Reintroduction, and Getting the Ranger back on the road…

[slycer2002]

This is my 92 Ranger 3.0 4x2 I’ve had for a little over 30 years, but it’s been parked since the summer of 2021. Recently my son and I have started working to bring it back to life. Oddly enough, when I replaced the battery it started right up. We changed the oil today, and tomorrow we’re gonna clear the old gas out of the fuel system and put some fresh in, along with a new fuel filter. On the agenda are brakes all around, power steering hoses (pressure line rusted and blew out), windshield wiper motor, and standard tune-up plugs, wires, cap and rotor. We also noticed a nice hole in the driver side floor board that wasn’t there when it was parked. So, we have our work cut out, but it’ll be a nice father-son project.

 

[SenorNoob]

Looks and sounds like a great project base. After brakes and power steering you can drive it and work on anything as needed. Seems to have a good body except for the floorboard. I'd look into why it's soo bad...

 

[slycer2002]

Looks and sounds like a great project base. After brakes and power steering you can drive it and work on anything as needed. Seems to have a good body except for the floorboard. I'd look into why it's soo bad...

Most likely from the fact it was parked on grass and not pavement…

 

[Robert Mangrum]

Will be an awesome father/son project. Looking forward to following your progress.

 

[slycer2002]

So we didn’t get quite as far today as we’d hoped, but I did finally figure out where the fuel pump relay is. Been looking for that little sucker for about ten years, now. Never actually needed it, just figured it would be good to know. Oh, well. Onward and upward, right?

 

[slycer2002]

Yesterday we ordered parts to take care of the front brakes, power steering, wiper motor, and fuel delivery issues, as well as normal tune-up stuff. Gonna take this over to the regular V-6 Ranger forum for the rest of the rebirth. Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome back!