Glad its going! Can't wait to see/hear a video.

 

I stand corrected...

 

AHHHHHHHHHH ***** F**ker. So replaced output shaft seal and it def needed replacing. but im still leakin like crazzyyy outta the tailhousing. sucks. thinking the slip yolk from the ranger not the right size which totally blows!! anyone know anything along those lines?? drove it home today. drives great mins pouring trans fluid. sounds amazing. got some clankin goin on

 

FWIW, the 31-spline slip yoke in my conversion is 1.885" OD where it enters the seal. As we discussed before, mine is 4WD, so this may not apply to your 2WD. Still it gives you a number for comparison.

If you need one like this, mine came from a 2006 Navigator/Expedition. I bought it from this eBay seller and he has 2 more left. $25 shipped - this has to be the best deal anywhere on a brand new Ford slip yoke.

NOS~Ford Driveshaft SlipYoke~Expedition~Navigator~03-06: eBay Motors (item 310115560699 end time Sep-05-10 19:29:08 PDT)

 

argh. ok so yes its official the slip yolk is not the same. Now i have to tackle this crap. big question, i wonder if if the explorer slip yolk has the same ujoint size as my 3.0 driveshaft.

 

jesus fvck dude your luck sucks

 

OK! woohoo! kinda crappy but at the same time good news. I found the correct size slip yolk. yall aint gonna beleive this. alll that leaking is coming from being smaller .098" !!!!! My Ranger slip yold is 1.5" and the explorer is 1.598" freaking crazy man. Great news is that they use the same ujoint which means that i can use my driveshaft just replace the slipyolk!!! whew. bad news is if i cant find one ill have to get one from FORD for 150 bucks

 

ahhhh so close man!

 

aight so i went to the junk yard today and got EVERYTHING that i need; exp driveshaft with yoke. picked up the stock valve covers. those Ford motorsports ones look great but they are too big for practical use. lesson learned. Also picked up stock intake tub cuz mine was rigged and kinda just settin in there, also got the right heater hoses.

HAHA get this so i got to remove the upper intake to get to the valve covers and VIOLA the front most part on the bottom snapped off!! SOB but good news is i have a spare one. unfortunately its not all nice and pretty like mine.

Also heard some pretty loud chatter from under the passenger valve cover. Got a loose rocker arm, hence the reason for going ahead and removing intake and changing valve covers. Unfortunately my spare intake and some other tools i need to remove the passenger valve cover are at my old house. pickin those up tonight before hockey, dropping driveshafts off tmw to have yoke changed out and hoping to have her purring and running 100% by tmw evening, if jesus loves me lol

 

so close hah. hopefully everything goes smoothly and there are pics/vids up tomorrow!

 

hows it coming?

 

The truck was on the dyno… with the Rocker Arms loose ?

That means you might get a little more Torque/HP out of her.

 

i think one came a lil loose drivin her home friday afternoon. Picked up my spare upper intake and the few sockets etc that i needed to finish her up. Really hopin to get her done tmw evening. dont see why not.

 

Hey Man, not trying to throw in the Monkey Wrench but if a Rocker Arm came loose, check out why before something more happens !

 

oh of course. probably too much oil in the threads when i installed it, worked its way loose. Ill know more when i get home today and I can actually pull the cover off. Droppin off the driveshafts on my lunch break to have the slip yoke changed.

 

Here are some pics just to post. before I took her to BBR. No more traliering her anymore lol!

 

Done yet?

 

read a little bit first lol not done yet. hopefully this eveing will be the last time i have to work on it.

 

Tell Mal it looks a little dirty and needs to be washed.

*Mark go grab the camera!*

 

Do work

 

gotta be home to do work. right now im "working" at work lol.. and yes she desperately needs to be washed and Mal will certainly have to help lol

 

pics of mal?

 

This thread has several https://www.ranger-forums.com/f69/gi...them-up-79097/

 

Simple fix is to just leave work.

 

I agree with Andy. Tell them you got the ***** and stay home and finish the truck.