Ford Ranger

[Tiger]

At the risk of a barage of abuse,

Does anyone know where i can get any tech info on the rangers, ive had a look on the net and can't find any uk based forums they all seem to be usa modding sites.

I want to do the timming belt and find out what sort of milage the engines are capable of before they die.

The belt actually looks a lot more accessible than the surf

Anybody had any experiance with them cheers

[stormforce]

this one any good Chris
http://www.fordmotorforum.com/ford-t...-wildtrak.html

[stormforce]

this one U.K and Ireland
http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums...t=0&#entry1575

[Tiger]

Cheers Rich i will have a look. Trouble is it's still american based and all there trucks seem to be modded plastic and petrol and they will probably laugh at a standard 2.5 diesel. If they have ever seen one at all

[stormforce]

here's another
http://www.autoboardz.com/modules.ph...FU4e3godsh5pCg
trouble is they all seem to say U.K but end up as american.

[stormforce]

this is the one that should do for you Chris
http://www.plcuk.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=66
This has a ford ranger section on it
EDIT
scrub this one as i just seen your already on there

[Tiger]

Yes thats the best one i found, rich but i posted that ? about 4 days ago not very good on replyin.

[stormforce]

what about elite4x4 Chris have you tried on there

[meooo]

The 2.5 engine is, of course, a mazda one
Change interval is 60k miles and is staightforward really.
I can try to get a Ranger data disc if you want, Ford only supplied Ranger info on cd and you have to trawl through i to locate what you need.

[Tiger]

If you could get one that would be great otherwise ive seen the haynes manuals on ebay for £19

do you know what sort of milage the engines are capable of 200K ?

[darkdezigns]

i think you should do this to it lol
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5TenxZ...eature=related

[Tiger]

i think you should do this to it lol
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5TenxZ...eature=related

what a clown, lol

don't tell me thats where you learnt to airbrush. youtube

[darkdezigns]

what a clown, lol

don't tell me thats where you learnt to airbrush. youtube

lol no,was just lookin on there and spotted the ranger lol

[da SLUG man]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VX36cwpL4a8

[meooo]

We've replaced only two engines so far.....that was around 70k......one guy knew it used oil (as they do) but didn't bother to top it up after taking around 2 tons worth of live fish (in a tank) up the motorway.
I think the other one managed to swallow a glow-plug tip.

Other than that, they seem pretty bomb-proof engines really, as long as you service them regularly (every 6k)

Like all Jap based 4x4 vehicles, transmission/diff oils should be changed (at strangley irregular intervals)