I love the fact that out of any song that could've played on that radio, Free Bird was it! I couldn't think of a more perfect song for that truck's revival, lol

The fact that the first song that has played on that radio since at least 2017 is, specifically, the solo from Freebird is extremely poetic.

I'm glad you pointed out how important it is to always install a new throw out bearing when you pull a transmission. If a bearing siezes, it will eat the pressure plate and everything else in there; it just isn't worth the risk. Don't ask me how I know that!

For lack of power- check for vacuum leaks in the intake! Not just visually, but hook up a smoker and smoke the thing. On mine there were a BUNCH of cracks in the old intake pipe (smearing rubber cement over the whole thing helped), as well as a few leaks around the throttle plate shaft. Patching all that made the old truck a bit happier and bumped up gas mileage a little bit. It's funny though, can hardly do 70 just hauling one person, but put two tons of stuff in the bed/trailer and it still performs the same! It's like these Rangers want to do work, great little trucks.

I like how quiet you guys are in the fabric store, like you're worried one of your buddies will see you in there.😂😂😂

Check the Throttle position sensor for the 4k hang up issue. Just a thought. Also, tightly wrap 1 layer of Duct tape around the knerled threads on the shifter handle and hammer home the shift knob. It wont go anywhere after that. Call an auto windshield replacment company and have them cut a piece of safety glass to the rear window dimensions.

I love the old Ranger. I have a 99 Ranger XLT that my dad bought new, 3.0 liter V6, automatic, power steering, power brakes, a/c, cruise control, am, fm, and cassette player. He only drove it a couple miles a day to and from his work. Around 2012 dad asked if he could park it under a carport at my house as mom wanted the space in their garage for her gardening. After about a year, dad asked if I'd like to have it. I immediately took his offer. Today it's back in the garage at Mom's. It gets driven about once a month. Still looks like new and has 55k miles. I'll never sell it. Maybe someday I'll pass it down to someone in the family.

My dad had a 94 ranger, and he passed away a year ago, so it's safe to say that seeing this video brought back a lot of memories. Thank you for this it helps me cope with his death.

"I'm old enough to have my own barnfind vehicles!" 😂 I felt that in my soul!!

My second gambler 500 rig was a 94 2wd 4.0l stick shift ranger I bought from an auto auction for $250 from the "non-running" section.. I aired up the tires, jumped the battery, and drove it home on flat spotted tires. Seeing this revival just warms my heart and reminds me of my own ranger build that I miss. Thanks again!

I'm sure this will get lost in the comments. But I very much appreciate you guys setting a good example by wearing safety goggles whenever your were working under the truck. My dad lost sight in one eye because he didn't wear correct PPE despite him dismissing me for years. I work in an environment where they are mandatory and working on my projects at home, I always wear them if I'm under a car or working with fluids. It has saved me on more than one occasion!

Bought a 94 ranger for 700 bucks recently. Electric blue, 4x4 5 speed 3.0. been a battle to get it running right, but its such a good little truck. Everyone needs a ranger

Kevin, i love the part when you meet with the previous owner to talk about the history of the vehicle in detail. it was really cool to see you making him nostalgic and happy about restoring his old car and make it roadworthy again. He looks just like yo... Oh, wait, it's You ! As always, thanks for the upload, now i can sit down and dig into my favourite JYD.

Free Bird being on the radio is the biggest sign the truck should be back on the road lol

When I was a broke high schooler I had a 2.3 5 speed ranger. Then when I was down on my luck going to trades school I bought another for $1000. Both made it over half a million kms. These will always have a really special place in my heart. It got me and my friends where We needed to go for cheap and ran off parts from the junkyard. I have a 7.3 power stroke F350 now but I still miss my old trucks!

As many of those things that were produced by Ford and Mazda, it's hard to fathom that you couldn't find a trans for that thing in any junk yard or a parts truck rotting away in a treeline somewhere.

I love the graphics of these 90s stx rangers and AMT/Ertl made model kits/promo models for these in many colors they are cheap to find as well, very nice!

Once I heard freebird play from the radio I knew this thing would be back to its former glory in no time at all

I know you like to do a lot of American muscle cars but try finding a 80-82 Corolla wagon. Their little carbed ohv 4 cylinders and have a really big following. Thanks and keep up the amazing work!

And this is here is why I still am insane enough to restore a 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity 2.8 440T4. Love when you guys do oddball/forgotten vehicles.

It’s a mother f’in ford ranger!! The danger ranger. You could flip that bad boy multiple times and it would still run.

