I'm curious how many of you have actually had the vacuum locking hubs fail on your truck. I bought a 2000 with the vacuum lock hubs expecting that they would give me trouble but so far they've been flawless this winter. My truck has 200k miles on it so I figured on having to replace with manual hubs due to what I've read about the vacuum system, but I've put that on hold as long as the vacuum hubs still work.

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2000 Ranger XLT 4x4 3.0 V6 Auto 200K Miles

28,576 at last count.

If you haven't had problems..Then enjoy & consider yourself lucky. PVH wasn't one of Fords better ideas on these trucks.

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Curent 2003 Ford Mustang Mach 1 owner - Build Thread for her: Logan's 2003 Mach 1

Former 2003 Ford Ranger owner - Build Thread for her: Project Budget Buster

No issues at 158,500

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1998, Ext Cab, 4x4, 5-speed, 3.0 V6, 152,XXX
Done: 32x11.50R15 BFG KO2, Pro Comp 15x8 Matte Alloy wheels, mirrors, Seat Covers, Plastic bed liner, bumpers painted in bedliner, TSC toolbox, Zip tie throttle cable mod, 24" bar, 4" pods, kicker speakers, Sony deck, TBar crank, Smoke Heads and tails
Up Next:Bumpers in progress
http://www.fordrangerforum.com/proje...xs-98-4x4.html

Mine are working @155,xxx miles

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95 Mustang GT 5.0 former daily drive of 11 yrs. now weekend toy.
99 Ranger XLT 3.0 new daily driver. Totaled 3/13/2015
00 Ranger Base model 4x4 3/28/2015

both of my 2000's have the live axle setup from the factory. my friend's '98 the PVH hubs have failed ( we discovered this in about 3 feet of snow back on his property a few years back.)

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2000 XLT 4X4, 3.0, Auto, regular cab - throttle cable mod, K&N drop in filter, taylor thundervolt 8.2 plug wires, autolite sparkplugs, Accel coil pack, AVS Ventshades, Rampage LED tailgate light bar, BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A tires, Trail F/X toolbox, cruse control pod light fix, Cobra 19 ultra II CB, lil wil antenna, pioneer door speakers, expo woodgrain radio bezal, 06+ mirrors & tails, powerdome hood

2000 XLT 4X4 Offroad, 4.0 / auto, supercab - the project truck!