benjamin4000
New Member
This forum rocks! So I am new to the Ranger world recently got a manual 93 4.0 XLT 2WD, 116k miles. Have been taking care of a few things getting it dialed in (this forum has been an amazing resource) but now to my latest issue: tire size and gearing. It has 3.08 gears....using the handy calculator on here it says I should convert to 3.73, and that my actual ratio at the moment is 2.81. The truck had 235/75/15s on explorer wheels (which I replaced the tires as they were on the verge of destruction).
Is the current 2.81 probably why I’m not seeing great mpg? If I go to 3.73s is there any brand our source of gears that anyone would reco? And what do i need to order, just ring and pinion? My rears break loose all the time on wet pavement (I’m in Seattle area so it’s wet a lot) will that possibly improve with the change in gearing? And installing new gears, approximately how many hours of shop time will that cost? (I’m still a pretty novice DYI mechanic so assuming it’s over my head).
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Is the current 2.81 probably why I’m not seeing great mpg? If I go to 3.73s is there any brand our source of gears that anyone would reco? And what do i need to order, just ring and pinion? My rears break loose all the time on wet pavement (I’m in Seattle area so it’s wet a lot) will that possibly improve with the change in gearing? And installing new gears, approximately how many hours of shop time will that cost? (I’m still a pretty novice DYI mechanic so assuming it’s over my head).
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