Recent content by fr7

I posted a thread before about this but I'm gonna start over again, hopefully you guys can help me. Short story long. I blew a radiator a few months ago, replaced it, few weeks later blew again. After over a week and countless beer I changed the thermostat, water pump, radiator again, fan...

So I installed a new water pump in the 98 ranger 3.0, while disconnecting the hoses, one of the fittings broke, the store calls it heater tee (Dorman part # 47993), it's the fittings that screws to the block and I believe the temperature switch screws into that fitting and the orange connector...

My truck has been misfiring for about a month and it's getting worse. Coil pack been tested and it's good, so I suspect bad wires, one of them was zapping me when I touched it. Spark plugs are about 2 years old and look good for the most part. Question is, have you guys used duralast from...

Ok, I have a very dumb question for you guys. Is the black rubber condom looking thing under the cap in the clutch reservoir supposed to be full of fluid?? The reason I ask is when I first bought the truck I checked all the fluids and that thing was full of fluid. I pulled it out and dumped the...

Hey guys, nothing special, I'm just curious about how true your speedometer is compared to a satellite GPS. My 98 ranger 4wd manual transmission seems to be way off. When I had 255/70/16 tires it was reading 2 miles under what the GPS said. A month ago I put new tires on it, this time I went...

We've been having some really cold weather out here lately, my truck just developed a new extra problem. So when it gets too cold (about 10° or colder) my truck don't wanna shift, even after I let it warm up for 30 minutes. The clutch pedal goes almost to the floor before I can feel any...

Hello guys, my 98 ranger 3.0, 4wd manual transmission has always leaked oil out of the pan gasket since I bought it a little over 2 years ago. At first it wasn't too bad but it has gotten worse. For the past 6 months or so I had to add about 1qt of oil or so every week. 2 weeks ago I checked it...

I replaced all 4 door sensors in the 98 ranger about 6 months ago because the door ajar light was always on when the truck was running and the dome light stayed on for about 30-45 minutes (not exactly sure) after I park it and shut it off. After breaking some plastic clips and cracking some back...

I recently replaced the front bumper in my 98 ranger. I got it from a parts truck and it's missing the plastic valance thing where the fog lights live. My truck has the factory button and wiring for the fog lights so I was wondering if a valance out of an explorer will fit or not, my local...

I couldn't find the right place for this thread so I just picked this one, if there's one where this should go please move it for me. So we've been having a lot of rain out here and roads are bad. I was driving on the gravel on my way home, I hit a huge patch of mud, lost control and went in the...

Hello everyone.. I've been a member for a while but it's been a long time since I've logged in. I had a hard time remembering my password and trying to reset it, but somehow I'm back. I have more questions about my 3.0, 1998 ranger, 4wd, manual transmission. I should first mention that I...

Hi guys, I started this thread before and when I was almost done I dropped my phone and it shut off so I lost it, I'm gonna start all over again.. I've been posting like crazy lately, last winter was miserable driving this truck having 4wd problems and all kinds of other problems, I don't want...

Hi again, I'm changing transmission fluid, 98 ranger 5 speed, I did the transfer case a little bit ago and I assume the tranny takes mercon V too, am I right? The guy at AutoZone told me it takes 10+ quarts and I know he's full of shit, about how much does it take before it starts coming out of...

Hey guys, I'm in the middle of changing fluid in my new/used transfer case, I got the sTp Dex/Merc atf, is this what this thing takes? It's out of the truck and I want to make sure I put the right crap in it before I put it all back together and drive it. I'm almost ready to put it back and I...

Hi everybody, I joined the site yesterday and I just realized I put my first post in the wrong category, I posted in the right away help, is there a way to move it to the non emergency thread? I was just reading the rules but the thread is closed. If someone can do it for me or tell me how to do...