gwn95747
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- 1989,1996,1998
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- Ford Ranger
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- 4.0 V6
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- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
We had a crate engine (97 block, 98 Ranger 4x4) blow the bottom end because they used the wrong timing sprockets, and in the process of rebuilding over torqued the rod bolts and broke one. We could not find replcements ANYWHERE! So we bought an old block (a 90 block) and are pulling the bolts out of the rods to replace the ones on the 97 block rods. They (the 90's) look identical to the 97's except for the head size, which is a bit smaller than the 97's. As such, we will replace all the rod bolts so as to not have weight/balance issues. Has anyone had a similar issue and resolved it in this way or in any other way? Should these bolts work? This is all new territory for me.