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Hey! i'm a new member to these forums!, but not so new to ford, i have owned a total of 8 ford Explorers ranging from 91 to a 2006. Most were 1st gen 4 Liters. Bought my first ranger this week. now i'm here.
I bought a 91 ford ranger to be a donar truck for my Mud project, A 94 Mazda Navajo with a ford explorer front clip conversion. The Truck was from Texas (I am located in canada) and i was familiar with Ford explorers since i owned a pile of them so i jumped on it for a price of 400$can. the body is in good shape, but the auto trans let go not long after playing in the woods.
that led me to buy the ranger, i seen the add on kijiji, it was posted 91 ford ranger 4x4 4.0L. 400$ so i grabbed a float and my old mans half ton and headed out on a 4 hour drive to grab it after calling the guy and him assuring me it was a 4.0L.
I get there first thing i do is open the hood............2.9L. :O so i talk him down to 100$ for wasting my time
(and knowind the trans will still fit my Explorer)
the guy said the frame was getting soft, but i get it home and all that was wrong with it was the two rear shackles are just rotten, and the whole truck is actually in good shape, body job done a few years ago, new brakes, brake lines, shocks ect....
Now i don't know if i want to strip it and attempt to build my explorer, or maybe just throw a small lift and use it as my daily driver.
My QUESTION is it worth parting out my ranger to start my build, are there any good cominations i can make out of these two trucks? should i build the ranger? or should i just drive it and find another donar for my Explorer???
really tho all i paid was 100$, 150$ in fuel, and 8 hours of my time.
opinions will be greatly appriciated.
I bought a 91 ford ranger to be a donar truck for my Mud project, A 94 Mazda Navajo with a ford explorer front clip conversion. The Truck was from Texas (I am located in canada) and i was familiar with Ford explorers since i owned a pile of them so i jumped on it for a price of 400$can. the body is in good shape, but the auto trans let go not long after playing in the woods.
that led me to buy the ranger, i seen the add on kijiji, it was posted 91 ford ranger 4x4 4.0L. 400$ so i grabbed a float and my old mans half ton and headed out on a 4 hour drive to grab it after calling the guy and him assuring me it was a 4.0L.
I get there first thing i do is open the hood............2.9L. :O so i talk him down to 100$ for wasting my time
(and knowind the trans will still fit my Explorer)the guy said the frame was getting soft, but i get it home and all that was wrong with it was the two rear shackles are just rotten, and the whole truck is actually in good shape, body job done a few years ago, new brakes, brake lines, shocks ect....
Now i don't know if i want to strip it and attempt to build my explorer, or maybe just throw a small lift and use it as my daily driver.
My QUESTION is it worth parting out my ranger to start my build, are there any good cominations i can make out of these two trucks? should i build the ranger? or should i just drive it and find another donar for my Explorer???
really tho all i paid was 100$, 150$ in fuel, and 8 hours of my time.
opinions will be greatly appriciated.
