Airtruksrus’s 1987 Ford Ranger Regular Cab

• Nov 12, 2013

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Transmission repair (T5 Borg Warner)Here is a breakdown of the problems encountered while hunting for compatible parts.While the transmission is currently torn down to just the housing and the shaft, the pictures show the major differences between the original Molybdenum solid one piece cast 2nd gear and the updated part that the engine loves to disassemble into 6 different pieces.The original, which shows the synchro teeth formed and machined out of the same casting as the 2nd drive gear.  Notice the worn down nature of the synchro teeth due to a worn out synchro and why i choose not to try and reuse it.  The metal is hardened and trying to re file flat teeth is out of the question since it dulled the file. I could try the dremel and cutter wheel if this search goes south.

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Good luck in winning any awards, great way to show off the mods and engine work, had quite a bit of interest.Finally had another ranger enter into the specialized category and the owner managed to stuff the 4.6 under the hood, the thing is able to be shoehorned onto the frame as long as you replace the hood.

• Nov 12, 2013

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2/27/11I had the chance of helping a friend do a 2.9 engine swap out for another Ranger he picked up and gave me a Glasstite shell for the Ranger with the 7' bed.  When i picked it up, it was covered in moss and had to clean out the spider nests but managed to scrub the mess off and ended up with a fairly decent shell.  The only problems i found so far was it needed a different paint job and some protection for the paint by getting a new seal around the lip for easier mounting.