My first vehicle was a 1987 F-250, 6.9 diesel, 4x4, 4 speed. I drove it from ages 14-21. The guy I sold it too had big plans. Sadly it’s sitting in the same spot I parked it 16 years ago, trees broke out the windows, and packrats have built their city under the hood. The seat foam is so thick you can’t see the pedals or 4x4 lever anymore. 😭

Watching Kevin wire brush the brake rotor without eye-pro raised my anxiety level a few notches lol

"We're gonna get cleaned up, and changed, and head for Dalton's." Puts on a New T shirt. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I love this show!

I like the headliner fix, back in high school we would just rip off the remaining fabric and spray paint the foam black. The paint would hold all the crumbling foam together and besides the spray paint smell, nobody ever noticed.

I know it's not really your style but I would LOVE to see more revivals on obscure 90s vehicles. we all need to start collectively saving those nuggets now before they all go to the crusher from people who think they're worthless and not worth fixing :,)

Angus’ wit is next level! That dude should be writing for sitcoms or SNL… or just entertaining us. Either way I love it!

This is probably one of my favorite videos from you! The entire way you were stoked to have this car back and running, and I could see a lot of love and care go into this. Very proud of you to get that old Ranger back on the road.

My first "project" vehicle was an 89 ranger, ran the hell out of it. It was rough and I treated it that way. Smoke show going down the highway 1 day when the quart a day oil habit went a little heavy. Ripped the motor out tgat summer and plopped in a junkyard 94 mustang motor. I loved that truck. I miss that truck.

Three minutes into the video and I already love it. My first truck and daily driver for about 9 years, is a 1994 Ranger XLT extended cab, 4.0L V6 with a 5 Speed Manual and 4x4. I still have it, has loads of problems after rolling over 250k miles, but I swap it out for my new daily every week and drive it still to this day.

We are doing a similar Ranger project on our channel with a 93 Ford Ranger Splash with the 3.0 V6. It's Brooke's first road going rig for highschool and beyond. We just went through the exact same interior process! Gramp and Brooke took it to the firewall to clean out all the Mickey Manure and Stuart Pittle!

Oddly enough, my high school truck was also a 94 ford ranger. 4.0L 5spd 4x4 but xlt extended cab. Never figured out what made it an "xlt" considering it was manual everything with virtually zero options. Even had a bad trans when I bought it but they were easy to source back then. Great truck, refused to die no matter how much I tried to kill it. At over 300k miles and nearly 10 years of owner ship I discovered the frame was rotten. I patched it and posted it for sale. Miss that truck to this day, 8ish years later.

My son just started driving last year.. we blew a a4ld in and could not find a good used trans anywhere..ended up shipping one from east coast for 1,400$.. also we rebuilt the whole front end,replace trans,put a leveling kit in it and all kinds of other wrk..complete reseal of the engine too..the v6 is a bitch to do an oil pan gasket I'll tell ya that..engine out job basicly..we did upper/lower intake gaskets,valve covers too..kids 1st truck and we've been thru it front to back..also rebuilt front axle..also not fun to pull the ttb apart in my opinion..

Ahh...the good ole 3.0L V6. My first car was a 1994 Eddie Bauer Exploder with the 4.0 OHV V6, a 6" Skyjacker suspension lift, and 35x12.50 Super Swampers on 15" chrome bullethole wheels. I bought it with 64,000 miles on the clock. I swapped the 4.0 for a Fox Body 302W and I kept the AOD4 trans (which I regret because it had to be rebuilt five times by a questionable shop), and I also installed an Explorer Express Eaton M90 supercharger kit. It had shorty headers, a full cold air intake (that I fabricated out of intercooler piping), and a full 3" dual exhaust with custom 48" glasspacks and 14" chrome slant cut tips. It was only 2WD, but it was alot of fun in a straight line and it sounded AMAZING! I also had a 1995 2WD Ranger Super (first year for the new body style) with a 4.0 OHV and the new 4R55E electronic transmission that I bought for $500 and that thing would seriously lay an 11 for 150 feet from a dead stop.

This is awesome to see and brought back so many memories. My uncle (RIP) drove a '93 STX Ranger extended cab and was green in color. I miss driving around everywhere in that truck

Man, this is a blast from the past for me, too, lol. My first truck was a 94 mazda b4000, so basically, a ranger. I got it for free from my freshman year teacher it had been sitting in the woods behind her house for 12 years. Her husband got it new and drove it till 2003 when the fuel pump went out and he parked it. Picked it up and put a fuel pump in it and a starter, and she ran like a top man. Miss that truck, in all, put about 700 into a free truck and sold it a year later for 2.5k.

