86 Ranger acceleration problem
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86 Ranger acceleration problem
Any ideas for what's causing extreme acceleration problem in our 1986 ranger? The truck has a great deal of trouble reaching freeway speeds. Even a slight amount of pressure on gas pedal leads to severe bucking, near stalling, and loss of power. Only the lightest feather touch on gas pedal will allow truck to get up to freeway speeds.Sometimes at cruising speed, gas power suddenly is lost and rpms drop off and truck barely recovers.Local good mechanic with no time to see it said it might be acceleration sensor, but sometimes the problem happens at cruise speed while maintianing steady foot pressure. (The main issue is the one of getting up to speed.)Truck specs:1986 ranger king cab2.9 liter v6, 5 speed manualthanks for any help
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Welcome aboard, for helpful info on your 1986 Ranger post your inquiry in the Ranger & B-Series forum: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum35/ Copy and paste if you can to save rewriting that over again.
Swing by and check out the fine folks in your CA chapter soon: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum163/
Swing by and check out the fine folks in your CA chapter soon: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/forum163/
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Your welcome.
It`s a fleet alright but it`s getting to be a job to keep it all rolling along!
The weather here is way below freezing with abit of snow and lots of ice being very common, nothing like your CA weather I`m sure.
It`s a fleet alright but it`s getting to be a job to keep it all rolling along!
The weather here is way below freezing with abit of snow and lots of ice being very common, nothing like your CA weather I`m sure.
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Some of my trucks are in my gallery: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/member.php?u=154993
Here`s one
See you in the forums.
Here`s one
See you in the forums.
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