Transmission Question

[Hack2ey]

I have a 1990 ranger with a 2.3 liter engine and a 5 speed manual transmission. My research says that if my 5 speed transmission is built by Mitsubishi, the proper lubricant is 80W gear oil. If it is a Mazda transmission, then I should use Mercon 5.

My question is, how can I tell whether or not my transmission is a Mazda?

 

[SenorNoob]

Crawl under the truck and see if it has a "pan". If it does it's the Mitsubishi. Also see this.

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/ManualTransmission.html

 

[adsm08]

It's a Mazda. All 4-cylinder Rangers from 1988 on up got the Mazda unit.

 

[Hack2ey]

Thanks!

You guys made it ez! I tried to get this information on that "other" ranger forum and all I got was a blast of shite.

Thanks again.

Dave

 

[Nordren]

Same reason why I'm here haha, I don't post much but I'm always Prowlin. Bout to do a 4.0 swap though glad you converted lol