i recently bought an 01 ranger and want to change all the filters and fluids and put all the good stuff in her of course. my question is how do i get to the spark plugs on the passenger side??? fn ac box is totally in the way... is there a trick or do u just have to give it hell.....

 

go in through the wheel well. remove plastic liner

 

I would probably agree with j99. I just replaced my plugs with some nice Iridiums and didn't go thru the wheel well. It wasn't as user friendly and it tore my arms up a little. I don't know why I didn't go thru the well...I had the wheel off replacing a broken sway bar linkage anyway. Guess I like doing things the hard way.

 

ok, so ur saying pull the wheel and go in from the bottom. thats what i was thinking i might have to do. i had almost an hour of time yesterday and was gonna do it. but once i looked at it i was like this is gonna be awhile. thanks man

 

Heck no do it the hard way like I did! Just kidding. j99 had the good idea....wish I would have thought of it. Enjoy your new ride and post some pics!

 

alright man will do. its a work in progress for sure.. its four colors right now, but the frame engine and trans only had 70,000 miles on it so i had to jump on it. im used to older rides i have an 87 mustang and had a 92 f150 for like 12 years. i needed better gas mileage and ext cab for the new job.......
i'll get some pics up soon of the frankensteinranger.

 

Nice! I bought my 99 knowing it had issues but anxious to have a Ranger again. I'm going to have a great time throwing money at it and seeing what happens. My wife isn't too keen on the money thing but it will be a long work in progress,

 

Waaaay easy when you pull the inner fender plastic. Here's what ends up right in front of you.

 

How many miles on ur '99 4.0? I have a '97 w/123K mls and it has piston slap. Do you or anyone know what years the pistons on the 4.0 were redesigned to cure this problem?

 

I just did the same with NGK Iridiums, and what a skip in the motor they created .
Ides smooth,Rev above 2.700rpms & it misfires like crazy. Almost like you hit the REV Limiter. Bought plugs from RockAuto.com

Going to Ford to buy Motorcrafts, Just learned a big lesson, use oem only in this truck.
BTW: 2007 XLT extacab 4.0 ohc, Auto 4X4.

 

they were put in there for a reason

 

motorcraft is all i use.... even in a chevy if its available