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2WD Ranger in snow My '04 has 255x70x15 snow tires w/ good "cleat" design which helps to clean snow from tread. Four to six 60lb. bags of "play sand" from Lowes has added to traction in snow up to 28 in. Past that we use wife's AWD Escape hybrid. South central PA doesn't get real snow like the...

Has anyone done swap w/ SVO V6 from Taurus. With manual 5 spd.trans. These engines are purported to mate to Ranger manuals and are considered an uncomplicated swap.(?) Have done number of engine swaps over the yrs. & have yet to see one that was a drop in. The mercruiser 224 is a prime example...

I have been researching a 224 ci. Mercruiser four. Same bore X stroke as a 429 BBF. Supposidly it uses a GM bell housing bolt pattern after removing 0.085 thou'. from the rear of the alum'. block. I can pick up an alum'. 429-460 head locally from a dragracer who lunched his BBF w/ valves...

Not so far fetched OK,so maybe I'll get heckled,but..... I found a wrecked Escape Hybrid @ a local Ford dealer. The whole system is translpantable to a Ranger chassis. The battery pack would cut downe on cargo capacity. My wife has an Escape Hybrid & we both enjoy the vehicle tremendously. I...

Rubber meets the road I have an '04 w/ 255/70R-15 on 8.5 X 15 alloys and have a great deal of room in the rear wheel well. BUT my bed is a flareside. On the front w/ the same alloy wheel I have trouble w/ the 225's rubbing the lower suspension member. My twuck has a nice "california tilt" which...