Hey guys got me a ford!

[Jagerauto]

What's going on ford community, I just picked up a 2000 Ranger XLT 4x4 4.0 OHV auto trans.

I'm a Volkswagen guy always have been, and that's what I do for a living fixing Audis and Vw's.

Now this ford is a totally different ball game, that's why I've joined so I can get insight on things I want and need to do.

So far I've fixed
Door lock actuators (what a pain)
Passenger side window reg.

I've ordered a bunch of led's to deck out the gauge cluster and interior. Just white, I'm too old and not into all the neon colors. Haha. I searched a lot on what led's to use so hopefully I don't run into any problems there.

My gearshift indicator is jacked up, and the gear shift seems harder than it should be.
4x4 Lo doesn't work, and I need to go through the front suspension. The driver seat is blown out and my skinny butt gets beat up by the frame of the seat. Also the arm rest is broken and blown out. Other than that it's a decent truck with 187k miles.

Not bad for a cool $1500 too

 

[SenorNoob]

Nice score for $1500!!

Howdy and welcome to TRS.

 

[Jagerauto]

Thanks!

 

[Mark_88]

Welcome...couldn't see your image because it brought up a window that I wasn't familiar with...so I closed it...lol

Anyway...these trucks are much easier to work on than VW Audi or, for that matter, just about anything else...it may not seem like the smartest ideas sometimes, but there was method to their madness most of the time...when I first started working on my Ranger I thought the Ford engineers were on drugs...now I know better...they were drunk!

Anyway...enjoy the Ranger beast...sounds like it was well used so should be fun...

 

[msparks]

Welcome....Just sold my passat B5.5 a few weeks ago, I miss it. A guy at work bugged me about getting it, well money talks.
Chrisfix on youtube has a fix for your gear indicatorbeing jack up as you said. Here are the links...

https://youtu.be/LKqiDy_Po2M

https://youtu.be/wzhUYwx34gM

 

[Jagerauto]

Thanks guys! Yea this is my new beach truck and ski hauler

 

[hoosier1104]

Do you have the bucket seats or the bench? Either way I think you could some seats from pick-apart.

 

[adsm08]

You should be able to pick from a pretty wide range of Ford seats for a bolt-in replacement.

As for 4x4 Low not working, it is extremely rare for 4x4 hi to work, 4x4 low not to work, and the issue to be anything but user error.

For the Low range shift to complete you have to have the trans in N and your foot on the brake. Make sure you are doing both before turning the knob.

 

[96firephoenix]

You should be able to pick from a pretty wide range of Ford seats for a bolt-in replacement.

As for 4x4 Low not working, it is extremely rare for 4x4 hi to work, 4x4 low not to work, and the issue to be anything but user error.

For the Low range shift to complete you have to have the trans in N and your foot on the brake. Make sure you are doing both before turning the knob.

QFT. There is an over-ride on the 4L switch that is fed by the Neutral Safety Switch and the Vehicle Speed Sensor. In a manual (at least in my 02 explorer), you have to depress the clutch and brake and be stopped to get into 4L.

I will amend adsm08's comment to say that a failure of either above components could cause 4H to work and not 4L. I would sort out your shifter looseness first before you try to diagnose the 4L issue, as it may appear that it is in N, but actually is in R or even P (my parents' Dodge was that bad once).

 

[Jagerauto]

Ah gotcha. Is it known that the shift tubes go bad and need replacement? I feel like mine is very stiff and hard to select gears.

 

[96firephoenix]

I'd hit it with WD-40 first to try and loosen it up first. might have to pull of some trim on the column to get to the pertinent area though. should jut be some screws and creative prying.

 

[Jagerauto]

Sounds good!