Calling all 4x4 owners...opinion wanted

Looks clean shouldn't be to expensive to run but won't have alot of get up and go.4x4 parts are usually a little more expensive.
 
You will definitely need to add a bunch of weight in the bed. Add the extra weight and being on snow, the 4 cyl might not have enough power.
 
only diff with lockout hubs, the front axles/diff/driveshaft arent spinning. Without lockouts, everything still spins (read: induces drag and wears out faster), but you dont have to get out to engage 4wd.
 
Magnethead said:
only diff with lockout hubs, the front axles/diff/driveshaft arent spinning. Without lockouts, everything still spins (read: induces drag and wears out faster), but you dont have to get out to engage 4wd.
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thanks mag...something came to me...about the hubs--does using lockouts make it more durable because I dont have to deal with all that vacuum type stuff with auto hubs?
 
BobbyFord said:
That's not an old truck.
Prior to getting my Focus in 2008, my daily driver since 1984 was a '63 Ford F100.
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bobby...If for no other reason than to actually drive for a daily driver one of those beautiful old trucks, Ive wondered about living somewhere out of the rust belt
 
DanicaFreak said:
thanks mag...something came to me...about the hubs--does using lockouts make it more durable because I dont have to deal with all that vacuum type stuff with auto hubs?
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most newer vehicles don't even unlock, everything just turns 100% of the time...like i said, inducing drag, but no problems to deal with.
 
I drove an old Jeep Wagoneer for a number of years. Had lockout hubs, and a separate shifter for 4-wheel drive. Unless it was pouring rain,
getting out and locking the hubs was no problem at all --- quick and easy.
I did an engine overhaul at 100K miles and drove it another 32K. Only trouble we ever had was burning out a U joint pulling a trailer. Put heavier leaf
springs in the back and solved that problem.
 
Lockouts means less problems. If I could I'd still have them and a shifter fr the 4X4. Danger Rangers were good trucks. Looks like a dandy from the pics.
 
DF, looks like the truck you are lookng at is a decent deal. Plus you get a donor vehicle. I would give it an off road test and put it on a lift to check it out.

Good luck.
 
What does the seller mean that it will "need a little work before next inspection"? That's doesn't have anything to do with emissions does it?
 
I know three people who have Rangers. Two of them got new ones when Ford ended production. They all like them and keep them in good shape. My 4x4 experience was with a couple International Scouts so my thoughts are decades out of date. I'd decide if I thought I might need 4WD during my drive and lock the hubs before I drove, shift in and out of 4WD as needed; millage goes down with the hubs locked in and drops further when in 4WD. BTW 4x4 can get you going faster under slippery conditions but it brakes just like a 2WD.
 
Naw, DG--up here in canuck land we dont have emissions at least in my neck of the woods. We do have yearly inspections where they check the basics...steering, suspension, etc.

The seller likely means that a rocker panel or two is soft...we have salt on the roads and it is super tough on cars.


thanks so much for everyones thoughts.

I just have to convince the wife to allow the purchase.
 
My Ranger is a '98 --- 192,000 + miles and still going strong. Until January of this year, the only big money spent on it was tires, an alternator, a water pump and a radiator --- all at different times. I had the front end done in January --- ball joints, control arms, etc. Runs like new.
 
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