stok-ish offroading
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: wenatche, wa
i have a stock 4.0 v6 4x4(for the most part, replaced the air filter with a K&N) and did some offroading last turkey hunting season, steep rocky crappy back woods roads are not really a problem in 4x4 (high and low) in low gears with the O/D turned off as long as you know how to drive them.
hit a couple of mud pits along the way, one as deep as the bumper, didnt have enough clearance and T-holed a submerged rock, cracked the tranny radiator didnt realize it leaked coolant into the tranny and burned out the tranny. $2400 later got a new tranny installed a tranny coolant pump and swaped in a heavy duty torque converter.
gets through mud pits just fine i just dont like to do it without scouting for hidden dangers that cost me a ton of money. a stock ranger will do more than most think, you just got to know the limitations and how to drive it. but remember its a stock ranger not a jacked up 350 with a diesel in it.
hit a couple of mud pits along the way, one as deep as the bumper, didnt have enough clearance and T-holed a submerged rock, cracked the tranny radiator didnt realize it leaked coolant into the tranny and burned out the tranny. $2400 later got a new tranny installed a tranny coolant pump and swaped in a heavy duty torque converter.
gets through mud pits just fine i just dont like to do it without scouting for hidden dangers that cost me a ton of money. a stock ranger will do more than most think, you just got to know the limitations and how to drive it. but remember its a stock ranger not a jacked up 350 with a diesel in it.
True, it all depends on the size and depth of the mud hole. Either way a person is asking for trouble with a 2wd.
A stock FX4 is just a little different than a stock 2wd coil sprung ranger lol
i have a stock 4.0 v6 4x4(for the most part, replaced the air filter with a K&N) and did some offroading last turkey hunting season, steep rocky crappy back woods roads are not really a problem in 4x4 (high and low) in low gears with the O/D turned off as long as you know how to drive them.
hit a couple of mud pits along the way, one as deep as the bumper, didnt have enough clearance and T-holed a submerged rock, cracked the tranny radiator didnt realize it leaked coolant into the tranny and burned out the tranny. $2400 later got a new tranny installed a tranny coolant pump and swaped in a heavy duty torque converter.
gets through mud pits just fine i just dont like to do it without scouting for hidden dangers that cost me a ton of money. a stock ranger will do more than most think, you just got to know the limitations and how to drive it. but remember its a stock ranger not a jacked up 350 with a diesel in it.
hit a couple of mud pits along the way, one as deep as the bumper, didnt have enough clearance and T-holed a submerged rock, cracked the tranny radiator didnt realize it leaked coolant into the tranny and burned out the tranny. $2400 later got a new tranny installed a tranny coolant pump and swaped in a heavy duty torque converter.
gets through mud pits just fine i just dont like to do it without scouting for hidden dangers that cost me a ton of money. a stock ranger will do more than most think, you just got to know the limitations and how to drive it. but remember its a stock ranger not a jacked up 350 with a diesel in it.
Does the atf run through the radiator like the older ones? Why do they have a trans cooler as well? Man that would suck big time but 2400 for a tranny is crazy! Where did you get it from? I never though about that happening but realize it can now!
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Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Jacksonville, Florida
ya locker decent rear tires and youll improve your offroading 100% i had a 2wd and my moms toyota Camry beat the breaks off of it offroading...
my truck is completely stock and i take down to my friends uncles property and to get from the front to the little house its about a mile and a half long trail. when it rains its completely mud and im able to get through all of it. theres on part right at the beggining when its a foot of mud water that i just drive right through. but be careful going through ruts because stock 2wd rangers dont have much ground clearence at all. i learned that and got high centered. but i would say that the most amazing thing that my truck has done so far is pull a trailer with a 4 wheeler on it through that mud trail.
