ranger to explorer. 5.0 is nice

[misterbobbitt]

Hey everyone. picked myself up an explorer this morning. its definitely going to need some tinkering and i know ill have questions, so i might be romping around this place quite a bit.

so i got into a bit of an accident and it is time to move onto a new project. My ranger was a great truck. first vehicle that was actually mine. With the check from insurance, I payed off what i owed on it and bought this little beast with what i had left over. Had to keep it in the ranger family. im happy, nothing fancy, but i can definitely rock it. sorry for the small pictures but my phone is being a *****.

its a 96 with the 5.0l and the all wheel drive setup. the exterior is a little rough, but the interior is clean and nothing is broken. except the emergency brake light stays on. its sitting at 115k miles. actually a few hundred less than my ranger had

its stupid cold outside, but i dont think ill be able to resist doing an oil change. anyone know where the drain plug is on the 5 liter. i really took having a lifted truck for granted... crawling around under this thing is really tight

 

[Mirge]

What'd ya give for that V8 Ex?

 

[Joe Dirt]

Welcome!

That's too bad about your Ranger- it was a really nice looking rig...

At least you got enough out of 'er to pay off the note and get another vehicle- without a car payment! Not a bad little Ex...

 

[misterbobbitt]

What'd ya give for that V8 Ex?

i ended up forking over 17 bills for it... a little more than i wanted. i hope that is reasonable. i kind of had to jump on it and didn't really get to look into what they usually go for

 

[Mirge]

i ended up forking over 17 bills for it... a little more than i wanted. i hope that is reasonable. i kind of had to jump on it and didn't really get to look into what they usually go for

115k miles, V8 AWD... I'd say you did pretty darn good

Grats on the new Ex, and welcome to the boards!

 

[misterbobbitt]

Welcome!

That's too bad about your Ranger- it was a really nice looking rig...

At least you got enough out of 'er to pay off the note and get another vehicle- without a car payment! Not a bad little Ex...

thanks!

the ranger was a great truck. rolled it 8 times and opened the door and stepped out without a scratch. im excited to have a new project.

it definitely feels nice to be debt free

 

[misterbobbitt]

anyone know what size socket for the oil drain plug?

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

welcome and that was a nice ranger and nice x u plan on doing mods to it

 

[explorerguy89]

congrats welcome to the ex family and sorry to hear bout ur ranger i crashed my 90 a few months bak and still miss it every day

 

[gmpreece]

Welcome to the forum. My son wrecked his FX4 Level II Ranger, looked like yours when he was done. Not a scratch on him. Rangers are great trucks.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! The Ranger looked nice before it got totaled. Good luck with the new Explorer!