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You are correct, my mistake, I am so confused!
For some reason I was sure the Ranger, Explorer and Sport Trac could all be flat towed with the "kit" I do not know how I over looked that huge fact.
I dove back into researching this, I was sure I was going to prove you wrong but I stand corrected.
Now I have some questions.
Correct me if I am wrong... but it looks to me that the '07 '08 and '09 Ranger 4x4 automatic can be towed with the "kit". It also appears that the 2010 and the 2011 can also be flat towed with the "kit" however I did find some comments that the '10 was not flat towable.
Are the transfer cases different in the explorer and ranger?
As for the "kit" what I have found out, and it is only what I have read, the kit consists of an LED light it plugs in under the dash completing a circuit, when I last checked Ford wanted $250 for the "kit" ( I found one in North Carolina) and my guess is that you can buy a LED light for about $2.50. The rest of the kit is instructions mostly on how to make the changes to the GEM using NGS NGS+ WDS. Thats it nothing more that I can tell.
Kind of an interesting story, I was set to buy a 2003 4X4 manual shift 4.0 Ranger, the deal was done and when I went to pick it up well the guy forgot to tell me the A/C does not work. Well it ended where we didn't get that truck, how ever I was under the impression that 4X4 Manual could be flat towed but now I think not, after reading and digging deeper into the research of what years can be flat towed. If I have it correct the 2wheel drive manual is the only 2003 ranger that can be flat towed. So it looks like I dodged a big bullet.
I have found a couple of 2010 Rangers 4x4 with automatics that from what I can figure out, can be flat towed with the kit. I still need to find some one who can actually enable the transfer case to be placed in neutral.
Thanks again for helping me figure out what is going one with flat towing Ranger.
One last question why could the '07 and up be flat towed with a kit but previous years not?