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"Apparently the Ranger auto trans cannot lube internally while not running, thus the drive shafts must be disconnected.
To the OP, you will either have to trailer your Ranger or disconnect the shafts every time you want to tow, and reconnect everytime you want to drive it."
Thanks grumpaw!!!
However we are not typical Ranger owners here.
What the owners manual and other typical Ranger owners and RV owners do not know, is that you can put the transfer case in N on a 4x4 and the output shaft of the 5r55e auto trans will never turn............
With a manual shift t case this is quite easy the N position is between 4hi and 4 low
With the e shift t case you must remove the shift motor from the back of the t case (using a 10mm socket) and you an then shift that t case into N also
The transfer case even has a "N" imprinted on it to show the N position, under the shift motor
Advance Adapters sells the "shiftster" which can manually shift the e transfer cases.
You can drill a hole in it for the N position as well
Flat towing is covered on many Ranger forums and putting the T case in N is a heck of alot easier then removing driveshafts!!
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