I have a 1998 ranger 2.5 5 speed and my truck starts up and idles fine and runs great in 1st 2nd & 3rd gear but seems like when i go to 4th gear i've allready got my speed up to 35 to 40 so its under light acceleration it starts bucking or skipping. no codes, so i need help trying to figure this one out. Thanks

 

whats it do when you shift at like 45? and does it do it in OD mine used to give me hell when i shifted around 35 and i had to be a little over 40 however i never really did anything to it other than maybe cleaning out the throttle body and i ran a bunch of different kinds of fuel injector cleaner and complete fuel system cleaner, and i've been using a 89 octane gas lately too maybe the tps is acing up, but if its bad i should throw a code, but with mine it didn't stay on and it also back fird intot he manifold at high rmp, and that went away too.

 

I just wanted to let everyone know i changed plugs and plug wires and fixed my sputtering issue i didn't really think it was going to fix it but it did. The plugs and wires i took off didn't really look bad but the wires were kinda stiff so maybe they were the problem. I just thought with obd2 it would pick it up as a misfire, but i sure am glad it is fixed.

 

yeah thats actually one of the things i did, just got so use to it i never even thought of seeing if it changed at all, good you got it solved though good thing your plugs aint as bad oa mine though

 

Yeah got that one, now on to the wet headliner problem i've siliconed the crap out of the 3rd brake light and those cab corner pieces now i guess im gonna tackle pulling the slider out and resealing it hope thats what it is looks like thats gonna be a real pain getting all the interior pieces off.

 

eh interior trim and head liner are easy now the interior shell of the vehicle have fun with that, mine has the outer rof and an inner metal roof and then goes down the side next tot he window so even if mine leaks after since i driled a hole in the roof for clearance light wires on my visor i wouldn't know, i silicone it oto, but have fun rith ripping your interior apart, is there a cancer spot on the interior roof were it wayber leeked and then colected ontop of the interior roof and then rusted through