To fix the ranger or dump it

[bigredscowboy]

Where are the other set of numbers and was the engine warm?

I just took to the garage next to the house and came back after work. He gave me a number for each cylinder and said there was no indication of head crack or blown gasket just a failing engine. Would he have done the oil squirt test without me asking?

 

[rickster]

I'd say it's worth a conversation, especially if you paid him for it.

 

[inuyasha2875]

drive it till it dies and rebuild it

 

[Will]

If they are all low either his gauge has a leak, he tried one and gave you a number claiming it was for all or the engine is really, really whipped. Valves don't all fail together and they fail so dramatically that by the time you notice you have 130 in 5 and zero in the 6th. If it runs like crap and all 6 have 75--that is amazingly even wear. I've seen some whipped-ass motors but none ever all made it uniformly down to 75psi.

I hate things like this because I smell something wrong but have no way to get my hands on the engine. Buy a compression gauge and we'll help you figure out what is wrong.

 

[Mechanickid]

+1 ^

 

[bigredscowboy]

SOHC/OHV swap

What would it take to swap an SOHC 4.0 for the OHV 4.0 (found one for $700)

 

[TheTopher]

And I don't know about you, but my trucks sentimental value is way higher then what anyone could offer me at this point.

+1


The scrap yard can have my truck when they pry the seat from my cold dead asscheeks.


Fix it dude.

 

[bigredscowboy]

actually I found a 4.0 off of a 2000. I believe this is still OHV. will I have any problems putting it into my '94?

 

[bigredscowboy]

uniformly down to 75psi.

5 were different numbers in the 70's. one cylinder was in the 50's. I wish I had known I could get a compression gauge for half what I paid the guy to do mine for. then it would have been done right. the truck spent some of its younger days pulling a boat. I got it at 96,000 and got the shit whipped out of me by an automatic jeep cherokee. now that I live in the mountains i can barely get up some hills without shifting down to first and even first is powerless until about 3,000 rpm.

So will a 2000 4.0 fit?

 

[bigredscowboy]

found it:
#1-72, #2-75, #3-73, #4-50, #5-75, #6-78

Will a 2000 4.0 fit?