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Thinking about flying to Buffalo with the wife to see the falls. Then she wants to nap while I drive to Boston. :shok: I've noticed a road from Niagra On The Lake just north of the falls that goes easily..or so it seems .. To Rochester and runs by Lake Ontario. Any Ranger people familiar with...

Anyone from TRS going to Speed Week?

I have a remote oil filter and cooler kit I purchased from another TRS member some time ago. It's new but seems not to have the right adapter to screw onto the motor or to the filter housing (same threads) The adapter has threads that are slightly larger than the stock Ranger filter adapter...

As fun and cool as the idea of scoring a completed Explorer axle in 3.73 with disc brakes, flipping it, getting the angle set IS..... (sound of heavy breathing) what is the most simple way to get traction to both rear wheels of a relatively stock 99 Ranger 4.0 with a 5 speed Automatic...

Sway Bar OK - here is my two cents for your consideration. My 1999 2WD Ranger comes with a 1 1/16 solid bar, that is basically a straight bar bent about 8" on the end and flattened for the bolt hole. So . . . I took it off, went to El Lupe's Pick A Part locally, and compared what was up on...

In this day of fighting the false god of global warming, engineers may do any number of things to mix, mingle or change the burn characteristics of exhaust flow. Those may change from year to year and as rules change. But in general you do not want backpressure in a performance exhaust system...

Can anyone recommend a lifter manufacturer for the 4.0 that builds quality parts? I'd really like to hear from someone who has done more than one engine or even races the 4.0 and can tell me what to stay away from. It seems you can pay anywhere from $180 to almost 1000 for a set of these...

Hope this doesn't belong in "Interiors" I looked there too and didn't find a thread. Does anyone know of a complete steering column from any Ranger/Explorer newer than 1999 that would be a direct swap into my truck. ( 99 XLT Auto 2WD) With the cost of a new wheel or something aftermarket, a...

Cleaned the IAC and the MAF at the same time before I started the truck again. Now the truck does not idle correctly. 99 4.0 Auto should idle around 900 rpm. Now idles so low the truck will die when I put it in gear if I don't watch. What did I do?

Shaunk brought up the "head question" the other day and someone mentioned pushrods. At that point I tried to go to Deltacam.com and found their domain/website had expired. I'd like to order and/discuss some pushrods for the engine I'm working on. Perhaps some increased lube and the hardened...

Can anyone suggest a front spring that would fit into the front of my 99 Ranger SC. I'd like to try smoothing out the ride just a bit when I go through street intersection dips. Also open to other suggestions. You rock crawler, off-road types forgive me for being such a pansy.

Is there an update for my 99 Ranger headlights? I'd like to put the 2006-08 lights in their place - anyone with some experience.

My Mercury Marquis has turning lights - that is when you turn on your turn signal, a white light shines toward the direction you are turning at a right angle to the car. I really like having those lights in areas where there is no street lights. You can see where you are going to go before you...

Take a look at this article. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217_pf.html

Recently, I towed a rather heavy load (trailer) for about a 100 miles. The ranger did fine but the temp read out around 5-10 degrees higher for most of the pull. The gauge is a manual aftermarket Stewart Warner guage - not the Ford in-dash gauge. I towed in Drive. On the return trip, with no...