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I am going to half to to do this sometime in the near future. I am not looking forward to it.
I wished Ford would have engineered access the oil pans a little different. Every oil pan gasket needs replaced eventually. Lifting the engine to replace a $10 part is crazy. Good luck...and like Nike would say...Just Do It!
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Beautiful!
I drive an 88 everyday, she still has the wood dash bezel and 88 dash pad..... that's about it!
Very nicely done and thanks for sharing
Thank you! First gens are definitely my favorite style of Ranger. I've been looking for a NOS dash pad for almost 4 years now...no luck.
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Engine: (continued)
With the oil pan and bottom end of the motor back together I decided to go after the big parts of the engine...specifically, the exhaust and intake manifolds. Those projects led to more projects....
Exhaust manifold coming out with the EGR tube.
Minus the pre heat hose shroud.
In decent shape and actually cleaned up well.
Upper intake manifold, throttle boday, EGR valve, and valve cover removed.
Lower intake manifold out...filthy but in also in pretty good shape.
And cleaned up, restored, and ready to go back in...with new gasket, coolant temperature sensor, and air charge temperature sender...both NOS.
Valve cover and upper intake manifold cleaned, restored, and ready for reinstall.
With the big parts out of the way, access to the other parts of the engine was a lot better.