hear a relay clicking sound behind the instrument panel, I believe the shift relay is there somewhere, maybe a conflict there...thanks,,,Neil

 

[stranger]

no its more than likely the 97 pcm. the trans/vss wiring is slightly different on 98+.your best bet would be adding pats and using the 98 pcm.did you try resetting pcm/abs/ gem by grounding pos cable?

 

[neilk]

yes I did, so instead of trying to change parts referenced by the trouble codes I got you would move the pats junk to the ranger. I guess all it will cost me is time....Neil

 

[neilk]

just an update FYI, I got my tranny shifting by unhooking the tranny range sensor, I suspect as stranger said before that there is a conflict in the 96 pcm being hooked up to a 98 tranny via 98 wiring harness, I am going to transfer the pats from the mounty soon if I can't resolve the conflict any other way, I need to get some 96 wiring diagrams and compare to see if there is a way by changing some wires, at least I can drive it now and it actually works fine this way and I seem to be getting pretty close to the same mpg's as the 3.0, the truck is a joy to drive , Ford really should have built one this way...Neil

 

[stranger]

good find,the helms evtm will give you a better understanding.thanks for the heads up. next time i tell someone to use the non pats pcm, that there is a trans control conflict. last guy that i told to use a 96-97 pcm had a 2wd w/3550 manual trans .he saw no trouble.