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http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/1462613390.html2000 ranger, oil pump went out and locked up the engine. If i had the money laying around I would snatch this up

Prayers are being sent his way. Tell him i hope he gets well soon

happy birthday. hope you have a good one.

my guess would be no support. we might be the only SC members on here, and I'm not all that active...

about $700-$750 including the timing tool kit and misc tools I had to buy. Bought most of parts from certain ford parts suppliers online.

part numbersfigured i would post up some part numbers and pics as a couple of ppl have showed interestLadderFrame Assembly Gasket- F77z6710AA Oil Pan Gasket- 4L2Z6710AA Front Cassette- 7U3Z6A257A Rear Cassette- 4L2Z6M290AA Harmonic Balancer Bolt- E7RY6A340B Jackshaft Kit- 2U3Z6D256CA (Manual...

congrats to all the other graduates. I'll be graduating on the 9th from U. of SC with a B.S in CRJU

Congrats on finding a job you actually want with this economy.

The stock radio did that in my 93 too. it got to the point where it would turn up, but not turn back down by itself, you had to turn it back down. It also started doing it more and more. I just took it out and put in a cheap sony from walmart.

Well actually I might not be doing the engine swap now, I found a guy that offer to sell me the parts he bought for his 99 4.0L SOHC engine (Jackshaft Chain Kit and the front timing cassette plus the tools kit needed to do everything) for cheaper than I could buy them elsewhere. Something about...

So i have concluded that I will get whatever engine I can get for the best price and go from there, whether its a 2wd or 4wd engine. Some of the people on another forum say that the noise and vibration is next to nothing, and some have even taken the balance shaft chain off. I'm going to try...

These are the only pictures I can find. http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1992676&postcount=4http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183736&highlight=Balance+Shaft**sorry for posting link to another site, if this is a problem please feel free to delete this mods.

yeah, i'm reading on another forum and I can find nothing about adding the balance shaft, but a couple of ppl have actually took the chains off theirs. I also read that the balance shaft is really only there of low range 4wd? any truth to this?

hmm, i've read else where that the rangers 4x4 didn't have one, maybe i got the year wrong or just got bad info? Would it cause any long term problems putting a 2wd 4.0L SOHC engine without the balance shaft in a 4x4? The only thing I can find is that it will cause a slight vibration, but...