i have found that mine is bad and the cause of why i have no four wheel drive.
i have ordered a new one. my question is how hard and are any special tools required to swap the parts or it a straight forword unbolt, re bolt prodecure

Straight forward.

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2001 Extended cab Edge, 4x4, 4.0, 4.10 gears, 3" PA body lift, Heartthrob dual exhaust, Roush Thunderbolt signal mirrors, 8000k hid head/foglights, Mountaineer leather buckets, Xplorer shorty console, Alpine 9856 receiver, 10" type r sub in ported box, air box mod, throttle cable mod, Rancho R5000 shox, Scangauge II, plus many other things...

thanks. now i just have to wait for the part to show up

how much did the part cost? almost might be worth getting a manual shift t-case if you could find one?

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93 ranger ext. cab 4.0L auto 6" SJ/custom lift--37" super swamper truxs M/T tires--lock rite locker w/ 4.56 gears up front--warn hubs--exploder 8.8 w/ disc brakes 4.56 gears and detriot locker--one-piece driveline--bushwacker cut-out flares--Bilstein 5150 shocks--2 10" xcite subs w/ 1600W Crunch amp-- tinted windows

waiting for: dual steering stabilizer, put on 3" body lift(in my room), dual shock setup, electric fan, possible SAS with a waggy D44

well i have fixed everything and now the hubs wont lock fun fun '