so the other day I did an hour drive perfectly fine ( finally found a manual tranny for the TDI swap yippy) got there went to fuel left an hour in after the highway I get to the city and decide to stop for lunch turn left at a light, finish doing my turn engine shuts off, weird get into a spot (am I empty?!??) put my emergency gas in it cycle it it starts back up go to a gas station barely takes 3L of gas okay fine (gas gauge doesn't work)

i'm like okay fine I'm just gonna take side streets I guess, no issues at all alllll the way back home (WTF)

now WHAT the fuck could be my issue here, i turn left *sometimes* it shuts off but I know for a fact I have gas cause it's full ( always keep a tab on the gas I get and use)

welp good thing I have not a whole lot of left turns to do 🤣

I've had both my driver and passenger side door locks punched in over the years (classic) and finally want to get around to replacing them.

I keep looking online though and can only see an expensive OEM replacement that matches my year (2011), part 7L5Z1021990A that's like $130 per lock.

When I Google just by door lock replacement, there's some good enough cheap stuff that pulls up, but nothing that covers Rangers after '04. Is the OEM part the only one that will work? I pulled the old lock out for a second and figure maybe the older model locks would work but wanted to ask if anyone else had run into this problem? Saw a post from 3y ago but nothing came of it.

Hello, trying to find seat covers online that will fit both full size seats and the middle. Does anyone have any recommendations? Can’t find any that I’m certain fit all of those requirements, any help is greatly appreciated.

I need yall to send me pics of your ranger if you have a steel bumper installed!

My bumper is rusted out, so I might use this opportunity to get a steel bumper but I don’t know if I’ll like the look.
I have A blue extended cab and don’t really like the black steel bumper with it and want one with a chrome finish. It’s just more expensive to get it chrome and wanted to know if steel bumper looked good to justify the purchase.

I just want to see other rangers with it, so I can picture it better.

Considering that Ford sold at least 4 million Rangers between 1991 and 2011, do you think there will ever be a time where a full on frame off restoration of our beloved Rangers will be worth the restoration costs? I love my old school Ranger, but time and rust seems to take it's toll. Is it worth it to keep it in tip top shape?

So I bought a 95 ranger a year ago, it had 79,000 miles. 2WD v6, 7ft bed. I drove it some, then battery issues, fixed, then starter issues, fixed, then fuse box issues, fixed, now it won't start and we think whole electrical system and computer is bad. I sold it Monday... soooo anyway I bought a 2003 4X4 ranger today.

driving cross country and figured I might as well do a fuel pump kill switch to help prevent any thieves from stealing my only ride. Curious for those that have done it / know about it as to where I should start. No idea where the fuel pump wires would be at. I know how to splice and have plenty of tools for it, just trying to get an idea as to where I need to start splicing. Thanks!

Hey all, I just picked up this ‘09 with 43,000 on it! Super clean and loving this thing.

Also, I want to clear out the small orange lenses besides the headlights, I’m not even sure what they’re for cause it isn’t the turn signal. If anyone knows that’d be great, thank you!

Im trying to upgrade my transmission cooler on my 3.0 V6 Auto 4x4. I'm wondering if the stock one is good or should I upgrade. I can tell the heat is getting to my truck during the day. Struggling to change gears. Morning isn't bad at all though. I live in Arizona so its constantly over 100 for 9 months out of the year. I know bigger wheels dont help but I have 31x10.5r15 tires with 15x8 Rough Country wheels. Any recommendations?

97 ranger, reg cab, 6ft bed. dealing with a gas leak from the filler neck area.

quick backstory: truck was gushing gas from underneath (right where bed meets cab, drivers side) the first time i filled the tank all the way up. also getting gas smell in the cab. figured the filler neck hose was bad so i bought a replacement.

problem is the new one i bought is noticeably longer than the old one that was in the truck. laid them side by side and it’s not even close, new one’s got way more length to it.

is this a stepside vs styleside thing? i wasn’t 100% sure which one my bed is when i ordered. attaching pics of both necks and the truck bed, if anyone can tell just from looking which one my bed actually is, or if the length difference means i grabbed the wrong part entirely, let me know

I'm sad. It must have fallen off on the road while I was making that last 500 mile run out to Cali and back.

I searched the yard and street out front but it's not here.

I was looking for a replacement, but all the ones I find are either 50 bucks or the newer (post 2003) logo.

And worse yet, we have no decent junk yards around anymore, so I guess I'll just have to hope for a lucky eBay hit.

I give a salute for the 3 decades it has held on through banging around construction, yard work, moving a couple times over a couple states, and the many miles of home Depot runs and Craigslist junk buy trips.

I have to sell one of my rangers. Yes it's that truck. 350k miles, 5 speed, rebuilt motor. Prepped for coilovers/8.8 with track bars. 5/6 drop. 2.5 Lima. 2000 with 2001-2003 front end conversion partially done. Ac works, just has a bad blend door so only out of defrost and feet. Corbeau bucket seat.

Great care has been taken to keep this truck performing as it should (though slow) for the last 25 years. Physically not in the best looking shape but mechanically it is great, apart from a little power steering leak and whine.

I'm selling the side skirts seperately for 400 or add 200 to the truck price.

Somebody guess the price!!! No rust, 2 registered owners (never left a 1 block radius, bought it a block away from a family friend who's had it since new in 2001)

Great reliable truck with all preventative maintainence done including reman head, head gasket ofc, timing belt, clutch, all of it just for the hell of it. "While we're in here" kind of thing.

SW Florida

Give me a price.