Well i had fun this weekend
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Well i had fun this weekend
about two and a half weeks ago my engine gave up on me. low compression in cylinder 4. so.... i found one out of a wrecked sport trac and swapped her in!!!
old engine was a pain in the **** to pull. everything was completely covered in dry mud and very hard to pull the trans and engine apart.
new engine stripped of wiring and ready to go in
a few pics of the mess
had to put the stock tires back on to clear the header panel with the cherry picker
i dont think i have ever posted a pic of my truck on here... sorry i couldnt get it washed for you guys
and the 350 going into my buddies 86 monte carlo ss
im so damn happy to finally get to drive my truck again!!! had zero issues to deal with during the swap other than what kind of beer we wanted to drink and where to get food from. other than that i had a great weekend!
old engine was a pain in the **** to pull. everything was completely covered in dry mud and very hard to pull the trans and engine apart.
new engine stripped of wiring and ready to go in
a few pics of the mess
had to put the stock tires back on to clear the header panel with the cherry picker
i dont think i have ever posted a pic of my truck on here... sorry i couldnt get it washed for you guys
and the 350 going into my buddies 86 monte carlo ss
im so damn happy to finally get to drive my truck again!!! had zero issues to deal with during the swap other than what kind of beer we wanted to drink and where to get food from. other than that i had a great weekend!
Last edited by ranger4.0; 07-25-2010 at 09:00 PM.
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honestly it was stupid easy to do. straight up swap. all electrical was either color coded or wouldnt reach anything else. only thing i noticed different were a few vacuum and fuel lines were different from the sport trac engine... easy to change though.
this swap was not hard at all. just very time consuming. me and my buddy spent two 8-10 hour days working on it and i was able to drive it home saturday night. the bad part is i broke the mechanical fan taking it off so now i got to figure out how to wire up and mount an electric fan
this swap was not hard at all. just very time consuming. me and my buddy spent two 8-10 hour days working on it and i was able to drive it home saturday night. the bad part is i broke the mechanical fan taking it off so now i got to figure out how to wire up and mount an electric fan
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Yup just straight swap. But now it's kinda got me wondering about the new engine. Wheni did the compression test kn my old engine I onlyhad onecylinder with low compression.... This one is from an 05 sport trac and it feels like it has more power. It really starts to pull like a mother at about 2200 rpm.
Is there any difference between the engines onthe rangers and sport trace? Different cams or something?
Is there any difference between the engines onthe rangers and sport trace? Different cams or something?
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Well its good that things went smoothly. I don't know about the engines being different at all, I dont really know much about 'em. but its possible, I know the old jeep 4.0 got more power in a cherokee then in a TJ so it is possible.
and must be nice to have your truck back, I haven't driven mine in 6 days haha, has 2 flat tires, and another with a slow leak, i just don't want to bother fixing them cos I'm getting new ones tomorrow. woo!
and must be nice to have your truck back, I haven't driven mine in 6 days haha, has 2 flat tires, and another with a slow leak, i just don't want to bother fixing them cos I'm getting new ones tomorrow. woo!
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