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Wow wow wow for the drivers seat? You sir are dedicated to the vehicle May she reward you

Welcome to Ef! Smart choice Your 02 sport does it have the rear mono leafs? My first upgrade would be 4 door rear leaf springs, manual chain tensioners and lube the door hinges Sport doors are very long and the hinges wear out… keep those suckers lubricated! Ford is a smart choice All...

Friggin thing is sweet Not sure how I never saw this thread before Would Love to have that drivetrain in a older sport trac ;) Glad you are having fun with it, she is sooooo Clean How much was the seat upholstery if you don’t mind me asking? Love the suspension, stance, wheels etc she looks great

Welcome! Valid questions!! Yes in 02 the sport and sport trac are just like a 02-05 ranger, the last year of the gen ii explorer was 01, so by 02-03 the sport and trac are basically identical to a ranger, on paper. The big difference is the sport and trac are spring under rear axle still whereas...

Luk brand only!!! How many miles on the current clutch? The little bleeder is loose inside the transmission housing because it is mounted on the end of a long tube and simply hangs there in the hole in the side of the transmission, normal The new master cylinder and line must be bled before...

Yes that is the pre heater setup from a gen 1

Well if it has one turns out it wasn’t factory it would have been added by previous owner I found out factory fx4 trucks only had rear torsen and when they did it was with large tube 31 spline 8.8 and disc brakes. They never came factory with the front

Totally different lifters You need 96-01 explorer mountaineer 5.0 v8 Can also buy used sets on eBay Or just buy one new lifter Or a whole set they are $$$ Enginetech is a good alternative to melling or ford motor sports I would stay away from most el cheapo ones lots of labor involved if one...

Have any junk yards nearby? I often use a set of say 24 gt40 lifters to cleanup and rebuild to make a set of 16 This allows us to toss out any that are questionable

Ohv? Sweeet!!

Ratrod at harbor freight Oooh la la sbf Dang need to rotate these pics Back from pre rinse a 15 minute cycle look good! Made it easier to take them apart, loosened up all the sticky grime inside Now to clean the individual parts and hollow cores in batches of 4, using a jar...

Valvetrain time! Had to make a fixture for the valve spring compressor I also have been wanting one of these… got a new tool for the shop I love this little box new lifters come in These are the stock lifters from this engine Been in storage Traditionally I take all 16 apart one by one and...

Stepson dragged home this 2011 ranger fx4 lvl 2 with only 60k miles on it It’s going to become his new daily driver It is rumored to have the factory front torsen differential I will find out soon when it hits his shop Owner hydrolocked the sohc engine and gave up on it… wow

Funny you say that Not sure if the factory plates will work yet Why? Because I only had one side lying around the shop when he was mocking this up. We spent some time looking for them? And then an hour searching the ship hardware store trying to find the 4 bolts needed to mount the plates we...

Nice kc’s! Perfect classic looks Gen 1 for the win

Next side Final torque Always check Gasket orientation on block Before grabbing head i like to have two bolts prepped. Oil on the threads and under the bolt head. Gasket set and ready I have torque values posted on the wall because i do this often Also the hilarious harbor freight 10mm...

Continue the head install Heads old gasket material scraped with razor blade Then surfaces prepped with 3m roto tool Blown off, wiped clean Visit to the parts washer New Enginetech gaskets Good shot of gasket installed

Ahhh I see it now! Wandering off to the left This is the steering/knuckle joint? Ouchies

So when we moved here and starlink was new we signed up. I think it was 18+ months before we got one. Everyone rural like us looking for high speed internet. There is no infrastructure up here in small town pnw. My parents signed up for one and so did we. We got ours My folks decided the high...

We ditched the cases many years ago The books w sleeves are the only way to go otherwise they just take up too much space I have i think 5 seasons of life after people and 20 seasons of ancient aliens in my dvd folder lol Starlink rules we have had it for 3 years now? One outage… only one...

Crispy!! Glad you found it The heaters in the 02 sensors carry a good amount of power they don’t like to be melted together by hot exhaust hahahaha could have been much worse! Like fire fire!!

What he said The only pipe on a 93 passenger side exhaust is a pre heater for the airbox.. if water went in there it goes into the intake side of the engine not the exhaust Pull spark plugs turn engine over by hand see if water comes out

Do you have a scanner that can read live data? USB dongle with forscan? This way you could see the pcm register fuel pressure or not at the sensor And you could see it command the fuel pump driver module Have you googled how to test fuel pump driver module? Let’s try it…...

I’ve tried that a few times lol big mess

I think I’ll skip right past the triton engines :) early cam phasers yuck Saw the dude on here stuff a 7.3 Powerstroke into a gen iii explorer Just because it fits doesn’t mean you should hhahahaa

I want one for my daily driver

What’s wrong with the passenger cv axle shaft? Boot torn and grease flung? Which seal is leaking?

Looks fine I’d run it I do lots of unjoints I love my tigertool once you have one there is no going back https://a.co/d/ggWHGQl

Ordered some upper control arms, lower ball joints, and brake pads for this project

Engine tech Head gaskets and new head bolts Heads were wire brushed to remove loose dirt, then old gaskets scraped, then cleaned with air, then cleaned in parts washer, finally drip dried Heads gasket surfaces final prepped with 3m rotary pads, wiped with alcohol, and then finally the gasket...

Gates water pump I was able to source water pump / timing cover bolts from another engine in the shop. This is a great way to store 5.0 waterpump Bolts Each bolt was cleaned with drill and wire wheel New gasket sandwiched w permatex copper Ford calls for thread sealant on the bolts that go...

Canton billet oil filter remote adapter This sucker is low profile to the engine and can be rotated to point the hoses where you want them Needed things when stuffing 302 into Gen 1 Explorer/ttb truck Factory adapter is 1-1/4” removed from block Canton piece cleaned and prepped O...

Me like! Plus a 4 door obs flatbed drool drool

Heck yes for el cheap

I wish I had a foam 302 and 351 mock up block…. those things are so sick But $$$$ Ever since ford shoehorned the 302 into the gen ii sploder I’ve never had an issue making one fit a ranger :)

Timing cover and front seal on Time for oil pump and pickup Oil pump is new Enginetech came with engine rebuild kit Oil pan is new foxbody dual sump mustang to fit the ttb engine cradle Pickup is melling foxbody new Confirm oil pump shaft in correct position w keeper installed...

Back at it finally! Time to get this truck finished Engine assembly let’s pick up where we left off. Now that the crank and pistons are in, comp power stick was “stuck”, and we have a timing set it was time for the timing cover and front main seal Part of every Build is keeping track of...

Rwd coil spring ranger never came with sohc 4.0 It did come with 4 banger and 3.0 v6 engines in both manual and auto The 4.0 rwd trucks are torsion bar and can be converted to 4wd by bolting everything in 98-11 ranger all this way Okay soy stepsons shop is too hot to work in this part of...

I have never had to adjust the air gap on a factory crank sensor