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Old 06-03-2012, 12:21 AM
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Motor swap

Ive got a 78 f100 with a 302 and wondering if it would bolt up to the C-5 tranny in my 84 ranger. The f100 has 6000 original miles but the body and bed are severly rotted out due to sitting500 yards from the beach here in florida.
 
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Old 06-03-2012, 12:28 AM
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Old 06-03-2012, 01:25 AM
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Here is the another place to get some more info on the Ranger eng swap, I own a 99 and get alot of info from these guys. Never hurts to have two sources of information IMO.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...0tV4uqNoXV6Qeg
 
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Old 06-03-2012, 09:30 AM
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Come down to the Oregon Chapter of the forums and look up Dave"Old93junk" he is doing a 302 Mustang swap in a Ranger now, he may know what you need to do your swap.
 
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Old 06-03-2012, 10:56 AM
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Check out the "Ranger Station.com".
 
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Old 06-03-2012, 04:21 PM
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Where did you think my link took him.....so he got 3 good advice routes to take.
 
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thank you very much
 
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