Waldoduhh
Member
- Joined
- Aug 19, 2020
- Messages
- 57
- Reaction score
- 9
- Points
- 8
- Location
- Lakeland fl
- Vehicle Year
- 1997
- Make / Model
- ford ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
ok so to star'm very versed with 2.3l rangers, previously owned a 96 ranger with a 2.3. I just bought another ranger since I had to scrap mine. Im gonna start with background so there's a full understanding. So bought it from a buddy of mine, he did not notice any of this until I pointed it out. he bought this from the owner who did the following for some unknown reason: changed front clip to a 2003 ford ranger, put a 2003 full exterior wiring harness in, put a 2000 ranger ecu for a 2.5l, and a 2.5l motor in. Now when i bought it from said buddy, he had following issues: he said when he got tires changed, noticed a hard vibration in rear end at around 65mph, had a intermittent dead cylinder while driving off and on not related to tire change, whenever abs speed sensor was plugged in the rpms would get stuck at whatever you were at when shifting, and it had high idle at 1200rpm. I fixed quite a bit, but i still have vibration in rear(old exhaust was dragging on drive shaft and rubbed a bit of the drive shift off) and I pulled harness out and repaired as much as I could, and now its firing weird( no i didn't rewire wires incorrectly to what they already were connected to.) And than dies out. I did manage to get the abs sensor to work using a 2.5l sensor for a 2000 ranger, other one was 2.3l sensor so assuming thats why. I ordered a 2.5l iac to hopefully correct the high idle once I figure out this firing issue. I need to know if I can use a 2.3l harness or do I need to find a 2.5l harness for motor. I think I'm on the right track that the motor issue is electrical and I need another drive shaft to correct vibration. Any thoughts?