Firebird
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- Mazda
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good call. thats a bad throttle position sensor. any of your local parts stores should be able to get one for you at a reasonable price. unplugging it should have tripped the CEL...which means your truck is now running in open loop. it'll hurt your power, mileage, and overall dirveability.
your right about the differential being removable from the main housing. thats the easiest way to swap in new gears. you need to match them with the gears that are already in the truck, however, or else your 4wd will be very much useless. if you have the passenger side beam that matches the drivers side one (pictured), then it should have a large plastic sticker on it that will tell you the gear ratio. if not, you'll have to pull the diff. off and count the teeth.
to determine the current ratio in the truck, you can read the axle code off the drivers door sticker and compair it to the codes in the tech library.
Thanks for your input. It did trip the CEL light right away. I will try to pick one up this weekend.
As for the diff, I had no idea it would be this easy. The truck was previously in an accident that bent the front driver side control arm, and rather than replace that they replaced the entire front axle, but with the wrong gear ratio. The one in the bed that I posted pictures of is the original. I looked at the page in your signature and saw this http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/526000-526999/526265_73_full.jpg
how do I strip it down to this point? Can I do this with the front axle still in the truck? I just looked at it but didn't see a way to pop the axles out. Is there a write up to do it this way, or can you walk me through it? I very much appreciate the info, I bought this truck to be my 4X4 winter truck(I live in colorado) and as a good work truck that can off road as can take on hunting trips.
I got it pretty cheap, but it defiantly needs some work. This is my first ford(ive been a GM guy until now) and I am kind of lost.