Been doing random little things on the ranger. We got the resonators all figured out, just gotta splice those in to hopefully quiet it down in the higher RPMs. Finally put foam behind the panels against the back half, really helped with getting rid of an annoying rattle it had in the cab. Put...
Well I feel kinda dumb, I’m 98% sure it was the maf sensor.
Stock oem one that’s like 35 years old shit out. After checking pretty much everything, I bought a cheap duralast maf from vatozone just to see if that would do anything. Nothing. Me and my dad started checking for vacuum leaks, shot...
Get a flat and a workout in at the same time, hell yea. Cool idea haha the weight for sure helps, good solution for if you still have a spare in the bed opposed to putting a thick piece of chromoly in a back half
Can’t remember if you have an actual temp gauge or if you’re using the factory one. Do you know what temps you’re looking at? Mine with a CBR that’s like 31x16/as wide as the damn chassis and has dual spals is running like 190. Which is about the regular temp range depending on thermostat...
Back on this.
Cleaned the IAC valve with no luck. The truck will not run with the IAC plug unplugged so I don’t think it’s that. It runs exactly the same as it does already with the maf sensor plugged or unplugged, there’s no difference. From a cold start, it takes a few minutes for the problem...
Well I finally had a bug pop up.
I decided to teach my 16 year old nephew how to drive manual in it, he did great and was cruising within 20 minutes. The 10ish times he stalled it, everytime we’d go to start back up it wouldn’t fire up/crank like normal right away. I’m wondering if this was...
Always liked this ranger. Quick google search showed a guy selling it in Vegas in 2013 for $24k obo
https://www.pirate4x4.com/threads/fully-built-1997-ford-ranger-prerunner.1356985/
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