What is this?
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Post Fiend
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From: Durant, OK (SOSU)
What is this?
Guys, what is this? Should/Can I replace it with my shocks when I lift my truck, and what does it do?
RP
Zach
Oh by the way, this is the front wheel on a 1994 Ford Ranger XLT regular cab, 4.0L, 5 speed manual, 2WD.
RP
Zach
Oh by the way, this is the front wheel on a 1994 Ford Ranger XLT regular cab, 4.0L, 5 speed manual, 2WD.
Cargo Master
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From: Elk River, MN
It is an engine idle damper. Used only on 4.0L engines. When new, it takes some of the roughness out of the lean burn 4.0L idle. After a year or two, it looses it's effectiveness slowly and you don't notice much difference. It takes a odd size star socket to remove it from the frame. It attaches to a heavy metal arm that it fastened to the side of the block near the drivers side motor mount. The bottom of the shock damper attaches to the frame rail.
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From: West Mansfield, Ohio
Thats the gas shock for your truck!
Haha just kidding. Looks more like a gas shock that opens up the hatch of a minivan or a wagon! Ranger Pat is right though. It lost its effectiveness 9 or 10 years ago!
Haha just kidding. Looks more like a gas shock that opens up the hatch of a minivan or a wagon! Ranger Pat is right though. It lost its effectiveness 9 or 10 years ago!
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From: Durant, OK (SOSU)
Engine vibration I can see easily...I hardly notice the engine running (except the exhaust...).
Torque on the other hand, it does zero for that, I hit the pedal and the whole truck jumps behind the engine, that makes me laugh lol.
RP
Zach
Torque on the other hand, it does zero for that, I hit the pedal and the whole truck jumps behind the engine, that makes me laugh lol.
RP
Zach
