Costly...or not?

[Greg5567]

I have a '94 Ranger XLT 4x4 and seriously need to replace my Fuel Injectors and Right Front Wheel Bearing(inner&outer)

Does anyone know about how much that would cost?

Doing it yourself, then having a shop do it? (assuming the wheel bearings have to be machine pressed anyhow)

 

[myranger26105]

i had a 97 ranger and i replaced my wheelbearing myself and i just have some general no how and it was real hard takes about an hour to 1 1/2 hours to do both dont know about injectors i have seen people do their our didnt look too hard

 

[myranger26105]

should have been wasnt real hard

 

[Simple_serf]

Well, as to wheel bearings, I haven't done the TTB type, but I have done my SLA setup about 4 or 5 times, and am going to repack them again tomorrow... It usually takes me about 3 hrs to do them if nothing is wrong or if I have all new parts...If you are really careful you can do wheel bearings with a properly sized punch or cold chisel. I do my trailer bearings every year...they aren't hard, just time consuming.

As to the injectors, Mweidner and I tore his '94 4.0 down to replace the intake gasket, and while it was part we cleaned up the intake and a few other things. It took us about 13 hrs of labor (together), though this was while dealing with other problems, such as mouse damage. It's not a bad job to get to the injectors, just time consuming. Also plan to remove the hood, it's just easier.

Sorry I don't have the cost, but in most of my cases I have more time than money.

Why do you think your injectors need to be replaced? My truck has 200K miles on the originals, and Mweidner's has over 300K miles on the original injectors.

 

[Greg5567]

well the guy i bought it from said the injectors needed to be replaced....and just when im driving it, if you step on the gas a little to much, it kinda sputters and revs up a little and stalls

i gotta slowly get up to speed, and i mean "slowly"

and

i just noticed this but if i hold the gas pedal down at about 2k 2.5k RPMS for a while it stays the right speed but after a bit, it will kinda start to slow down and i have to let completely off the gas pedal and put my foot back down again as if i had to reset it

also....mine has 101k miles

 

[martin]

try changing the fuel filter first, then check the fuel pressure. or visi versa. Wheel bearings on the ttb are easy to change and not expensive. If I recall correctly I paid thirty bucks per bearing and and eight bucks for the seal. That's in Canada so you will probably find them for about a third that price.

 

[grey ghost]

if your going to do it your self don't forget to pick one of these up if you don't allready have one..it saves a lot of headaches.


http://www.toolfetch.com/media/43609.jpg

 

[Hahnsb2]

Pull codes. No sense in replacing something that is very likely to not be your problem.

 

[Greg5567]

Ive come to realize....a lot of the time I post on the forums, I post my question, review the answer, and sit in the tech library trying to figure out what everyone just told me lol

 

[Sunk]

The wheel bearings aren't hard to do on a TTB setup at all. Just take the rotor off and carefully pound out the races. To make it easier to put the new ones in, you can take an old one to a belt sander on the outside so it fits just loosely inside, then gently use a drift to hammer it in. Unless you have the real tool.

If you're good, you could do them in less than an hour.

 

[MAKG]

As has been said, the wheel bearings aren't too tough, but you'll need the tool to get the locknuts off (the one pictured is for manual hubs -- you'll need a different one and a magnetic pickup tool for auto hubs).

As for the injectors, "all the injectors need replacing" is previous-owner-speak for "I don't have a f***ing clue." Along with "it's only lifter tap."

The odds of all six injectors spontaneously opening at the same time are not good. One injector might do that, but more likely, all six of them will outlast the vehicle several times over.

It's almost certainly a control system problem, not the injectors. Only the clueless go after the most reliable and simplest parts of the system first. They are NOT carburetors.

 

[Greg5567]

It's almost certainly a control system problem, not the injectors. Only the clueless go after the most reliable and simplest parts of the system first. They are NOT carburetors.

Well your talkin to someone thats...probably not clueless but im not real savy with fuel related problems, so....what do you think it is? or...if you might know lol

 

[Ozwynn]

as been stated, the odds of all 6 going bad are slim and none, slim left town an hour ago. I have big rigs with over a million miles on original injectors.

as far as changing the bearings ..... if you can change them on an SLA then the TTB is very very easy. I ran my bearings until they gave out and the hardest part was getting the races out. Make sure you pack em back up with good high temp grease. you can barrow the tools from autozone's tool loaner program.

I think my bearing cost $12 a wheal seals and all.

 

[Greg5567]

alright thanks for all the help, gonna try to replace the fuel filter tomorrow as martin said, if that doesnt help i think someone else had the same problem a while back gonna read up on his thread

 

[Will]

Probably isn't the filter either. The filter is an emergency device. It's not like an air filter where shit is constantly being sucked in. And the injectors--no. Your first rule in life is to politely agree with people, but never believe them.

Wheel bearings aren't tough, but they have to be set right. If they aren't set right they go loose immediately and cause trouble.