"jminer" (jminer)
02/17/2016 at 15:13 • Filed to: None
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"jminer" (jminer)
02/17/2016 at 15:13 • Filed to: None | 9
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Afternoon Oppo!
Let’s start with a picture
What you have above is a beautiful example of a 94 Ford Ranger. I picked it up a 2 weeks ago as I was looking for a knock around little truck. I have a Ford Flex which pulls a trailer fine for things like hardware store trips and buying motorcycles ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ).
When you pull up in a nice flex with leather seats it kind of undermines a low offer on a crappy non-running bike. As well I’ve always loved Ford trucks and have been wanting to put less miles on my Flex anyway.
Enter beater 94 ranger with a 2.3 4 cyl (making a mind blowing 98 HP) and a 5 speed. It’s in shockingly good shape for the area and has almost no rust (for St Louis).
A trip to the junkyard and a rockauto order should have me sorted out and get it in decent shape.
Things already done:
Tiny 14" wheels and ridiculously small tires replaced with 17" explorer wheels and 245 tires (looks like a truck now)
Interior cleaned (god it was bad)
Intake fixed -it had the stock airbox replaced with a pod filter for MOARRR SPEEED! (And many misfires due to missing sensors and general shoddy work)
Couple electrical gremlins fixes
Parts Ordered for other things...
Things needed:
New exhaust -it was in ok shape from the muffler back, but had lots of booger welds and was missing the cat and has an awful leak. It’s easier to just replace the whole thing below the manifold than match pipes after putting in a cat
Rear brakes- front are in alright shape, but one like to the rear was broken and blocked off. It’s only about $50 in parts for new drums, shoes, and hardware. Worst part will be bending a new line...
Couple more electrical gremlins tracked down and fixed
After the above it should pass inspection and be ready to rock
Here are a couple more pics (these are from the seller, I haven’t taken any yet)
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:18 |
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Welcome to the Oppo small truck club. They’re great.
JeepJeremy
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:20 |
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Very cool lil Truck
Thunderface
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:20 |
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How happy is it to do highway speeds?
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jminer
> Thunderface
02/17/2016 at 15:24 |
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It isn’t a problem. She’ll take a minute to get up to speed but it will do 75-80 no problem. Acceleration is a bit slower with the larger wheels and tires, and I have to slip the clutch a bit from a dead stop but it's still a very light truck.
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jminer
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
02/17/2016 at 15:26 |
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Oh yeah, this is my third ranger (and something like 6th Ford truck). I wish I had found one with the 3.0 in the price range I was looking in, but no dice. This’ll do just fine for what I need though.
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jminer
> JeepJeremy
02/17/2016 at 15:26 |
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Thanks!
Slant6
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:31 |
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I’m curious as to how much you paid. It seems to be a good little truck.
I’m interested to see what it looks like on 17s.
Nonster
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:35 |
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Nice! I have a 94 Ranger too! I keeping saying I’m going to get rid of it when it dies, but the problem it just won’t die!
tythegeek
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:36 |
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I love little old Rangers. They are good trucks, my father in law has a 91 with many miles that just keeps running.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:42 |
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Noice! It’s RWD I’m guessing?
When we had our Flex my dad talked about buying a beater truck to keep the Flex from hauling duties. We settled for just borrowing other people’s trucks instead.
We’re the worst kind of people.
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jminer
> Slant6
02/17/2016 at 15:47 |
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I paid $600 for it, plus a $20 trip to the junkyard for airbox and a few misc parts, plus a $300 rockauto order for a whole exhaust and rear brakes.
All in all I’m still in excellent territory for this little guy. In this shape they usually go for about $1500 needing work and $2k inspection ready.
I'll try to snap a couple pics tonight with the new wheels and tires. They are filthy and came off of my old explorer eddie bauer so are a goldish/silver color and will probably be painted eventually but otherwise look good.
