Dweano
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- Location
- Saskatchewan!
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L
- Transmission
- Automatic
Well I spent the spare days I had over the winter off school swapping a V8 into my Ranger, alot of money later and alot of time later...I get it running...drove it maybe 5kms in total (working out bugs)...and now the tranny is effed. Tried to fix it... nope. Ask the experts...and she is likely effed up. $1600 to fix...
Back story: I had a 4.0L with a 4R55E...which I eventually blew (which I accept full responsibility for, big tires and low gears), so I bought a 5R55E to swap in...spend some time and money on that and....it was a piece of shit, flared between shifts, dropped outta overdrive (also due to the big tires and underpowered engine).. so I said screw it I am dropping in a V8 powertrain...
So I did that and now I am back to square one. Except minus a couple thousand dollars and a couple hundred hours.
I am so frustrated I want to sell it...except I would never get anything near what I would want (of course)
I think in the past two years I have drove it maybe...150kms tops in total.
Its a nice truck...here is a pic:
What should I do: swap in a manual? How hard is that? Roll the dice with a junkyard engine? Any suggestions are welcome as I am bummed out...
P.S. Oh it is a 96 Ranger, with powertrain from a 96 Explorer, tranny is a 4R70W
Back story: I had a 4.0L with a 4R55E...which I eventually blew (which I accept full responsibility for, big tires and low gears), so I bought a 5R55E to swap in...spend some time and money on that and....it was a piece of shit, flared between shifts, dropped outta overdrive (also due to the big tires and underpowered engine).. so I said screw it I am dropping in a V8 powertrain...
So I did that and now I am back to square one. Except minus a couple thousand dollars and a couple hundred hours.
I am so frustrated I want to sell it...except I would never get anything near what I would want (of course)
I think in the past two years I have drove it maybe...150kms tops in total.
Its a nice truck...here is a pic:
What should I do: swap in a manual? How hard is that? Roll the dice with a junkyard engine? Any suggestions are welcome as I am bummed out...
P.S. Oh it is a 96 Ranger, with powertrain from a 96 Explorer, tranny is a 4R70W
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