When did Ford put a manual behind the SOHC?

[Hokie]

I'm flirting with the idea of getting an ext cab 4x4 Ranger but I'd want a 5spd and I don't want the OHV or the 3.slow

When did Ford finally make the change to putting the M5R01-HD behind the 4.0 SOHC? I think it was 01 or 02... I know the FX4 Level II's get the SOHC, 4.10 gears, manual trans and manual shift transfer but they're way out of my price range

TIA

 

[Doug]

I think it was 2001 when the 4.0 ohv was phased out.

 

[EBInterceptor]

Rangers retain their value much more than the Explorers do. I looked into getting an FX4 Level II before I purchased another explorer. I couldn't even find anything in 4x4 with decent miles for under $10. They all were about 100k and expensive.

 

[Hokie]

Rangers retain their value much more than the Explorers do. I looked into getting an FX4 Level II before I purchased another explorer. I couldn't even find anything in 4x4 with decent miles for under $10. They all were about 100k and expensive.

Yeah but atleast they're not like Tacoma's which never seem to depreciate. Finding a used, late 90's Taco for less than 10k is hard to do

 

[F14CRAZY]

Later Sports, Sport Tracs, and a handful of 2002 4 doors could have a stick and SOHC.

 

[spindlecone]

My sons 01 Job 2 trac has a manual, I think a mazda R1, piece of crap, always haveing syncro problems, maybe it's just his.

 

[yosh18981898]

I've got the R1 in my 92 and its been nothing short of perfect for the time I've owned it. It's got a 106,000 on it now. Still shifts smooth as silk. My dad had an 89 ranger with an R1 that went to 250,000 on just two clutches without a rebuild.

 

[F14CRAZY]

The M5OD isnt the best manual transmission ever and it's not close to it. There problems here sometimes, but they're a lot better than A4LDs. And not as fun

 

[Doug]

135k miles on my M50D and still in good shape cept my slave cylinder is shot. I beleive the M5OD HD is the transmission behind the sohc and it is beefed up a little bit.

 

[F14CRAZY]

But you gotta have a 4 door stick