Great site!

[StupidSheet]

Well I just found this site and have been looking around for just a little while now and must say there is a ton of great info here!

I just bought my daughter a 97 XLT 4x4 for her first driver. Very nice truck and although I have been a Ford fan since I was 16, I don't know much about this truck. Shortly after we got it home it starting running rough. After getting the garage to run a couple tests they suspect that the #5 cylinder has a broken ring. It's a 4.0L V6. My question is if I have to replace the engine what years will fit without too much modification?

I'll keep poking my head around and maybe I'll find the answer on my own but I must say this site is pretty overwhelming right now.

 

[travismager]

Well I just found this site and have been looking around for just a little while now and must say there is a ton of great info here!

I just bought my daughter a 97 XLT 4x4 for her first driver. Very nice truck and although I have been a Ford fan since I was 16, I don't know much about this truck. Shortly after we got it home it starting running rough. After getting the garage to run a couple tests they suspect that the #5 cylinder has a broken ring. It's a 4.0L V6. My question is if I have to replace the engine what years will fit without too much modification?

I'll keep poking my head around and maybe I'll find the answer on my own but I must say this site is pretty overwhelming right now.

Welcome to the site im new here aswell hope this will help you out found in the tech library
BLOCKS
There have been three blocks used for the 4.0L. Each one is unique in some way, so none of them can be interchanged.

1990-’94
The first 4.0L block was a 90TM-AB casting. It had six bolt holes on the passenger side and 10 bolt holes on the driver’s side. The dipstick hole measured about 0.380˝ in diameter.

1995-’96
The original block was changed in ’95. The new 95TM-AB casting had two more bolt holes on the passenger side and two more on the driver’s side for a total of eight on the right and 12 on the left (see photos above). The dipstick hole remained the same at 0.380˝.

1997-2000
The block was redesigned again in ’97 to reduce noise, vibration and harshness (NVH). Both of the pan rails on the 97TM-AA casting were wider and there were two more gussets added between the pan rail and the horizontal rib that’s right above it on the passenger side. The dipstick hole on this block was enlarged to about 0.435˝, too.

 

[StupidSheet]

Thx for the post. Ya I read that shortly after I posted. Seems like a great site with a wealth of information. I'm just surprised that after 16 views no one else has said welcome.

Thx for the welcome and welcome to you too. LOL.