My 87 Ranger build!

[Boggin]

those 86s-87 rangers had the nice bigger throttle bodys than the 88+'s. i swapped an 86 one on to my 88 and made a nice little difference. you have a good project on your hands

 

[kurama49]

lol thanks, might be replacing the engine... the one thats in it is getting very weak and smokey. so I'll get the one out of the bronco II

 

[kurama49]

Well guys, I got some stuff done to my ranger today, nothing major but its progress

Got this off a 80's Toyota up the JY
Also got 2 of these on the back... [ couldn't find the other two ]

Found an old antenna... thingy, slid that between the tailgate latch

My MP4 Capable stereo

And just a few other random pics

Can you guess whats in this bag? The correct answer gets a cookie!

Here's whats left of my lower Rad support...

 

[wookie13]

man those GY tracker ATs are like from the 70's they still hold air I like the mp3 stereo

 

[kurama49]

man those GY tracker ATs are like from the 70's they still hold air I like the mp3 stereo

lol Really?, I just found em laying in the huge tire pile up there , And that danged casset adapter cost me $26!! Still owe the jy man $50 for the tires and bumper... but i'm not giving him that. tires are weather cracked and do somewhat hold air... and the rims are rusty as sin. I'd say $40 is good enough.

 

[dangerranger83]

Sounds like the TPS (throttle postion sensor) needs replaced, tells the computer what to do and how much fuel to add, advance/disadvance timing, etc......

 

[kurama49]

Sounds like the TPS (throttle postion sensor) needs replaced, tells the computer what to do and how much fuel to add, advance/disadvance timing, etc......

Maybe... but what i want to do is just replace it all... so i know i wont have any problems down the road.. Even though that takes away some of the fun
But you may be right... I'll try to grab one up the JY tomorrow.. but it also could be the exhaust one of my friends said... no back-pressure eh? getting my new exhaust system welded up soon, so that may fix it.. but its also smoking white and having a serious lack of power...

 

[dangerranger83]

Sounds like a 2.9 liter engine to me.

A new TPS for my set up is $34.99, good thing mine servived my truck fire, had a bit of damage but still works.

 

[Kyle M.]

ALright, I bite, whats in the bag?

 

[kurama49]

Tools got my two other tires today same as the rear. just need some rims like on the back to match. also got a full set of sunpro gauges and a RPM gauge. donnie gave it to me all [tires and everything] for $30 i forgot to get the TPS today >_< But my exhaust is being welded up soon... everyones telling me that, that will fix my high idle prob

 

[kurama49]

Well, i got the exhaust for my truck tonight. just stock. Bad thing, no manifolds, catalytic converter, or the piping between them. thats the biggest problem with my truck... i'm just thinking I'll get some headers then Y- pipe it into the muffler. sounds like a good idea eh?, anyone know where i can get some headers for a 2.9? on the cheap side?

 

[wookie13]

yes those tires are from the late 70's 76-79 or possibly early eightys My Dad had them factory on a international harvester scout II{yes the red farm tractor company}and my uncle had em on his 1980 scout. Glad you found a set If they leak air you could aways run tubes in em

 

[Boggin]

pacesetter headers here

http://www.pacesetterexhaust.com/headers_truck.php

 

[kurama49]

yes those tires are from the late 70's 76-79 or possibly early eightys My Dad had them factory on a international harvester scout II{yes the red farm tractor company}and my uncle had em on his 1980 scout. Glad you found a set If they leak air you could aways run tubes in em

Well, i may send em back to the JY, gunna see if i can find some new tires on some nice rims. gunna go for the pre-runner look now , hopefully in time i'll make it into a full fledged pre-runner

 

[kurama49]

pacesetter headers here

http://www.pacesetterexhaust.com/headers_truck.php

hmm.. those are a bit out of my price range I've only got $320 to spend for now