I'm learning a lot from you and we are the same age! You're not just helping the younger generation. Cheers!

I absolutely love this body style of Ranger.

Glad Angus is a part of the channel. It was awesome meeting you last fall in Bloomer, hope to see you in my neck of the woods more often!!!

If you ever have to do a headliner and want to make it easy, you can get a very small roller to help guide the material against the glue. You can use generic canned spray adhesive, but it tends to let go with heat cycles faster than automotive glue. My father used to spray the back of the material and roll it down onto the board

20:58 Holy shit! Imagine what the guy's freaking LUNGS look like!!

its nice to see this Ranger come back to life. i know its not the usual style of the channel but the fact it has sentimental qualities is what makes it cool. old Ford Rangers are freaking tanks and i love the 90s graphics on this one. its also funny the first sign of life was Free Bird on the radio lol.

One of my all time favorite revivals youve done, im a huge ranger fan! I have one i bought in 2018 with 287k miles, it now sits in my yard with just under 335k miles. The amount of abuse these trucks can take is insane! They will always hold a special place in my heart

I’m 16 have a 2008 Ranger and I’ve been watching your videos for years now!

31:45 Southbound and down, loaded up and truckin'. We gonna visit our good friend Dalton. We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there, We're southbound, just watch ol' Kevin run. Keep your food hard on the pedal, son never mind them brakes. Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.

The fact you jumped it on a railroad😂😂

Having just resurrected a’95 OBS F-150 4.9L that sat for 4 years, I can confirm that some JYD and PBG stickers do make it run better! 😄 Both tanks and pumps were a rusty mess and got replaced. Had some rough running as well but it’s smoothing out as I drive. Think the EGR was plugged up. Put some Berryman’s full fuel system cleaner in and that’s helping. Also hit the intake with SeaFoam spray. Had a ‘96 Ranger 3.0 5-Speed and it was a great little truck. I do love the extra space of a SuperCab!

Kev! Work on the fox body Mustang brother!

I've owned a lot of vehicles in my life. None of them I miss as much as my 2003 Ford Ranger.

I bought my dad's 94 Ranger with 125k miles from him for five hundred right around 2001. Ran a ton of errands with 2 60 lb labs in the front seat and I could barely shift the thing. Held on to it for 5 years until I could afford a f150 but it was a great truck with great memories. My dad passed away a few weeks ago and your story and pics of your father made me smile. Thanks-

Those old Vulcan 3.0L engines were indestructible. Even neglected they'd go 300,000+ miles.

love this. i just got my own barnfind passat (quantum syncro wagon) back home. after sitting for 12-13 years. im 34 now and i hope to bring it back next summer. damn i miss that thing

The ranger activities will always be the best.

I drove a 94 Ranger with a 2.3L from Marshalltown, IA to Crescent City, CA in 2003. Loved that truck!

Check the capacitors in the ECM… im having the same issue with my 93. Pulled the ecm from the driver front fender and pulled the cover off to find four capacitors inside had leaked and caused corrosion. You can find repair kits online that come with the capacitors you need, just clean the board up a bit and solder in the new matching capacitors.

FINALLY, a Ford Ranger video!

Kevin the trans jack lol, hell yeah, awesome to see you revive your danger ranger. Keep up the awesome work

Those rangers are great trucks. My granddad had one for about 18 years, it saw use as an occassional runabout, getting items that wouldn't fit in the car, towin' a small trailer to haul the occassional thing. Sadly he crashed it a few winters back due to black ice and a horribly paved section of interstate. (Off kilter, super bumpy and curved.) It wasn't in horrible shape, needed a new front clip but no structural stuff, new owner fixed it with some Junkyard parts and drives it often! Buut that segment of loud, droning highway driving reminds me of my 82' Toyota pickup, being younger at the time I decided it needed a muffler that doesn't muffle a thing, it just collects the noise for a smoother sound...It's so loud I can't go to a drive through without turning the engine off. It also doesn't do highway speeds!...Mostly because it's a 4 Speed, 4WD with 4.10 gears...I got it to 'go' 70, but it did not keep going 70. (But it did survive!) and 65 is so amazingly loud and so horrifically floaty feeling that I just don't...of course 55mph is marked in red on the speedo...I know it was The mandated speed limit of the time but it also feels like the reasonable top speed of the truck! ...Rambling aside it would be interesting to see this ranger get an engine swap!

