Howdy y’all my names Cam. I just got my first ford after bein a dedicated jeep man for 15 years. It’s a 2000 ranger xlt single cab 4x2 5spd with a 3.0. I got it as a beat around town vehicle since I drive a take home work truck mon-fri and my wife has the nice new suv. First issue I was told about when I was buyin it was that the temperature gauge doesn’t work. Since I’m new to fords I ain’t got the slightest clue on where to start with that. Any info or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank y’all.

 

Welcome to the herd! Lots of friendly knowledgable folk in these forums.
Recommending your first new tool for this truck be a OBD2 Scanner, that will read+reset both StandardSAE & ProprietaryFORD Data+TroubleCodes.
With such a Scanner, its possible to read live Temp data, along with hundreds of other things; makes TroubleShooting easier & less expensive.
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