Moses1776
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- Anderson, SC
- Vehicle Year
- 1990,1994
- Make / Model
- Bronco2, Ranger
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- Manual
Greetings, brand new to the site as far as posting a thread so I’m sorry if I’m doing this wrong.
I have a 1990 Bronco 2, came with a 2.9L and she’s a manual. I had been wanting to do a swap on it in the future but after a engine bay fire started and burnt some wires and hoses I sped up the process. I recently found a Ford 4.0L OHV on Marketplace and offered $200, as it was listed as sitting in a field for a few years under a barn side. The farmer said it came out of his 92 Ford Ranger. I went and picked it up and finally this week I started to take it apart. It took me about 6-7 hours and I finally got it stripped down. It had great compression to it but would get stuck right at the almost complete rotation mark. I stripped it down to find that Piston #3 was “stuck” and left a “shadow” in its place when pushed. Besides piston #3 they all were pretty great and I can’t find any other issues with this engine. It’s also important to say that I picked up the engine alone. No trans. And it’s missing some items, an ecu and it’s wiring, spark plug wires and it’s distributor, the intake and it’s assembly, and now pistons more than likely as it will need to be machined and probably bored for its own good after retrieving the stuck piston. I have many questions but until coming to the ranger station I only had answers from people who have never done this before. I’ve been told things like to bore it out. Carb it and get away from the ECU and EFI. But I want input from people who have been in my shoes before. I really appreciate your time taken to respond to me here and your generosity. This is my first engine rebuild and engine swap, so forgive my ignorance.
- Moses
I have a 1990 Bronco 2, came with a 2.9L and she’s a manual. I had been wanting to do a swap on it in the future but after a engine bay fire started and burnt some wires and hoses I sped up the process. I recently found a Ford 4.0L OHV on Marketplace and offered $200, as it was listed as sitting in a field for a few years under a barn side. The farmer said it came out of his 92 Ford Ranger. I went and picked it up and finally this week I started to take it apart. It took me about 6-7 hours and I finally got it stripped down. It had great compression to it but would get stuck right at the almost complete rotation mark. I stripped it down to find that Piston #3 was “stuck” and left a “shadow” in its place when pushed. Besides piston #3 they all were pretty great and I can’t find any other issues with this engine. It’s also important to say that I picked up the engine alone. No trans. And it’s missing some items, an ecu and it’s wiring, spark plug wires and it’s distributor, the intake and it’s assembly, and now pistons more than likely as it will need to be machined and probably bored for its own good after retrieving the stuck piston. I have many questions but until coming to the ranger station I only had answers from people who have never done this before. I’ve been told things like to bore it out. Carb it and get away from the ECU and EFI. But I want input from people who have been in my shoes before. I really appreciate your time taken to respond to me here and your generosity. This is my first engine rebuild and engine swap, so forgive my ignorance.
- Moses