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Hi y'al!! My name is Mike, I live in Greeneville, new daily drive I bought 16 days ago is the 98 Ranger in my signiture. Had to buy it to get back and forth to work...Morristown,TN which is 30 miles one way. I'm a Registered Nurse in the Critical Care Unit. Been in the medical field sence highschool. I started out as an EMT worked for the local Ambulance Co., then 6 years in the USAF as a corpsman mostly in the ER, went to Nursing school after that, Critical Care class in 1988, worked in ICU/CCU, was a flight nurse, moved to Greeneville, TN in 1997. Worked in Johnson City Medical Center's Level 1 Trauma Center for 4 years, and now back in CCU. I mostly check and post in the Ranger & B-Series Forum as I'm still working on my 87 Ranger, which I bought it brand new in Sac, CA. I love it more than my 98.....and I will never part with it. Now that I have another Ford to drive daily, I need to dig into the little 2.9 and find out why I'm getting exhaust bubbling into my radiator's overflow tank. I hope it is only a blown head gasket. I also need to repaint my whole truck...the poor thing started loosing it's paint 2 years after I bought it. Love to bass fish!!!!
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87 Ranger SuperCab STX 4x4 2.9L V6
FM 145 5 Speed Mitsubishi Manual Trans
Handling Pkg
3.73:1 gears with L/S
300,000 miles 1st engine
150,000 miles 2nd used engine
and I will never part with it. Now that I have another Ford to drive daily, I need to dig into the little 2.9 and find out why I'm getting exhaust bubbling into my radiator's overflow tank.
I smell project!!!!
Since you have a new daily driver.......
A 302 5.0L V8 will move your little 87 Ranger like nothing else you have seen. The swap is very simple.
And the big bull said to the little bull, no lets not run down into the vally and get a cow, lets walk down and get them all!
I love my 87 Ranger just as it is. The little 2.9 has served well...I got almost 500,000 miles out of the original engine...mobil 1 filters, castrol 10W40, Duralube, and changed every 3,000 miles.
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87 Ranger SuperCab STX 4x4 2.9L V6
FM 145 5 Speed Mitsubishi Manual Trans
Handling Pkg
3.73:1 gears with L/S
300,000 miles 1st engine
150,000 miles 2nd used engine
Oil has been ok. no water mixed with it as far as I can tell. I had been running just water and no antifreeze, because I was having trouble with the water pump.
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87 Ranger SuperCab STX 4x4 2.9L V6
FM 145 5 Speed Mitsubishi Manual Trans
Handling Pkg
3.73:1 gears with L/S
300,000 miles 1st engine
150,000 miles 2nd used engine
Hi1 My name is Howard. I live in Collierville. I drive a 97 F150 with a 5.4 . I've modded it a little. It has several performance mods plus some suspension & stereo mods too. I enjoy modding trucks,shooting sports, hunting & fishing. I hope to meet as many of the Tn chapter members as I can. I don't mind driving to Nashville for a meet or even farther. Heck I'd enjoy a small meet around the Memphis area. I just like meeting people with common interest as myself
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