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  1. shovelmike

    V8 Dreamer :: 1999 Ford Ranger

    Nice truck, Arkie.:thumbup:
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    My TOY :: 1994 Ford Ranger

    Nice Thank you for your military service to what is still the greatest nation on earth. It looks like you got a great deal, and made a really fun truck out of it.
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    May have a deal...but???

    Good luck with the truck, that sounds like a blown head gasket to me, $900 is a steal with a good straight rust free body.
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    Backyard Mechanics

    Wow That is scary and messed up, I'm glad nobody got hurt. Some people should not be allowed anywhere near tools.:eek:
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    ranger

    Find the oil pressure sender, make sure the connection is tight and clean. Take the wire loose from the sender and touch it to ground while someone sits behind the wheel with the ignition on, it should read full scale, and when removed from ground should read zero......do this only momentarily...
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    Keep It Or Trade It?

    Judging by the title of your post you were seeking advice regarding whether to trade the Ranger in toward the Nightmare or keep it as a snow vehicle. If you can afford to you should keep it, I live out in a very rural area where the snow covers the primitive roads with deep drifts. We bought a...
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    Rearend pinion missing tooth

    The fix right now is a new ring gear and pinion, if you wait until it goes out the repair will be the same. It's hard to guess how long it will run that way. When it fails you will most likely just coast to the side of the road, but if your luck is like mine it will be at the most...
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    4WD not engaging....

    This electrically operated..../....automatically operated stuff makes me uneasy for sure. I recently purchased my '99 and, though the pulse vacuum hubs appeared to be working fine I jumped at the chance to put manual hubs on it. This is my 5th. 4x4, most were manual hubs and manual 4x4 by way of...
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    New member

    Hello, from Peculiar, MO. Only have the one Ranger, but also an 89 F250 Supercab 4x4 460 that I haven't been able to afford to drive, need to get the sour gas out of the tanks and fix rusted out brake lines. She is a towing monster.
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