Another Ranger build

[Snowracer]

Well im back in the Ford section

so like an idiot with a problem i was scrolling FB market place and seen a first gen ranger for cheap and bought it sight unseen. was a buddy that had listed it and he picked up in hopes to make a short course truck and never got around to it. the person before him had rebuilt the motor and gutted the thing getting ready to make it a mini stock truck so its a rolling chassis with a near new 2.3 in it.

when i bought it i had zero need or want for a ranger or another project but the body looked solid and it was cheap. sent a picture of it to the GF in hopes she would tell me im an idiot and not to buy it. instead she thought it was awesome and we could turn it into a wheeling rig for her. so now we are building this thing to be here first real wheeling rig and a good all around trail rig while i finish my buggy.

is a 86? ranger reg cab 2wd with the 2.3 and stick.

 

[Snowracer]

so plan for this rig is budget build that will be a good all around trail rig we can use all year. so will have full glass and a heater (unlike my last few builds and current buggy build).

was first trying to find a 4x4 trans or divorced tcase so could keep the rebuilt 2.3 and maybe do some half tons and 35s. after no luck finding that stuff i said F it and we are doing tons and a 302. picked up a 1990 efi 302 for cheap and a 10.25 with 4.10s. also grabbed some obs F150 leafs while i was at it.

buddy gave me a 08 Superduty 60 for the project as well.

 

[Snowracer]

after looking at the 08 diff and doing a build list of what it needed (did not have 4.10 gears and missing all brake parts ect) and what it would cost to do a nice radius arm or 3 link and some air shocks or coil spring set up i started to second guess it was the diff for this build.

i pulled the trigger on buying a KP 60 as have lots of left over parts from other builds and its just cheaper to build up for now. i know its not as beefy as the SD axle but this is a mild ish trail build and just made more sense to do a KP diff. with going to a KP diff i also talked the GF out of doing a linked set up and running poor people suspension and got another pair of rear OBS ford leafs to run up front.

also grabbed a bronco short tail shaft 1356 while i was getting the D60. going to use my sbf C6 that i have left over from the last rig as well

 

[Snowracer]

so with having sort of an idea of what we where doing and having a good pile of parts it was time to start getting those parts ready for the ranger

with this being the GFs rig she is doing most of the work and im just the parts guy and helping out ect. she cleaned up the rear diff and we welded it up so no more 1 tire fire

 

[Snowracer]

with the new to us KP60 i went shopping in the shed for parts and we got started on it. 4340 35 spline outers, NWF springless cap and steer arm, diff cover and new brakes. this diff is 4.10 and welded it up as well cause F steering

 

[Snowracer]

as of right now we are waiting on last few parts for the 60 to show up then can start stripping the Ranger and getting it ready to swap everything in.

plan for the motor was to do a carb intake and run it on propane as have everything to do it other then a tank. been leaning towards upping the budget and getting another fitech efi set up and using my old fuel cell and pump. the C6 i have already has a full manual valve body and worked well when i took it out of the last truck. the 1356 needs a full rebuild but its the short tail shaft so hope it fits in the frame rails, if not i have a 205 but rather not use it due to the shitty gearing. as far as tires im going to build it to clear my 44s but also have brand new set of 40 stickies and aluminum beadlocks that i bought for my buggy. want to be able to swap tires between the two rigs

 

[Snowracer]

and just incase here was my last rig and half ass build on this site. GFs first time wheeling was the last trip in this truck before getting parted out for the buggy

build

Plan B F250

figured id add a quick build thread for my pos rig started as a $400 shit box that turned into a pretty good trail rig. then i got little crazy like normal and wanted to try racing it and well its pretty smashed up and not much longer for the world as have already started on its replacement...

irate4x4.com

buggy build

The FSU trail buggy build

Was going to wait till i had more done to start a build thread but oh well :flipoff2: This is going to be trail buggy so dont be in here looking for fancy go fast part or tig welds. I have been wanting a buggy for a few year now and have tried and failed at starting one before as mainly just...

irate4x4.com

and i picked this death wagon sidekick last year and let the GF race it and got her hooked to wheeling and now the reason she wants the ranger

Asuna Rustrunner

ok this is about to be a "build" thread showing just how stupid and stubborn i am :homer: with the buggy being on the back burner for the last few months and it almost being a year since ive been wheeling and a event coming up i needed a rig. this thing popped up on FB and went and looked at it...

irate4x4.com

 

['84 Bronco II]

Sounds like a cool build and very similar to my old Bronco II crawler I had briefly before I parted it out (1994 truck 5.0L, NP435, BW1356, HP 8 lug D44 & FF D61 both welded w/4.10s, 38" XMLs, and leaf springs all around)

