all right whew its almost February and SH*& happens so its been a while but the black truck is back in the shop!
We ripped that old POS core transmission out and installed the reman from the 07 truck. The 07 truck (Eddie's) will be getting a fresh CUSTOM built 4r70w built by my friend Brett....more on that in the 07 thread as it progresses.
So the reman 4r70w from the 07 project if you guys remember is a Ford reman that came with our 104K drivetrain donor. I sent the valve body off to Brett to have it upgraded. Brett finally finished the VB and sent it back to me...now today I can finally install it into our black 99 Ranger along with new Motocraft filter and Mercon V. I will be cleaning out the trans coolers and lines again along with a pressure test to verify there was no water entering the old BAD transmission......





The VB has been upgraded by Brett,  shifting mods and some gasket/passage/check ball upgrades were done to bring this thing up to Brett 4r70w standards, also we are using the 98+ style internal wiring and solenoids even though our PCM is a 97 model :)
Once this is done and the truck is driving again we can finally road test it up over 45 mph to make sure our home brew rear driveshaft is good up to speed
I can finish wiring up the headlights, fog lights and license plate lights...the kid who owned it before had HID and blue LED everywhere...we are returning it back to stock lighting (Let the new owner do the upgrades)
I am fixing the radiator, the way it was mounted for the body lift is bugging me, I am going to raise the radiator up and lower just the fan shroud. This works really well on body lifted rangers it should have been done that way to begin with
After this we will vacuum and charge the AC system and get a new windshield installed. Then it will finally be listed for SALE and we shall see if there are any potential buyers willing to make the drive and fork over the mula for a wicked 5.0 4x4 custom Ranger........ this thing drives so nice you guys, I wish I could keep it but I already own 5 builds/daily drivers and this shop needs to start making some $$$$$$ so we can build more cool trucks

Last edited on Sun Jan 26th, 2020 12:55 pm by 410customs