scoyote
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- 1985
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- ranger
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I have acquired a good 2.8 from Mustang 2 and have plans to pull the tired 2.8 from my 85 Ranger----this gives me the Duraspark and gets rid of the bank of vacuum relays and the feedback carb--thanks to the forum the wire splicing should be straight forward. I recently snapped a bolt in the lower rad housing (thermostat=overheat probs)and actually cracked the housing while trying to pean the bolt head (hoping 2 bolts and rtv will hold for the short term)--i'm trying to get it running to move it but went to replace the housing with the older cast iron piece and it hits the steering box??Does anyone know if there are any other necessary change overs (ie. the oil pan) Should i retain the computer for any peripheral guages ? will it serve any use after the motor exchange---tia for any insights----scoyote