Over the past month i've had the symptoms of a heater core on it's way out. fog coming out of the vents. A sweet smell inside the truck. come this morning i start the truck with my remote start and have a surprise waiting for me on the passenger side interior floor.

 

wow that truck is literally nothing more than a headache dude. very shitty situation

if you get rid of it for a TDI give me the vinyl floor first LOL

 

tell me about it. im about to bypass it and let the next owner deal with it. im looking at an 06 wrx with 160k idk if its risky tho. 65 reports on carfax all maintenance done at dealer and tb/wp done and new clutch.

Ill trade floors when i know what im doing with it.

 

yeah thats high mileage for the year. a friend of mine has 140 on his and hes having tranny problems

and ok sick. my carpet has no stains and its gray i just like vinyl more

 

Wow, what an awful truck you have

 

i wouldn't mind rebuilding a 5 speed manual. but rebuilding the rangers myself haha.

MONEY PIT

 

if you keep it, you will have to pull the dash to replace it!

 

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Im thinking of bypassing it. The next owner could learn about it

 

Not saying the heater core is your fault... but a lot of the problems with your truck are because you beat the **** out of it, lol. Every time I see one of your threads, I think... poor truck. Good luck getting it fixed up or getting rid of it or whatever.

Also, not cool if you don't let the next owner know what's wrong with it and leave a big nasty surprise for them.... just sayin.

 

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The tranny was slipping and shuddering from day one. the previous owner towed with it. u could just pour stop leak in her and clog up the leak.

 

I meant the damaged crossmember, the flooding.. the oil on the seats, and the million other things that poor truck has endured. If you love the truck, fix it and keep it. If not, sell it, but tell whoever you're selling it to what they're getting into. I'd just hate to see someone get ripped off because you enjoy playing hard and dirty, lol.

 

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Yes I plan on telling the buyer. Ik what you mean Id hate to buy a vehicle that had issues oh wait I did. It's my dads call what happens

 

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Update. Cv joints replaced, transfer case replaced, tranny pulled from junk yard, heater core is being replace right now at work not by me lol.

 

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That's why I bought my truck new, no suprises down the road

 

What I don't get is when Ford redesigned the dash in 95 they didn't keep the simplistic way to change the heater core. The 90 to 94 model's heater core can be replaced in less than an hour. Just because you have to become airbag compliant doesn't mean you have to muck up the best parts of a design.

Sorry bout the leak.

 

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The old ones you take out the glove box and a few bolts and bam its right there

 

what is a good rebuilt kit that is affordable. budget it 500