I found it on my 1987 302 swap truck. Using a 1992 AOD from a Thunderbird. The truck had a 2.0 5spd.
The trans end of the speedo cable was far too large in diameter to fit in to the AOD. I'm not real sure on which model of trans the truck originally comes with, but trust me, it wasn't even close to fitting.
GB
there are two types in this era....that i know about. potentially three if you count dealer installed cruise control...
as to trans side cable ends..theres three styles for fords.
one type is fixed end.... which has the drive end which fits in the drive hole..
the drive end is fixed to it solidly...this was on diesel and non computer non cruise control trucks
just add o ring and speedo gear....the ranger can possibly have this.
one type is pushlok. the ranger can have this as well. oem electric cruise cotrol, efi, and 4x4 have this... most common style.
one type screws on. rangers dont have this from ford...but idiots like me may swap it in with a good ol top loader...
pushlok, uses a pushlok drive.
screw on, uses a screw on drive.
the drives are interchangeable so you can adapt one to the other as there is only one drive hole size...
i suspect you had some sort of dealer installed or aftermarket cruise control thing on there...making it a tumor...but still had to go in a ford hole..sooooooo
maybe it wasnt a ford hole
maybe some sort of a dodge style kogyo rear section or bell housing back whole d 50 transmission and someone just put the dodge/jeep end on the cable... do you remember the slip spline count? was it 23?
i can see that happening..kind of cool to run across some crazy shit like that....
i had dodge/jeep speedo drive for a bit....cause i had a jeep t case.
but i had cable length issues wheelin hard and stuck the ford stuff on the back of the jeep case and ran a ford van speed o cable.
hell my current setup is a 4l80 into a ford t case with the same setup...