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bsutton.5
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« on: July 22, 2010, 05:25:03 PM »
how hard would it be to put a 2.8 in a 88 four cyl. ranger?
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« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2010, 06:58:40 PM »
A lot easier if you do the DuraSpark conversion...then it should be pretty simple.

Do you have the whole truck the 2.8 is coming out of?
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2010, 05:04:05 AM »
you definitely want to do the durispark conversion
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2010, 01:42:26 PM »
no not the whole truck..but yes i would do the dura-spark. but what about the trans?i posted this ques. on the back-up board and someone said that the trans wouldnt bolt up?
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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2010, 02:01:35 PM »
Quote from: bsutton.5 on July 23, 2010, 01:42:26 PM
someone said that the trans wouldnt bolt up?

whoever it was is a crack-smoker.......2.8, 2.9, and 4.0 all share the same bellhousing. on that note something to consider on this swap would be the 4.0 clutch
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2010, 05:21:44 PM »
Dude! Who is smokin' crack? You are the one that told him the 2.3 bell housing was different thean the V6's.... Christz_pillepalle
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2010, 05:34:46 PM »
yes i did mis-read that, my bad i just saw "1988" and missed the "4-cyl" part seeing as how this is a bII forum and all and the bII only had a 2.9. sorry. but what i posted still stands true: 2.8, 2.9, and 4.0 share bellhousings. the 2.3 is different.

oh and btw his sig even has a bII in it. i guess i saw that and totally didn't even read his one line post tooth
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2010, 05:40:17 PM »
Just flippin' ya crap, man! I figured you just missed it! 
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2010, 07:25:13 PM »
hey billy, dont you still have that tk5? 

does anyone know if the tk4/5 bellhousing will mate a 2.8 to his trans?

heck, if anyone knows how to fix a stripped starter bolt hole (and not chew up the starter and flywheel), i have an extra TK bellhousing

is this ranger you are talking about 2wd?
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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2010, 06:00:20 AM »
ok the ranger is a 2.3 4 cyl. so is the bellhousing different?and then i asked if you could just swap bellhousings off a fm 146.and hey tony that was a fm 146 i bought off you not the tk5.  Yes, the ranger is a 2wd.   
I do have a B2, the ranger is my grandpa's..
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2010, 05:46:37 PM »
Anyone know about the bellhousing?
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2010, 06:42:06 PM »
Quote from: bsutton.5 on July 27, 2010, 05:46:37 PM
Anyone know about the bellhousing?

it looks like i'm not the only one who's not reading entire posts on this thread 

Quote from: CAMMEDDRZ on July 23, 2010, 05:34:46 PM
the 2.3 is different.
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« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 08:23:50 PM »
Quote from: CAMMEDDRZ on July 27, 2010, 06:42:06 PM
it looks like i'm not the only one who's not reading entire posts on this thread 



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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2010, 03:30:09 PM »
ahhh....but i did see that. But I meant swap the bellhousing from one trans to the other.as in take mine off my trans that fits a 2.8 and put it on his 4 cyl. trans   
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2010, 04:45:19 AM »
I have both engines . .  going from a 2.3 to a 2.8 is going backwards.
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