Thought I would post up and say hello.Just picked up the second ranger I have owned. Bought a 1992 ford ranger 4x4 last weekend, it is a standard cab long box with a 4.0 and an automatic. The rear drive shaft ujoint had broke and had damaged the yoke on the drive shaft, found out that there was not a used one in the state. Ended up having a local shop cut the end off and weld on another one. Drove it home locked in four wheel drive with just the front axle. The front axle would make a popping sound when the steering wheel was turned, discovered that the ujoint on the front axle shafts were shot. Since buying it i have replaced the rear drive shaft, brakes, axle shaft ujoints, and headlight switch. I will post up some pictures tomorrow when i can get some pics in the daylight.

 

welcome to R-F, Aaron!

 

Thanks, i am planning on building a custom bumper and grill guard for the front of it. We get off work early in the morning and see lots of deer.

 

Welcome neighbor to the south.

 

welcome dude!

 

Welcome!



^ I bought that ranger for $50 because it had the same driveshaft issue. I had the same problem no one had one in a junkyard, After calling about a thousand yards I finally asked a guy from one yard why it was so hard to find a shaft from a pretty common truck around here and he told me it is because they bend them with the fork lift when they moved the trucks from the flatbed to the yard. I ended up paying $100 to have the broke driveshaft fixed

~HJ

 

It ended up costing me 108 with ujoints labor and the yoke. Oreillys sold one but it was for a short box and mine is a long box. Plus there is only three years that will interchange 90-92.

 

Howdy.

 

Welcome.

I'm from Marshalltown now in Ames.

Good to see another Iowan on here, there aren't many.

 

Welcome

 

Agreed! Great to see another Iowan on here. Welcome.

 

welcome fellow iowan! i am originaly from the Red Oak/Stanton area. In the air force, so havnt been living there for about 3 years though lol

 

Sorry for the delay finally go some pictures of the ranger, and also noticed that it has a common issue the leaf springs are not attached to the frame in the rear any more. Ranger Pictures pictures by juni88126 - Photobucket