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Old Jun 15, 2008
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I have a 88 Ford Ranger 4 wheel drive. I am wanting to convert it over to a 2 wheel drive. I'm not sure what I need in order to do that. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2008
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a wrench to take the front drive shaft off?

do you want it fully 2wd?
suspension, axles, transmission and no tcase?
 
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sell it and buy a 2 wheel drive truck
 
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I want it a full 2 wheel drive. I dont really use the 4 wheel drive and its just added weight.
 
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the amount of work and cost on a 20 year old truck isn't worth it for a couple mpg's...
 
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there's not really an easy way to convert everything.. your gonna need the whole front axle, new tail housing on the trans, new drive shaft.


i dont know if its this model truck or not but i thought i saw something a while back about 2wd frames being different than 4wd frames.
 
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Im planning on dropping a 302 in it as well so I was trying to make life easier.
 
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I thought about just buying a 2wd frame from a bronco 2 and putting my body on it.
 
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that might be easier lol
 
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really it would be easier to sell it and get a 2wd. You'll probably have some money left over and can buy the 302 engine and tans for that amount.
 
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