ford ranger pick up

[Adam]

i had one, just under 100k on the clock, snapped a con rod, new engine needed to fix it. i would steer well away as apparently this is as common problem.... so i have been told.

[Al Smith]

I've had two myself .An '86 that I put over 100 thousand on until the tranny went out and the price to repair exceeded the value of the truck . It was an automatic with an A4LD tranny which was just a C3 with a Frence built over drive .It wasn't a very good design .

 

The one I have now is a '97 with a 5 speed and a 2.3 liter 8 plug engine .Low milage for the age with a tad over 80,000 .It does fine gets 26-27 miles per gallon .What that figures out in KM per liter I have no idea as I'm metrically challanged .

[Al Smith]

A little comment on engines for the Rangers .The ones in North America had either an over head cam 2.3 liter 4 cylinder or a 3 liter V6 push rod engine .Towards the end of production of the overhead cam engine it was increased to 2.5 liter . Both the 2.3 literand the 3 liter went out of production about 5 years ago .What they use now I have no idea .There was also an option of I think a 4 liter v6 made in either Germany or Wales .

 

The 4 cylinder plus the 3 liter V6 were amost flawless with regards to relibability .It was the 4 liter they had the most problems with .Now what engine might have been available in GB I have no idea .