Zak
Member
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2012
- Messages
- 6
- Vehicle Year
- 2002
- Transmission
- Manual
Hello new here so thank you for looking and taking the time to respond.
I own a 2002 ford ranger 2 wheel drive with 2.3 liter engine in it. Recently I replaced the clutch which went real well. This all started happening a few days after replacing the clutch. When I let it sit in the cold and don't drive it much for a few days it will be a real pain to start it will click like the battery is dead, which it isn't, and it will crank slowly and then it will fire up and run like crap. No power and sounds awful but when I immediately shut it off and start it back up it runs fine. It may click a little starting the second time but it will fire up and run perfectly normal. No problems at all. It's been doing this for about a month or 2 now. One day I was pulling onto a highway to go home, and was on a pretty steep hill with a stop sign at the top. I stalled it by accident by letting the clutch out too quick, and after i tried to start it back up it would only crank over and over and over, so i tried again and it cranked only didn't fire. So I let it roll backwards and I pop start it back up and it ran fine and I took it home. I shut it off after I got home and started it back up 3 separate times and it acted fine. When it is warm or has been driven a few miles it seems to start up fine otherwise. It does not seem to be the battery as I have been able to start it, it just gives me a lot of trouble. I just took it on a 2 and a half hour drive to my mother's house for xmas and back and it had absolutely no problems what so ever. I checked all the connections I could find but they all seemed ok. I had to lay on top of the engine a little bit to get at the starter bolts when replacing the clutch but it doesn't look like i broke any of the wires or anything.
Thanks again for looking I really appreciate it.
I own a 2002 ford ranger 2 wheel drive with 2.3 liter engine in it. Recently I replaced the clutch which went real well. This all started happening a few days after replacing the clutch. When I let it sit in the cold and don't drive it much for a few days it will be a real pain to start it will click like the battery is dead, which it isn't, and it will crank slowly and then it will fire up and run like crap. No power and sounds awful but when I immediately shut it off and start it back up it runs fine. It may click a little starting the second time but it will fire up and run perfectly normal. No problems at all. It's been doing this for about a month or 2 now. One day I was pulling onto a highway to go home, and was on a pretty steep hill with a stop sign at the top. I stalled it by accident by letting the clutch out too quick, and after i tried to start it back up it would only crank over and over and over, so i tried again and it cranked only didn't fire. So I let it roll backwards and I pop start it back up and it ran fine and I took it home. I shut it off after I got home and started it back up 3 separate times and it acted fine. When it is warm or has been driven a few miles it seems to start up fine otherwise. It does not seem to be the battery as I have been able to start it, it just gives me a lot of trouble. I just took it on a 2 and a half hour drive to my mother's house for xmas and back and it had absolutely no problems what so ever. I checked all the connections I could find but they all seemed ok. I had to lay on top of the engine a little bit to get at the starter bolts when replacing the clutch but it doesn't look like i broke any of the wires or anything.
Thanks again for looking I really appreciate it.
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