manufacture date

[sonik]

Originally posted by EliteConcept
all explorers, rangers and mountaineers are made in Louisville, KY

My family's 01 and 02 Rangers were assembled in the Twin Cities plant.

 

[EliteConcept]

my mistake, i have a sticker on my rear window thats why i thought that.

i'd like to remove the sticker but i'm afraid it will take the tint off as well......or is the tint inside the glass?

 

['96explorereddiebauer]

The tint is applied at the factory by doing something other than a film so it's safe for you to take the sticker out if ya want without damaging anything.

 

[Rhett]

Mine is a 'B' made in 11/93...I guess that's a fairly early 94 model then.

Now I wonder what the "SPRING" code means on the door sticker... mine is SV, but my friends 93 XLT was something else...does it apply to front coil rates or the leafs or both?

 

[sonik]

Check digit is A on mine, and springs code is N U.

 

[X24]

I have a 98 and the mfg. date on my hood says 1995. In 98 then changed the way the hood latch is and from what I've heard the holes on 95-97's dont line up with the holes for the newer style latch, which I have. Everytime I do work on my truck or look in unusual spots, I find little things that make me think half my truck has been replaced before I bought it. For example, when I pulled the carpet up to run wires for my amp I found a pound of broken glass under it. How does glass get under the carpet unless the trim was completely ripped up and carpet lifted?

 

[sonik]

Maybe your truck visited a chop shop. Have you ever ran the VIN to check the title? For about the next day or so I can run it for you for free... PM me.

 

[Crankcase]

Originally posted by 98FordX24
I have a 98 and the mfg. date on my hood says 1995. In 98 then changed the way the hood latch is and from what I've heard the holes on 95-97's dont line up with the holes for the newer style latch, which I have. Everytime I do work on my truck or look in unusual spots, I find little things that make me think half my truck has been replaced before I bought it. For example, when I pulled the carpet up to run wires for my amp I found a pound of broken glass under it. How does glass get under the carpet unless the trim was completely ripped up and carpet lifted?

Wow....it might have been in an accident, that wasn't claimed. Look for a little date stamp on the front fender/ radiator area that says the day the fenders were put on......