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RustyShackleford94
Just some guy
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2021
- Messages
- 338
- City
- IN
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Engine
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Manual
Howdy all, been checking this place out off and on since high school (2010ish). Ive had my share of rangers and 2 B2s.
My first truck was an 89 ranger ecsb, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4 blue/blue two tone. Second truck was a 95 reg cab with the 7’ bed 2.3 auto, just white.. After that i had a black 89 B2, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4. After graduating i picked up an 87 ranger, ecsb, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4 red/white 2 tone. No pics of those (to long ago) so onto what i have pictures of!
I got this beaut in a trade deal for a boat i had $300 into
It was a 90, 2.9, auto, D35. Nice trail rig but someone offered me enough for it that i was compelled to sell it.
Which brings me to the last couple months, i picked up a 96’ ranger, 2.3, M5OD, 4x4, manual EVERYTHING and it’s actually not a hybrid D35. Picked it up like this for $400
Running (not well), driving, and 4x4 worked. First thing first was an interior deep clean. Gutted it and cleaned everything. Next, It was definitely down on power, being it was all it could do to hit 55mph. Gave it a tune up, changed the oil, threw new coils on it (found the back one was unplugged), fixed a few vacuum leaks, and cleaned the TB. That helped but not much so i dug deeper and found the air filter was seriously plugged. Tossed a new one in and boom, all 112hp feel like they’re there.
So i turned my focus to other issues. Grabbed a header panel, air deflector, grille and the busted marker light at a junkyard for $20. Noticed the passenger side tire was getting ate up on the outside so i dug into that, found both the retaining and preload nut were loose. Bearings looked good so i repacked them, and put it back together the correct way. Threw 4 new shocks on it, changed out the cracked leaf hanger and shackle. And the biggest improvement, I 3D printed a cupholder for it.
This is the most recent photo
I picked up a toolbox for it from marketplace for $30 today. Ill get some up to date shots of it tomorrow. Its my daily currently as it gets substantially better fuel milage than my GMC (the nice truck). Still needs a windshield but other than that i just have little plans like some 15x8 D windows with the current 31x10.5s. Build bumpers once the price of steel goes down a bit, fix some interior things like the saggy headliner, and finding some nice clean buckets and console would be cool.
Anyway, thanks for having me and keeping the forum alive all these years! -Definitely not Dale Gribble.
My first truck was an 89 ranger ecsb, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4 blue/blue two tone. Second truck was a 95 reg cab with the 7’ bed 2.3 auto, just white.. After that i had a black 89 B2, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4. After graduating i picked up an 87 ranger, ecsb, 2.9, 5sp, 4x4 red/white 2 tone. No pics of those (to long ago) so onto what i have pictures of!
I got this beaut in a trade deal for a boat i had $300 into
It was a 90, 2.9, auto, D35. Nice trail rig but someone offered me enough for it that i was compelled to sell it.
Which brings me to the last couple months, i picked up a 96’ ranger, 2.3, M5OD, 4x4, manual EVERYTHING and it’s actually not a hybrid D35. Picked it up like this for $400
Running (not well), driving, and 4x4 worked. First thing first was an interior deep clean. Gutted it and cleaned everything. Next, It was definitely down on power, being it was all it could do to hit 55mph. Gave it a tune up, changed the oil, threw new coils on it (found the back one was unplugged), fixed a few vacuum leaks, and cleaned the TB. That helped but not much so i dug deeper and found the air filter was seriously plugged. Tossed a new one in and boom, all 112hp feel like they’re there.
So i turned my focus to other issues. Grabbed a header panel, air deflector, grille and the busted marker light at a junkyard for $20. Noticed the passenger side tire was getting ate up on the outside so i dug into that, found both the retaining and preload nut were loose. Bearings looked good so i repacked them, and put it back together the correct way. Threw 4 new shocks on it, changed out the cracked leaf hanger and shackle. And the biggest improvement, I 3D printed a cupholder for it.
This is the most recent photo
I picked up a toolbox for it from marketplace for $30 today. Ill get some up to date shots of it tomorrow. Its my daily currently as it gets substantially better fuel milage than my GMC (the nice truck). Still needs a windshield but other than that i just have little plans like some 15x8 D windows with the current 31x10.5s. Build bumpers once the price of steel goes down a bit, fix some interior things like the saggy headliner, and finding some nice clean buckets and console would be cool.
Anyway, thanks for having me and keeping the forum alive all these years! -Definitely not Dale Gribble.
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