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Old Aug 26, 2006
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moutaineer motor in a

ok my 3.0 motor has just about had it i was thinking of getting a wreacked moutainerr and putting the motor and trans and about everything else that is i can in the ranger seats and dash and stuff and the rearend the mountaineer has a 302 in it so there is my V-8 i want and i was just wondoring if you guys thought it might work

it would be nice to hear about the opions on this becouse i dont want to put another 3.0 in it if i dont have to and how hard it would be and if possable i will do all the work myself no shop hate taking it to them

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Old Aug 26, 2006
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should work and it will be nice to have the whole donor so you can get all the electical and trans stuff as well...
 
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Old Aug 26, 2006
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i am going to buy a wrecked one so i will have a whole car
 
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Old Aug 26, 2006
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I'd jump on it if i had the time/cash/knowledge/etc..

5.0 in a newer ranger would be oh so nice
 
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Old Aug 26, 2006
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that would be sweet man. id do it if i had the cash. i swear ford needs to make this an option for the rangers. i mean dudge did it with the dakotas for a while.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006
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does anyone know if the mountaineer is all time four wheel or if you can change from 4 hi to 4 low
 
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Old Aug 29, 2006
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mountaineer 5.0s (maybe explorers too) have aluminum GT40 heads!!!! They are nice motors and i think that is what im gonna do when my 4.0 craps out... currently have 142,000 on it... hopefully will be in a couple years...
 
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