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1. Ninth Stage says:

   May 21, 2007 at 9:24 am

   I had a ’95 Ranger – the bare bones edition, 4 banger with manual tranny plus air conditioning.

   It was an extra vehicle for my use when I was in CA (I live in TN) so I didn’t keep it up as well as I might for my personal vehicle.

   Ran good. Up long grades at 5000 foot elevation I’d only have to downshift if I let the speed drop below 70 or so.

   The only problems I had was the AC shot craps in ’02 and the heater core sprung a leak so I bypassed it. Mostly OK since it was in southern CA – so I mostly wished for AC.
2. Texas Red says:

   May 21, 2007 at 10:58 am

   You have come to the right place grasshopper…..

   Been a Ford mechanic for 15 years and the Ranger is a damn good truck. Really not to found of the 4 cyl either the 2.3l or the 2.5, motor is damn near bullet proof but it lacks power badly and if you get one with a automatic you will be highly dissapointed. Either of the six cylinder engines 3.0l or 4.0 will do you fine. I currently drive a 95 with a 3.0 and 190k miles on it and it is still going strong. With high milage vehicles you will allways have some issues, water pumps, altenators, AC, excetra, but that is to be expected.

   Oh yeah the 3.0l tends to get a preignition problem at higher milage and combating it usally requires a higher grade of gasoline or an engine decarbon.

   If you can find one with the 4.0l that is definatly the best way to go, you shouldn’t be dissapointed, Try to find the 4.0l (OHV)-overhead valve instead of the 4.ol (sohc) Single overhead cam. You wont have to worry if you get one before 1999
3. Paul Weir says:

   May 21, 2007 at 3:50 pm

   I was looking for a used Ranger myself a few years ago. I did alot of research on them and they are good reliable trucks. I found a pretty nice 1998 F-150 by chance for $4k with the 4.2 V-6 and bought it instead. Now I have a bigger truck that still gets 20mpg always. I like mine alot.
4. Cowboy Blob says:

   May 21, 2007 at 4:36 pm

   Had a ’94 XLT Supercab 4.0 liter. Ran great…I think I had to replace the thermostat.

   I have the same thing in an ’04 now.
5. Kevin says:

   May 22, 2007 at 5:02 am

   I had a 93 Ford Ranger that had well over 300,000 miles on it when I finally sold it, and it was still going strong. It had the 3.0 V6, and what Texas Red said about pinging is true – especially going up hills. I switched to 91 octane and it pretty much went away. The only problem I had with that truck was the water pump, which was maybe a 2 hr job after work one night. Great trucks – the only reason I don’t have one right now is that they can’t haul what my bigger Fords can…
6. Jim says:

   May 22, 2007 at 7:32 am

   My friend Mike is a retird San Antonio Police Officer. What he does now is drive traffic escort for oversized permit-loads, nationwide.

   He just retired his three-year-old Ford Ranger Supercab, equipped with the 3.0 V-6 and automatic.

   The tranny finally began to show signs of weakness at 321,000+ miles. The only reason he went to the F-150 replacement was ride-height and cab size.

   Otherwise, aside from routine replacement of tires, shocks, one round of bushings & ball joints, his Ranger was problem free.

   Now, the early 90’s models don’t have as tight & rattle free a dash, and yep, the AC and heater cores on ’em are to be reckoned with.

   But the truck itself oughta run damn near forever.

   I’m a huge Ranger fan, as there is damn little on ’em that isn’t just pure damn truck. Other brands seem to have more plastic, more “fluff”, less steel and less substance.

   That’s my $0.02, etc.

   Jim
   Sloop New Dawn
   Galveston, TX

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