1987 DANGER RANGER
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- Location
- Great Bend Kansas
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
I have an 1987 4x4 which came stock with a 2.3 5sp man. 2nd motor was 2.9 unsure of who put the motor in. 3rd is a 2.9 from I beleve a B2 88 or 89. The problems I am have with the motor well 1st a valve which sticks and gives a dead cyclinder from time to time. I can drive the truck cold for about three blocks then I'll be driving and it feels like someone grabbes ahold of the crank and holds as tight has they can, just loses power. The wiring harness has a few extra pieces and where not sure why. There is also a sweet smell of maybe fuel after you drive the truck. Its got new plugs wires cap rotor.
Just picked up a 87 with a stock 2.9/auto took the motor and whole wire harness. Will the harness give me any problems since it came from an auto and going to a manual. I took the tps from the new 2.9 and put it in the old running motor, cause the two motors did not have the same tps. The motor out of the B2 used a gray plug and the ranger used a black plug. The harness in the running truck had both the gray and blk plug looked factory.
While I have the new 2.9 out is there any really cheep power mods because Iam running 31's with stock gears (unk what ratio) and well you do the math not much power. Sorry the post is so long but I have no wear else to turn I need to get a decent running 2.9 in the truck unitill I can afford a 5.0 swap $$$.
thanks Emil
Just picked up a 87 with a stock 2.9/auto took the motor and whole wire harness. Will the harness give me any problems since it came from an auto and going to a manual. I took the tps from the new 2.9 and put it in the old running motor, cause the two motors did not have the same tps. The motor out of the B2 used a gray plug and the ranger used a black plug. The harness in the running truck had both the gray and blk plug looked factory.
While I have the new 2.9 out is there any really cheep power mods because Iam running 31's with stock gears (unk what ratio) and well you do the math not much power. Sorry the post is so long but I have no wear else to turn I need to get a decent running 2.9 in the truck unitill I can afford a 5.0 swap $$$.
thanks Emil