Hi to all, my first ranger.

[Thedrill]

Hi , Just bought my first Ranger 2001 xlt extra cab 2wd with a broken 3.0 motor, done a mountaineer 5.0 swap and have it running nicely but have a few small issues.

 

[Bgunner]

Welcome to TRS.

 

[StephenF]

Welcome, I'm sure you can find some help here with your issues from the swap.

 

[Lefty]

Hi , Just bought my first Ranger 2001 xlt extra cab 2wd with a broken 3.0 motor, done a mountaineer 5.0 swap and have it running nicely but have a few small issues.

welcome!

 

[Thedrill]

Thank you guys..

 

[Josh B]

Yeah man, welcome to TRS, great bunch of folks here, I'm sure you'll find it worth your while

 

[North Idaho 5.oh]

Welcome to TRS man! Lots of good info on here from all these dudes!

 

[BroncLander]

Welcome. I'm new too and these guys are great in here. Tons of knowledge and good humor, always interesting projects. Someone always chimes in with a very specific understanding of what's being discussed.

I used to have a Jeep and as such, Jeep forums. Let me just say this- Ranger people are much much more humble than Jeep people (generally speaking)

 

[Josh B]

Probly because ours get better mileage

 

[BroncLander]

Probly because ours get better mileage

I'm actually very impressed with how far fuel will get me in this Bronco II. It's at least 30% better than my YJ was. Probably more. I definitely enjoyed the Jeep but I was offered a lot of money for it and took it. My only regret was not taking my Warn Evo 8 winch off before listing it. But I'm looking at the Evo 10 now. Warn has a $100 rebate on new winches till the end of August I think as well.

 

[Josh B]

I had a work buddy in Tennessee that had a Jeep CJ 2 or 3 or 5 or so?
This was like 1990 or so
I stopped by there one day and he was ranting about someone stole his starter
I listened to it for a while and then said, look man, there isn't another Jeep anywhere in sight, who would want your starter!?

After I asked him where he'd been driving it last, it was a trail ride somewhere not far, so I took him out there and he took off down the roads he had been on.
Sure enough, in a half hour or so he came out of there with the starter on his shoulder

 

[superj]

It's at least 30% better than my YJ was.

i am a previous yj guy also. my wife had a 91 sahara and i had an 87 laredo (originally had a 4.5 stroker but i swapped it to a 302 from a bronco).

we still have a tj. my son loves it, or i would have gotten rid of it already. its a rhd and while that sounds cool, in real life its a pain in the butt the more you drive it.

 

[MXGerry]

This is the place for knowledge! Welcome

 

[dvdswan]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Thedrill]

A bit late, but an update. today I took my 2001 5.0 Ranger swap to the local BAR referee and now have a California legal truck.