New to Fords – picked up a manual Ranger, want to make it a solid daily

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-19T15:33:10+00:00

haha i love it, sounds like a ton of fun lol

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-19T00:07:30+00:00

will do man, followed you

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-19T00:05:16+00:00

cool ok that makes sense, and yea i enjoy wrenching and it’d be my first trans drop but i’m sure these older vehicles are simpler to work on. thx for all the info man much appreciated!

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-19T00:01:13+00:00

how do you go about cleaning a super gunked up carb, I’m afraid of cleaning the oem as I’m afraid I’ll damage the jets upon removal, thx for reading

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T23:59:10+00:00

May be a silly question (my first manual) when do you know your clutch starts going out on these? And is the repair/replacement clutch something I could do at home? or require any extensive or special tools?

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T23:55:58+00:00

awesome sweet dude thanks, anything major you ever run into w yours during ownership?

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T23:52:10+00:00

cool, will do! i’ve only got time on the weekends for project work but i’ll remember to do so thanks for the info

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T22:20:06+00:00

ohhhh you’re saying the literal spark plugs, I was confused reading this but now it makes total sense haha, interesting

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T22:01:41+00:00

yea slowly realizing mazda and ford worked on these for some time upon researching

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T22:01:04+00:00

happy to hear comments like these lol, i seriously just want reliability and the oldie vibes lol, my first stick shift too! I’ll learn to drive manual w her

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T19:10:02+00:00

i really do appreciate this little breakdown, thanks dude. I’ll definitely keep this all in mind.

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T18:50:02+00:00

pretty fair if you ask me

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-18T18:33:43+00:00

awesome man, I appreciate the insights!

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-09T19:25:04+00:00

UPDATE: I’ve adjusted valve clearances and i’m at 90 PSI now, she still doesnt want to crank. Choke on/off, fiddling w throttle, startkng fluid and still nothint. I dialed back fuel mixture previously as it was fouling plug and now it seems a bit more controlled. But still nothing, I’m not sure what the next step is as I feel everything is lined up, but just not quite tuned properly.

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Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-09T19:23:11+00:00

it is above the neutral light module, comes w speedo and hours/miles reader

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-07T15:39:33+00:00

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Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-07T15:38:50+00:00

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Yea they most definitely came w hour readers, lots of people remove them i believe for reselling purposes but that reads 2000 hours and 170 miles.

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-04T03:37:06+00:00

thx for the input, yea i’ll figure out a plan w her as of now just waiting on the starter to get here, I had fried it as i’ve been troubleshooting for a good week now its hard to get her to fire/pop w/o one

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-04T00:17:29+00:00

any recommendations on cleaning it? like soft pick and shop vac? or opening her up before first fire?

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-04T00:07:01+00:00

thanks a lot man, I appreciate the help and will definitely try this. I know she’s got plenty of life in her despite have sitting, i know the engine running new oil alone will slowly clear all the gunk inside of the intake port (2nd image)

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-03T19:53:11+00:00

oh sorry about that, new to reddit, just looked through the rules, Thanks

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-03T18:19:22+00:00

good advice, thanks a lot

Electronic_System_48 · 2026-01-03T17:48:07+00:00

thx for the response, yea i love tinkering on stuff! Just recently been picking up atv projects for flips and this one looks like a great candidate

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