I understand you are trying to keep this thing budget, but a truck 302 with 4.10s and 40-44" tires is going to be a dog. I would start in granny gear a lot of times with my Bronco II just driving on the street. It was definitely faster than my other Bronco II with a stock, rebuilt 2.8L and 37s with 5.13s in the axles, but definitely not what you would call "peppy." It did alright in the rocks (73:1 crawl due to the granny gear), but it was not what I think you would want for your terrain with all the mud and snow. If I had not parted it out, I would have definitely gone 5.38s. Also the welded front sucked ass, but I didn't have a steering ram

Also, you are going to have to do some frame hackery to make the BW1356 fit, but it shouldn't be a big deal with your skills. I definitely wouldn't want to run a stock ratio NP205 in addition to the 4.10s

 

[Snowracer]

Sounds like a cool build and very similar to my old Bronco II crawler I had briefly before I parted it out (1994 truck 5.0L, NP435, BW1356, HP 8 lug D44 & FF D61 both welded w/4.10s, 38" XMLs, and leaf springs all around)

I understand you are trying to keep this thing budget, but a truck 302 with 4.10s and 40-44" tires is going to be a dog. I would start in granny gear a lot of times with my Bronco II just driving on the street. It was definitely faster than my other Bronco II with a stock, rebuilt 2.8L and 37s with 5.13s in the axles, but definitely not what you would call "peppy." It did alright in the rocks (73:1 crawl due to the granny gear), but it was not what I think you would want for your terrain with all the mud and snow. If I had not parted it out, I would have definitely gone 5.38s. Also the welded front sucked ass, but I didn't have a steering ram

Also, you are going to have to do some frame hackery to make the BW1356 fit, but it shouldn't be a big deal with your skills. I definitely wouldn't want to run a stock ratio NP205 in addition to the 4.10s

ya the 302 and 4.10 are going to bring the suck for sure. my last truck started out as a 351 4.10 truck on the 44s and it was meh but worked for a trail truck as just lived in 4lo. thats the whole reason i want to make the 1356 work as that little extra gearing is going to be needed.

i really wanted to stick a zf behind the 302 and would make a wicked snow wheeler with the stick and better gearing. but with being the first real wheeling rig for the gf and already having the c6 we will be running that. will save up and do gears but for this summer/winter will rock the 4.10s and work the bugs out

will also have hydro assist as have a ram left over from about 3 project trucks ago. this rig will be made up of left over parts for the most part

 

[YotaAtieToo]

You're a gluten for punishment

Should be fun.

 

[Snowracer]

You're a gluten for punishment

ya i just cant get enough

kinda surprised you are not telling me this needs a doubler yet

 

[ridenby]

 

[Sterlingfire]

Fuckin cool man!
But yeah, this is bumming me out since you've now, rebuilt, wheeled, parted out, started a new buggy, and now going to finish both this and the buggy before i even get my junk on its own weight
Good luck!

 

[YotaAtieToo]

ya i just cant get enough

kinda surprised you are not telling me this needs a doubler yet

Fuck

I almost suggested it

 

[Loki89t]

Looking good. Can't wait to see it all done and finished. I need to strip my parts truck and swap trans and throw my lockers in my truck so maybe I can actually come out wheeling at some point again in my lifetime

 

[Snowracer]

got the 60 back together other then locking hubs but might just take the drive slugs off the buggy for now

 

[Snowracer]

the 302 was pretty nasty so tossing some new gaskets at it and new timing chain and water pump while its on the engine stand

about as clean as its going to get, took some parts to work to run through the cleaner

 

[Snowracer]

oh and im still waiting on my last 40 to show up and they cant give me a real eta of when it will show up so bought my old 39s kr2s back

 

[Snowracer]

motor is back together and ready for the ranger, still missing a few small things but can deal with that once its in the truck

plan on putting the rad in the box so put a bleeder in the tstat housing to help get air out

had to double check the valve body in the c6 to make sure it was the full manual one

took a look at the tcase i got and it has been sitting with water in it so planetary is pretty rusted up. have picked up another tcase to swap parts from to hopefully make 1 good case

 

[arse_sidewards]

That 1345, or whatever it was that preceded the 1356 is a good case. Basically all same size parts but with a properly designed pump that doesn't fuck up and spin around 300k.

 

[McBastard79]

Cool project

 

[Snowracer]

so because i have truck adhd i went and sold the ranger, keeping all the other parts and still doing a build for the gf just something little cooler. will start the new build in a few day s

 

[chaplinfj60]

all righty then

 

[F***roads]

so because i have truck adhd i went and sold the ranger, keeping all the other parts and still doing a build for the gf just something little cooler. will start the new build in a few day s

so next rig top secret? or TBD?? hope its a ford still

 

[Snowracer]

so next rig top secret? or TBD?? hope its a ford still

still very much ford. i have a 62 M200 and a 65 F100 and we will build a rig from parts of both of them