Hi People, I'm A New Member Getting His Feet Wet With My First Post!
I Recently Bought An '04 Ranger 3.0 W/ 5 Spd Od Trans.
Can You Please Tell Me At What Speeds You Truck Shifts Into Each Gear? I Have Inquired To Ford's Web Site. They Even Followed-up With A Phone Call. Thats The Good News. Bad News -- They Are Sorry But Can't Help Me. My Dealer Was Also No Help. Also,what Kind Of Gas Mileage Are You Getting. Thanks For Looking Folks

 

Hi, I Forgot To Mention That It A 4x4 W/ 4:10 Axle And 16" Tires

 

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It will shift not at a particular speed, but rather it depends on how hard you're accelerating. If you drive from a stop on a flat road and go mellow, the shift point will be at very low speeds, if you floor it from a stop and hold it there, it won't go into 2nd gear until a very high speed. And so on.

My 4.0L is a pig on gas in the city, but not too bad on a long highway trip taking it easy. True of course for any vehicle but extreme for these.

 

if you have a tach, shift at around the tourque peak rpm for your engine, the 3.0 needs wound out a bit more to make its power than some of the other ford engines. my 4.0 i shift at 2,500-3,000 depending on load or if im needing to get up to speed quickly, its better to rev it a little than to lug a motor. my 4.0 is in a s/c chassis with 4wd, 3.73s, 5-spd stick and gets a very consistant 17 mpg, has stock 235/75-15 tires on it.

 

72 CUDA:

by "5 spd od trans"..........do you mean auto or standard?

 

5 Spd Auto Trans. I,d Like To Know The Shift Speeds You Get With Just Your Average Acceleration. I Do Mostly City Driving And It Never Gets Out Of 3rd Gear, Resulting In Crappy Mileage (so Far). It Will Finaly Shift Into Forth Gear At 42 Mph (2200 Rmp). Seems Kind Of Excessive To Me

 

What rear end gearing do you have? 3.08, 3.55, 3.73, 4.10?

 

4:10 Axle Rocky J

 

Take it straight back to the dealer and tell a service manager how it's shifting. That doesn't sound right or normal and it's all warranty work. You might even be able to talk them into a loaner vehicle if you don't have any other wheels while they fix it.

I had a shifting problem on my F150 a few weeks after buying it and they put a new torque converter in it. Works great now and didn't cost me a dime (not counting the $19K I spent to buy the truck).

 

o.k. , sorry i thought you had a stick. i forgot the newer trucks have a auto with 5 spds.

 

You won't be getting great mileage with these trucks.
My 02 Ranger 4.0 5 spd auto tends to shift too early if anything, especially at medium to highway speeds, and tends to stay in too tall of a gear in my opinion......almost feels like it's lugging as I get into a hill before it kicks down.
For this reason, I take mine out of overdrive mode (by pushing the button at the end of the shift lever) when I'm driving around town. As soon as I get into a higher speed situation (highway) I pop 'er back into O/D.

I think they design 'em this way though for fuel savings as well as the capability of the engine to handle it due to its torque rating. (the more torque an engine has, the less it requires higher rpm's.....depending of course at what rpm it gets its max torque).
If it really sounds like it's reving too high before it shifts, then yes, have it checked out.

 

At speeds over 45 it will shift into 5th then od. I can slow to approx. 30-35 and it will stay in od. In this configuration everything runs along nice and smooth at around 1600 RPM and still has nice throttle response.