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- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Drive
- 4WD
- Engine
- 3.0 V6
- Transmission
- Manual
True, but lugs can be checked periodically. The inside of the transmission not so much. But that larger nut will have to do with 80-90 ft-lbs, or whatever I can give it with a pipe wrench. My largest crescent wrench is just a but too small to use.
The weather was nice today, and I was able to seal and torque the flywheel bolts, as well as clean and install the new clutch.
Not much left to do under there until the transmission is done. I need to plug the oxygen sensors back in, and run an accessory wire under the truck since there's room right now. I've decided not to replace the oil pan gasket. The amount of work needed for a small amount of seepage is just too much for me right now.
In other news, the transmission is now fully assembled and ready to be reinstalled!
I searched around the internet for a while, and found that no one can agree on what, if anything, should be done with oxygen sensors and catalytic converters while they're off the vehicle. So I'm putting them back on as is. I've also found that everyone seems to have their own way to bleed the clutch fluid once it's all back together. So that should be interesting.
I don't think I shared this yet, so here's a picture of the inner bearing race that was responsible for all the noise:
The weather was nice today, and I was able to seal and torque the flywheel bolts, as well as clean and install the new clutch.
Not much left to do under there until the transmission is done. I need to plug the oxygen sensors back in, and run an accessory wire under the truck since there's room right now. I've decided not to replace the oil pan gasket. The amount of work needed for a small amount of seepage is just too much for me right now.
In other news, the transmission is now fully assembled and ready to be reinstalled!
I searched around the internet for a while, and found that no one can agree on what, if anything, should be done with oxygen sensors and catalytic converters while they're off the vehicle. So I'm putting them back on as is. I've also found that everyone seems to have their own way to bleed the clutch fluid once it's all back together. So that should be interesting.
I don't think I shared this yet, so here's a picture of the inner bearing race that was responsible for all the noise:
