As many of you may know i have had a chrip noise from the engine bay. well today it sucked BIGGG TIME. About to go to work i start it up then i hear a chirp then grind and clunk. the harmonic balancer bolt snapped in the crank. its at my work now being repair. this sucks

 

Sorry to hear, sounds like both our trucks are down for a minute.

 

dude, do you know how hard it is to get that bolt out on a regular basis! it will be a BITCH to get out broken off like that

 

Probably should have sold it when you had the chance

 

Time for a motor swap. Sell your 4.0, and drop a newer one in there.

 

i'd rather have no payments. yet there are some VERY nice used cars on our lot.

that bolt isnt to bad on a ranger. still tight tho. I had to do a F650 at work now that was a project

My boss told me that might have to be the case. Discounts :) hopefully it can be fixed

 

so you are not working on your truck?

 

Do it. It's pretty easy as long as you have the right tools. I'm pretty sure Shane did that to his truck over a weekend.

 

nope i did not get the job. i have 2 mustangs to do. both of which are getting the Ford touring exhaust installed.

 

why is there a ticket it on it in the first place? i would have waited till after hours and knocked it out.

 

I've done one of these before. its a real pain like Scott said.
In my opinion, i'd start looking for a new 4.0, this one is not going to be the same.

 

Why wont it be the same

 

No kidding, I still don't understand this.

 

well, could be, could not be. what are they all replacing? the more the replace, the more problems your gonna encounter.

 

And he put an 04 Sport Trac engine in his 01, if you do a Ranger to Ranger swap it's a piece o' cake.


Dave, why does your Ranger hate you so much? lmao Sorry bud. She's cursed.

 

New crank pulley and balancer, new bolt. New crank sensor. I joined the tech that got the job and we just welded a nut to the broken bolt and got her out. New seal also. Grand total 355$ not bad at all

 

Dude, like I said before, its because he un-murdered it. As soon as he took the powder-coated rims off, his truck started falling apart. haha.

Dave, remember my post that said "$9k sound good?"

 

That's not bad at all. Crank pulley alone is like $200-250 anyway right?

 

mine was easy to get out. when it had a head on it. hahaha all I had to do was rest the breaker bar on the frame rail and bumped the motor over...

 

ooo swappp it!

iv always wanted to take a modern engine out of a ranger and slap it into my 87

 

I have PATS

i did that with a F650 and it did not go well

i was waiting for you. and yes i remember

 

Lol.

In all seriousness, dude I know you are frustrated. Sorry to hear all of this mess is going on with your truck.

Keep workin on it, you will get it right.

 

His engine didn't come from a Sport Trac...It came from a 06 Ranger. And it wasn't cake if I can remember. He had some minor issues at first.