That is the best paint job on a truck I have ever seen! Even without the jazz cup stripes on the side this truck would stand out!

This would be something I would have wanted to do, especially if I was raised as a mechanic. For me it would be a hybrid/electric conversion kit since it still ran, but still.

Damnit. When you say “when I was in high school”, I think 1999-2003, like me. Not over a decade later.

I absolutely love everything about these rangers growing up. It was the epitome of the 1990s! The wheels, the color, the raised small 4x4 trucks. Such a cool little rig. I'd give anything if I could fit into one but I don't think they made these in an extended cab. Still wouldn't be a sporty as one of the single cabs. Really enjoyed the video guys! Can't wait to see the next

I'm 40 years old, and I still have my first truck from high school. It's an '89 F150, straight six, 4x4, manual everything. It's parked in my driveway and I drive it almost every day. 265,000 + miles, runs like a champ! My dad sold his '77 Toyota Land Cruiser when I was 5 when he bought this f150 brand new. I'll keep it forever.

Was an awesome time hanging with yall during the enduro! Hope to do it again!

Zip Ties and Bias Plys reference, YES.

Oddly enough I just sold a nice freshly painted rebuilt one of these transmissions just a little while ago. They are definitely really hard to find! I’ve tinkered with rangers since I was 13 and now I’m 29 so if you have any questions about them feel free to ask me or go to the ranger station’s forums. They have a great guide to that 302/351 swap you guys were talking about. It literally tells you everything you need and need to do for any engine swap you can think of! Keep up the great work.

Wow that is a very pretty brand new Ford Ranger the 90s was not long ago it's always a good day when junkyard digs uploads

Yes put a 302 in it!

Wow, I had that same truck in the extra cab version.....purple with stripes and all. Great little beater until the rear spring shackles rotted off.... Thanks for the memories!!

Somehow, this reminds me of how I got my first car. My dad bought a used Suzuki Vitara JLX as a compact farm truck when I was younger, and him and grandpa drove it for ages. At some point, the shifter broke and only 2nd, 4th and reverse still worked, so he put it aside and bought an Isuzu Pickup truck a bit later. The Vitara just sat and dad wanted to get rid of it, but I always managed to convince him to keep it. In the end, I got a friend to ask his uncle, who is an actual mechanic, to assess the car and he figured it was only some sort of small plastic bit that held the shifter in place, something that could be replaced in half an hour and costs like 10 bucks max. Few weeks later, dad got the part while I was away, we installed it, got it to a shop that fixed up everything necessary to get the car through the TüV, and then I had it registered to me on the old plates. I still have it, and I still complain about it reeking of dad's and grandpa's extreme smoking and it having no A/C. But I love the maroonish little cube, and I'll keep it until the floor falls out again.

Video posted just as I sat down to eat lunch. Could not have timed that better, excellent job as always Mr. Kevin 🤘

YES A NEW VIDEO

So I had a 1996 Ranger Splash with the 4.0, 4x4, and the same M5-OD transmission. When I first got it, it too would surge in rpm even when I lifted on the throttle. The culprit was carbon build up in the throttle body and the mass airflow sensor also needed a good cleaning. I am willing to bet your Ranger may have a similar issue. Great video, awesome to see an old friend back on the road!

My brother has a truck almost exactly like that!!! Bought it straight off the showroom floor. Still driving it, too!

haven’t even started to watch but it’s already entertaining

Nice! I bet it feels good to reconnect with an old bud.

I recently acquired my old high school truck and I am also doing a frame off restoration. This is so cool to see somebody else. Do it too, it’s really the only thing I have left of my stepmom and I really want to bring it back to life. Definitely giving me inspiration!

One thing I gotta say about Joann's though, is that most of their stuff is always on sale. They do this by bumping up the price and then putting it on sale so it looks cheaper.

Don't worry. It'll blow the PS gearbox next. ALL of my ford trucks have done that. My 94 ranger, 2004 ranger, 2002 Econoline.... And those slide pins on the calipers are my absolute favorite. They're ridiculously easy to work on.

Keep up the work rangers are so nice!!

Gotta love the gutless 3-slow Rangers. Had a 99 Super cab step side 4x4 5 speed. The 4.56 stock axles made it hum at 3,200 rpm @ 70.

