It is at too much of an angle upwards and my arms are bent at a sharp angle.
You cant. They didn't start making the adjustable steering wheel for the ranger until 2004 I think. And then it was only on the Edge and Sport Packages.
FIrst off just bought the truck. Has 149k on the engine. Need some ideas on what to do to tune this up. Has the distributorless engine. Just don't know where to start. Performance seems a little sluggish. No pep really. Is this common with Ford? I can stomp the gas and its just not responsive or at least not as much as I'd like. Especially considering that this is the biggest V6 they make...I think. Next, the steering wheel is not straight. If your normal steering wheel was at 9 and 3 o'clock mine is at 12 and 6 o'clock. I thought it just needed an alignment. When I took it to have the alignment done they told me the alignment was great and that someone had replaced the rack and pinion steering and just didn't line the column up with the steering wheel properly. I've read that I can take the steering wheel off and try adjust it that way but I don't know if it is "keyed" so that the steering wheel only fits on the column one way? If not great problem solved. But if it is what do I do then? The shop I took it to for the alignment can't fix it. Any ideas would be really appreciated! I like this truck and would like to see it through the next 50k or so if I can squeeze that much out of an american made automobile. Tune up and steering suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I like Rangers, and it sounds like this guy must have butchered it. Sad to hear that. The Vulcan V6 is really gutless past 50-60K, + the 150K helps with that factor too. So, that explains the sluggish part. Scrub up the spark plugs and check over it. Also, if someone screwed up putting the column on, you need to go and fix it at the source, rotate the column so the steering wheel will face upright at the straight steering angle.
+ if you stomp it, the thing has like 205 horsepower when it's floored, it's old and has issues so you're probably getting about 175 just normally driving, and those V6es aren't famed for their ability to just pick a car up and move it.
Replacing the ignition switch in my 94 ranger. For once almost everything went acording to plan.
Trend Motors LTD. 221 Route 46 Rockaway, NJ 07866 973-625-0900 2000 Ford Ranger XLT 63473 Miles www.trendmotors.com VIN - 1FTZR15X2YTB16562 Trend ...
Gilbert Adams deserves some kind of award for sheer dogged persistence. He's not one of these guys who starts a project, gets halfway into it and then sells it off for lack of interest, funds or time.
His beautiful 1940 Ford custom pickup is testament to that. He bought it on Nov. 7, 1956, from its original owner and planned to drive it to work, letting his wife drive their brand new Pontiac. He finally finished his dream truck in May, almost 55 years after he started it.
"Joanna had gone shopping one day and when she came home, two of my high school friends had helped me disassemble the pickup, which I then channeled ... 6 inches," Adams recalled.
That was only the first of dozens of modifications to come, with one change often mandating another. The front fender openings didn't allow the wheels to steer, so at some point, Adams said, "I decided to put a DeLuxe car front clip on it and raise the fenders 2 inches, section the hood 2 inches and remove the running boards, as the doors wouldn't open if the running boards were left on."
Completed on his terms
Paul Melton, a machinist friend, helped fabricate the custom steering column. Roger Maunz of Jim's Upholstery sewed up a fresh interior using a Ford Ranger bench seat and Cessna Citation surplus leather and carpeting. He also created the matching
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