unable to search by engine size

[Brain75]

 

[Jim Oaks]

Engines & Fuel Systems - The Ranger Station

1983-2011 Ford Ranger engines and fuel systems tech library covering specs, rebuilds, EFI, carburetors, engine swaps, tuning, and upgrades.

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4.0 Liter Engine Conversion FAQ's - The Ranger Station

Are you looking to replace the 4-cylinder, 2.8, 2.9 or 3.0 engine in your Ford Ranger with a 4.0 liter? This page is a good starting point.

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Ford 4.0L V-6 Conversion - The Ranger Station

Are you doing a Ford 4.0L V-6 Conversion on your older Ford Ranger. It's a common upgrade on the 2.8 & 2.9 Ford Rangers.

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4.0 Liter Conversion On Older V-6 Fords - The Ranger Station

4.0 Liter Conversion On Older V-6 Fords - Here's how to install a 4.0 from a 1992 Ford Explorer into a 1985 Ford Bronco II.

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Ford 4.0 Liter V-6 Conversion Wiring (From Explorer to Bronco II) - The Ranger Station

One of the challenges to converting from a Ford 2.9 to a Ford 4.0 is the wiring harness. Here's how to use the harness.

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1994 4.0L Auto Explorer To A 1989 2.9L Manual Bronco II - The Ranger Station

Original Poster: Dustin Ewers (disciplerocks) Difficulty: 8 out of 10 Time to install: 1-2 weeks+ (depending on skill and prep) Disclaimer: The Ranger Station.com, The Ranger Station.com Staff, nor the original poster is responsible for you doing this modification to … Continued

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Wiring a 4.0L To An Original 1983-1988 Dash - The Ranger Station

Are you going to do a 4.0L swap in a 1983-1988 Ford Ranger or Bronco II? Here's how to wire it to your 1983-1988 dash.

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[Brain75]

danka for the immediate solution, but being able to search for terms like 2.9L etc would really be usefull - is there not an exemptions list for the search engine you can add things like 2.8L 2.9L 4.0L etc etc.

 

[JoshT]

You can narrow searches to a particular sub forum. IE if you are looking for something pertaining to a 4.0L search dor results in the 4.0L sub forum.

It won't catch stuff that wasn;t placed within that section, but that's why we encourage people to post in the pertinant sub forum rather than in a catch all like general discussions, or non-tech section like the show-off sections.

 

[Brain75]

me, myself, and I - I am not interested in a 2.9 to 4.0 swap, I wanted to help/point someone else in the right direction... I was just appalled to see that the search engine is so weak it filters out ALL (bold caps) the relevant terms and only searches on the word "swap" - that is a dire flaw in the search engine... drastically in need of white-list modification/grey list/whatever so that the search becomes useful for anyone who is less skilled at search than me.

 

[Jim Oaks]

mysql won't let the forum search things like 2.9, 4.0, etc. The best I can do is add a code for a search box at the top of the forum.

 

[2011Supercab]

that is a dire flaw in the search engine..

Not really, can you imagine how many useless (to your particular search) threads have 2.9 mentioned in them?

There are currently 170,492 threads posted here

 

[JoshT]

It's not a flaw, it's by design. Due to how the forum software's built in search engine functions, the amount of results that would pop if you included those short terms is staggering. Each instance of each word in the search would trigger a hit. Not the combination of all words, but each individual word.

If one really wants to perform a search of the site using those terms, their best option is to use google's site search feature. IE: "site:therangerstation.com 2.9 to 4.0 swap"

 

[Brain75]

cool, as long as you can fix the things you can fix and you try... I get the limitations of code sometimes. Just wanted to let you know so if it WAS fixable you could attend to it.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Adding the search bar resulted in a problem in how the forum was loading some pages.

I deactivated the search bar and created a link in the menu for MEGA SEARCH that will take you to a search page and eliminate this problem.

BTW, the main website and forum uses two different databases, so I can't configure the search here to include the pages on the main site. The search I added will search anything anywhere at TheRangerStation.com.

Mega Search - The Ranger Station

TRS MEGA SEARCH Having trouble finding the information you’re looking for? The website and forum are two completely different software packages using separate databases. The TRS MEGA SEARCH will search the entire website plus the forum. SEARCH:

www.therangerstation.com

 

[Uncle Gump]

So... this is all @Brain75 fault?

 

[Brain75]

I figured it would be as easy as whitelisting "2.3" "2.8" "2.9",etc in the exceptions list my bad....

 

[Brain75]

and when Jim said

mysql won't let the forum search things like 2.9, 4.0, etc. ...

I was fine with that, he looked into it tried, and reported back the system is too weak. I would be totally happy if you put it back the way it was, and said use google to do a (google) search like this "2.9 to 4.0 swap site:therangerstation.com" - google is a very powerful tool and I am ok using someone else's tools when your own can't be re-factored.

 

[SenorNoob]

Google site search is so good here that it's my only site suggestion when I start typing...