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Slant6
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 15:49 |
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That is a good price. A nice price some around here would say. It’s impossible for you to loose money on this.
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jminer
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
02/17/2016 at 15:55 |
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Yep it’s 2(really 1) wheel drive. Probably will put a posi rear end from an explorer in it at some point.
I’m the guy people usually end up borrowing a truck from. I sold my old wood truck (87 f150 4x4 that was more rust that truck) about 2 years ago and had been getting by with my trailer pretty well. Just hate mucking around in the Flex (it’s mostly my wife’s car anyway). I refuse to take it to the scrap yard or dump and really hate taking it to the junk yard.
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jminer
> Slant6
02/17/2016 at 15:56 |
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Oh yeah, I'm in good shape. Particularly for how little rust is on it. Just a bit of rust through in the cab corners and just surface rust under. It's one of the cleanest 20+ year old rangers I've seen here
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jminer
> Nonster
02/17/2016 at 15:58 |
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Yep, they had problems with the auto transmissions they put in our generation but otherwise are solid little trucks.
I like those wheels, looks a fair bit like mine does with the explorer wheels on it.
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jminer
> tythegeek
02/17/2016 at 16:00 |
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Yeah, they're just about impossible to kill. One thing to watch out for the 2.9's is that all but the latest had a problem in the head where if the coolant isn't flushed regularly or they're overheated can crack them.
Somethin' 'bout a truck
> Nonster
02/17/2016 at 16:24 |
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Really like those wheels. I daily an extended cab 4x4 that could use an upgrade.
Tripper
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 16:26 |
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Love these! I had an 87' called “Tan Stan”.
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Nonster
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 16:30 |
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Unfortunately it has the auto and I had to get it rebuilt about 4 years ago
The wheels are 15x7 Cragar steelies from a Jeep
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jminer
> Tripper
02/17/2016 at 16:32 |
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I really wanted a first gen, but they’re getting pretty uncommon around these parts. I passed on a 85 with a 2.8 (carburated) v6 about a year and a half ago that was tan. I regret is occasionally but would have stretched my budget a bit more than it needed at the time.
TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H!
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 16:32 |
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“All but the latest”
I think you mean “Only the first 2 years”.
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jminer
> Nonster
02/17/2016 at 16:39 |
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If it was a good quality rebuild should last you a good while yet.
You made me do a double take when you said the wheels were off of a jeep. I'm used to the CJ pattern of 5x5.5 when the rangers are 4x5.5, I realize the new jeeps (Anything made after 86- I know I'm an old fogey) have the same bolt pattern as the Ranger, Explorer, Mustang and countless other vehicles.
sonicgabe
> jminer
02/17/2016 at 17:34 |
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We have a 95 Ranger as our daily driver. Love it! Our interior looks a little different, but it’s basically the same truck. We’re constantly replacing little things, like most recently the starter; and we had the ignition break. Both were simple fixes (except that one damn bolt on the starter that took a dog leash to break it free). She’s got a small oil leak we need to track down and up next is the power steering pump, but she just goes and goes and goes. And sometimes, she goes a little sideways! Have fun with yours!
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> jminer
02/20/2016 at 23:02 |
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YUSSS, Keep Oppo Ranger!
^thats my 93 4.0 5 speed
CalzoneGolem
> jminer
02/22/2016 at 12:35 |
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Dat rake tho!
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jminer
> CalzoneGolem
02/22/2016 at 12:40 |
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Oh yeah, that’s already been fixed with bigger tires and 200# of sand bags in the bed for traction (it’s winter here still).
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CalzoneGolem
> jminer
02/22/2016 at 13:03 |
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I like the rake.
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jminer
> CalzoneGolem
02/22/2016 at 13:05 |
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Well that’s part of a work oriented truck, enough suspension in the back to handle the load Jacks it way up when empty.
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CalzoneGolem
> jminer
02/22/2016 at 13:08 |
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You need like one blue door and a white fender then no one would balk at your low ball bike offers.