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my dad has a early 90's 2wd ranger pickup, supposedly it has a mustang 2.3 in it. someone put a cheapo parts store clutch kit in it like 6 months ago and the slave went out and i was going to buy a luk kit and put it in for him.

ive never seen 2.3l mustang parts, and i assume that they are different from ranger 2.3 parts, especially the transmission. im betting its a t5? anyway to tell the difference real quick so i can order a kit?
 


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The shifter comes out a foot farther back then a stock Ranger. It has a cable clutch, not hydraulic. The bell housing and trans can be separated.
 

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Flywheel is the same between the two, pressure plate and friction disc are different though...

That said, was the Ranger originally a 4 cylinder truck? If so it's just going to be an M5OD trans, same since '87 I think on the 4 bangers clutch wise, engine wise the Mustang engines are very similar, they just did things later than Ranger engines, apparently the Ranger was the test bed or something...
 

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If it has a Mustang 2.3 then they probably just used the long block as a replacement. The engines are basically identical other than the accessory brackets which would have been swapped off the stock Ranger engine. If you're in doubt about the trans just take the old clutch disk with you and compare with the new one. I think the T5 has a different spline count than the TK or M5OD. There are lots of post on identifying Ranger transmissions out there though.
 

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they just used the stock ranger transmission. does any one know if you can use 4.0 parts to mate a 2.3 engine/trans? i have a 4.0 clutch/pressure plate/flywheel that have like 5k miles on them, im assuming they are different.
 

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Although the spline count is the same, the flywheel bolt pattern is different and so is the pressure plate bolt pattern
 

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