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- Oct 5, 2009
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- Vehicle Year
- 1985, 1990
- Transmission
- Automatic
Whats going on all? I just wanted to introduce myself.
I'm a long time mechanic that builds motorcycles and turbo charged imports cars and has a lawn care business on the side. I'm not used to working on Ford, not that I don't like them, just never bought one till now. I actually ended up with two Ford Rangers. I have a 85 and a 89 I believe, the date on the tag of the second one is 9/89 so I'm not sure if that is a 89 or a 90 since sometimes they consider the ones built later in the year a year newer than what they normally are. I was given the 85' from my grandfather when he passed. Its a two wheel drive 2.8 . The 90' I picked up for $300 witch is a 4x4 XLT Longbed 2.9 Automatic. The only thing wrong with that one is it needs a front pump seal on the tranny.
I plan on Fixing the 4x4 XLT up into a nice off road/on road truck, lift it some, winch, snow plow, bigger tires, lights, ect. The older 2 wheel drive I wasn't going to keep but it means a lot to me being my grandfathers since it was new. I plan on using what parts I can from that one on the 4x4 and then turning it into a muscle truck since its useless the way it is now. I'm going to drop a V8 into it and muscle it up some.
I plan on using this site to make customizing and fixing these trucks a lot easier. I'm sure that most of you on here know more about these ford trucks than I do since I'm used to imports. Any help would be great and appreciated. Thanks, and nice to meet you.
I'm a long time mechanic that builds motorcycles and turbo charged imports cars and has a lawn care business on the side. I'm not used to working on Ford, not that I don't like them, just never bought one till now. I actually ended up with two Ford Rangers. I have a 85 and a 89 I believe, the date on the tag of the second one is 9/89 so I'm not sure if that is a 89 or a 90 since sometimes they consider the ones built later in the year a year newer than what they normally are. I was given the 85' from my grandfather when he passed. Its a two wheel drive 2.8 . The 90' I picked up for $300 witch is a 4x4 XLT Longbed 2.9 Automatic. The only thing wrong with that one is it needs a front pump seal on the tranny.
I plan on Fixing the 4x4 XLT up into a nice off road/on road truck, lift it some, winch, snow plow, bigger tires, lights, ect. The older 2 wheel drive I wasn't going to keep but it means a lot to me being my grandfathers since it was new. I plan on using what parts I can from that one on the 4x4 and then turning it into a muscle truck since its useless the way it is now. I'm going to drop a V8 into it and muscle it up some.
I plan on using this site to make customizing and fixing these trucks a lot easier. I'm sure that most of you on here know more about these ford trucks than I do since I'm used to imports. Any help would be great and appreciated. Thanks, and nice to meet you.
