Mike Patton can’t beat em!

Shade Tree Mechanic what’s your Instagram

Just bought a 96 myself

@@convoyleader4173 I no longer have the 96 ranger I now have an 03 ram

I thought the same. Then I got one of these bad boys. They are surprisingly good off road for a 2WD. Perhaps it has more to do with driver skill, but my buddy gets stuck in his 4x4 bronco more often than I do on the same trails.

I have a 2wd lifted on 31s 😂 it’s all about the driver haha

@@jesusramos7373 how does it run? Did they fit with a stock lift?

As a guy who has had a few ridiculously capable crawlers, sometimes the challenge of a 2wd can be rewarding.

Most prerunner trucks are 2wd

Jeff Gossett thanks man! I’ve recently put a 5.0 in it. Check out my other videos! 👍

@@shadetreemechanic1790 that's so cool, wish I could do that to my truck. I'll check out your other vids

That's why I'm not selling mine

If only it was 4wd

Gamma from what I’ve heard, ford ranger 4x4’s are annoying as fuck to deal with. Most of the time they are hard to get in and out of gear, and often times need to be rebuilt. Better to just get a jeep, or get the 2wd ranger and build it up like a pre runner

I got a 1998 xlt extended cab 2.5 v4 5 speed manual

DillPill thank you!

Negative lol

Did you ever finish your b2300? Im starting one. Just wondering about parts.. What did you use? Any info would be cool

Matt G1776 yessir! In Eastaboga actually!

I have got a roar in my rearend now . Believe it’s pinion bearing . Hope it’s not hard to change out.

Or do you think I’d be better off buying a whole rearend at junk yard . Not a mechanic . Just can’t afford what these guys want to charge lol

YRCrew they’re 15x8 Ion!

WB Crusher I built it!

What I mean is your truck don't have that much of a gap between the tires but I want a gap so it don't look stock with big tires. That obvious lifted look is what I need

15x8 Ion Alloys on 33x12.50 BFG KM3

Some came with it some didn’t it depended on wut the previous owner wanted with the truck

Sikang Song no just the springs and drop brackets. I’m not running any sway bars either so yeah it could use some but I don’t off-road it much anymore.

Jeremy Nolan mine did fine with the 3.73’s and the 2.3. I’ve since put an 8.8 with 3.73’s under it and I’m also in the middle of doing a v8 swap.

I have 31s with 410s and the gears are short I know at 65mph I'm pushing bait 2200 rpms

Did you find out yet? I want one too

GUS FUNK he built it he said

Keith Campbell I did not but if you check out my most recent video I put a 2” level on top of the 4” lift and I did get extended brake lines after that!

Shade Tree Mechanic ok thank you very much I have a 97 ranger splash 2wd with the 4.0 and I’m trying to make it a little more off-road Capable. I have a 2 in leveling kit with 235 75r 15s on it now so was just curious about the brake lines being too short after the lift. U have a very nice looking truck. I wish mine had a regular bed on it like yours. I Don’t like flare side like mine is now. The stance of ur truck is ideal for how I want mine to look. Building a front bumper similar to yours in a couple weeks or so. Do you still have your truck. One day I’m gonna stick prerunner suspension under is and hit the desert. With full cage everything. Gonna be awhile but I’ll make it there. Lol

My bad for all the questions man I’m dumb! I just watched some of ur other videos and answered my own questions lol. Im lookin to do the 5.0 swap also so I’m glad I found ur channel man. What about the old 70s ford I seen in ur video? That’s my fav years 78-79

Keith Campbell you’re good man I don’t mind answering at all! I enjoy helping other people out. & I’ll be making videos on it soon as well! It’s a 78 F150 with a 4BT Cummins we put in it!

Shade Tree Mechanic now ur talking my language! Lol I had a 2001 Cummins 5 speed (miss her) lol. But she was nasty. It was a 24valve though.

Regear if you really want to put big tires on it

Wulf suspension makes keys to turn up the torsion bar suspension, you can also do a spindle lift

I'd like to know that also

Azim Aslam thank you!

I have 2.3 with 31s on it and it runs fine. Not always the motor size though, gearing is everything. A small motor can push massive tires with big enough gears.

Mr. Banana man did you gear your truck with 4/10 or 4/56 I have a ranger getting ready to lift it and just trying to get all the info I can

​@@304_ranga2 Mine is stock gears with 2.3 and 31s. It drives just fine. I wouldn't go 410 or 456 unless you are putting some serious rubber on it. This link is a video that helps you calculate what size ratio u want: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/paqGo9yZsKvGkas.html

Mr. Banana man thank you a lot man

@@304_ranga2 no problem brotha

I built it

I made it

Terran Mace it would probably be a tight fit but I don’t see why not!

No they will catch the bumper and the back of the fenders trust me I know from experience. Had to sawzall 3 inches off the bumper and a good 1 inch halfway down the back of the fender. Had to get fender flares to cover the mess. Not worth it if you have a nice truck. I had 3 inch lift and 2 inch coil spacers and it still didnt do the trick

@@hell-sol5240 thank you brother it saves me a hard lesson learned and an expensive one at that.

@@Tsmace33 no problem man I went off the advice on KZfaq saying it would clear and all this and well lesson lear9the hard way if I could I'd send ya pics to prove that I'm not bsn like half these ppl do they just make up shit as they go lol.

@@Tsmace33 oh and to add to that I even bought 2 inch spacers in a last ditch effort still no help rolled the fenders with the old baseball bat trick as well still nothing done the job except the old sawzall lol. Now I'd be lying if I said I didnt like the outcome but it pained me to go chopping on my good ole ranger that was in pretty good and shape and still my daily. I still have it actually good truck but it ate the gas after oh and also if yours is a Manual 5th gear becomes nonexistent. And it took a hell of a lot of alignment jobs to get it to even drive half decent anything over 45 got scary as hell lol if I could take it back I would lol.. ended up being about 500 dollar job to get em on balanced and aligned right. AMD random expenses here and there. And my clutch also went out soon after Luckily the ranger have adjustable casters but it was still all day getting that thing aligned lol sorry for the rant man. Just pained me listening to these people on here saying it would work and I found out the hard way that I didnt so if I can even save 1 person the hassle I feel I done some good