How do y’all, cardinal direction here from the great White North. Growing up I always wanted a Ford ranger and just this last month I finally got my hands on one. It’s a 1998 Ford Ranger with a 3.0 L 4 x 4 with 156,000 miles. After having been sorely neglected for the last 20 years by the original owner I have been doing routine maintenance catching up, I’m looking forward to joining the community.

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Kyle, welcome to FRF.

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2000 Ranger Extd Cab XLT, 4X4 Off Road, 4.0L, Auto, 8.8 - 4.10's, 01 grille & lights swap.
69 Mustang, modified 5.0, & 5spd.(project)
99 Explorer Sport, 4.0 SOHC, Auto, 8.8 - 4.10's, PW, PL, PM, Cruise, Tilt. (Wife's DD)
05 F-150 2WD Regular Cab. ( My DD)

Thanks Mike, happy to be here, Looking forward to asking tons of questions that I should probably know the answer to!

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1998 Ford Ranger xlt 3.0L 4x4 Ext. cab

Welcome. You have an oldie but a goodie

Just an FYI this forum has died down quite a bit. If you know how to search you will definitely find some good info that is already here on the forum without getting frustrated waiting for someone to finally answer your technical questions.

Thanks boss, will certainly use the resources available. Is there a more active forum you also recommend joining?

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1998 Ford Ranger xlt 3.0L 4x4 Ext. cab

Not particularly my Ranger has been on jack stands for a couple of years now LOL I'm just here tonight screwing around and saying hi. I do know a little bit about Rangers but I'm not here often because it has died down so much I don't think about it. But there is a lot to find on your own if you just spend a few minutes looking.

Sounds good, one thing I haven’t been able to figure out is how to service the needle bearings in the front hubs. The maintenance schedule says to do it but I haven’t really been able to find anything

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1998 Ford Ranger xlt 3.0L 4x4 Ext. cab

That sounds like Greek To Me. I will see if a friend knows.

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I have good friends. Thanks Brandon

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https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...=Wheel+bearing

[QUOTE=ford4thot;2752722]That sounds like Greek To Me. I will see if a friend knows.


Thanks for the heads up

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1998 Ford Ranger xlt 3.0L 4x4 Ext. cab

2000+ live axle, I’ll look into that!

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1998 Ford Ranger xlt 3.0L 4x4 Ext. cab