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A former employee was given the use of the truck as a drive home vehicle with the agreement that he would take care of the basic maintenance of the truck. Ummm the basic maintenance never was taken care of as agreed.:furious: Running a motor without oil has consequences. It can cause you to...

Great. I was hoping the motors were the same, and didn't want to shuck out $800 only to find out that I needed to buy a motor salvaged from a truck with the same transmission. Thanks for your response Brinker88!

Thanks for the reply, and please forgive my lack of knowledge, but would I not be able to use the existing crossmember, driveshaft and wiring? To be clear I have no intentions of swapping the transmission just the motor. BTW to give you an idea of my lack of knowledge, I have no idea of what...

Newbie needs help. I own a 2007 Ranger with the 2.3L 4 cylinder engine and it has a manual transmission. Are there any problems putting in a salvaged motor from a 2011 Ranger, same size engine, but automatic transmission?