I absolutely love the mini trucks especially a four wheel drive with the factory lift. Those fords were good trucks, i bought my 02. ZR2 blazer with the 5speed manual 6 years ago for $1000 bucks and it’s still my everyday driver. It’s nice seeing that truck live again 👍

Hell yeah, MFFR! I'm saving my 302 first Gen for when I have more people here to enjoy it.

That ranger reminds of my 1994 two door Eddie Bauer explorer I had years ago me and my dad did a lot of work on that together but I was one of my favorite vehicles

Wow this one hits me personally. My dad had an emerald green 93 extra cab 4x4 so close to looking like this, wheels w/ BFG tires and all. When our family out grew it, he upgraded to an f150 Supercrew we had for many years, after. We sold the Ranger to a close relative. When I turned 16, my family bought it back and it was my first truck. Enjoyed the heck out of it. I later traded for the slippery slope I have been down for years since then in BMW e30 land.

Had a 91 Ranger extended cab. Picked it up when I graduated in 97’. Loved it! Still looking for another one. Lol

How to get all the smells out easy. Ozoniser and vacuum cleaner. Three days of ozone into the interior and done.

I have a 1992 Ford ranger I’ve had it since I was 13

Love it. My dad had one of this generation Ranger years ago, though it was a 4L model with the two little jumper seats in the back. We managed to fit Mom, Dad, Grandma, four kids, and occasionally an extra neighborhood kid or two into that cab-and-a-half to go to Church. Slow as hell despite the V6, but it would haul firewood all day. Got both my learner's permit and first driver's license in that truck.

Those ol' Rangers are good trucks. Surprised Mook hasn't grabbed this one for herself, what a great daily it could be. Tire Rack is now part of Discount Tire. Should be some Discount locations kinda near you. This could be handy if they'll hook you up with a sponsorship.

Please use eye protection when griding with a wirewheel.

Where’s mook

My dad had a ‘92 Ranger Extended cab, manual transmission he bought new. Had way over 200k miles, maybe even 300k mi when he sold it to a friend’s college kid for like $700 years ago. Last I knew it was still on the road! My favorite part as a kid was the jumper seats in the back and playing cassettes.

Nice! I just gave my son my old 1997 4.o extended cab with the camper top. Only has 152000 on it,power everything,seats,mirrors,lumbar support,this truck even had an air intake from the factory for a F150. Maybe a one and only made, had every option except 4x4.

I Just realized, that back window is Flat-Glass, If i recall, You can go to any glass shop that has Automotive/Laminated glass with a template from the back of the ranger and they should in theory be able to cut it to the proper size/shape

I had a 1994 ford explorer sport that had one of the best V6 4 liter engines out there! Manual transmission went out at 120,000 miles. Rebuilt one lasted 12,000 then I got the OEM and ran perfect over 230,000 miles. That was over 15 years ago. If it’s been taken care of it’s probably still running today. That car never left me stranded, even leaving the head lights on during a 49er game at candlestick stadium. After the game fired right up. Transmission went out once when I was abalone diving and I made it home 50 miles in 4th and overdrive. 1st 2nd and 3rd made a huge loud thumping sound under the stick shift. I sure do miss that vehicle….

HVACR tech here, non-OEM motors generally will come with optional rotation. Just put your hat over the blower, if it blows out youre good. If its sucking in air, reverse the terminals

The first vehicle that was ever in my name was a 1994 Ranger. It was the 4.0 extended cab flavor and it was the same color purple too. Engine was a tank in it and was the best part of the truck. Transmission locked up on it after spending $3,000 fixing other issues in it. I finally called it quits and sold the truck for scrap value. Maybe should have thrown another transmission and transfer case in it, but it was a lemon since it had so many hands working on it before I got to it. But I do remember pegging out that speedometer one time running that engine to the rev limit every gear because I ran it out of gas (faulty fuel gauge).

I spent 6 hours today under my 1996 E-350 RV replacing the fluid/filter and torque converter on the E4OD and now I am watching somebody else do the same kind of work. That can't be normal.

Hi digs, I have a 93 xcab 2wd 3.0 exact same color My stripes are grey and that (pink?) But opposite. 4spd auto runs good looks good. I moved from long island to bowling green in 2022. Waited 10 months to find a small truck covid prices were insane at that time, same as Facebook market place people! Finally found a decent man, met him and looked it over, next day it was in my garage. He said (mileage unknown 200k 300k?) I do automotive, no rust on mine, I can still see factory paint all under my bed. I love. it fixed small things here and there but mostly elbow grease, wet sanded and polished the whole truck. I got lucky on this so far, about 4k and it Runs like a champ. Christopher