Topic: Lemme get a HELL YEAH!

[TahoeYJ]

I'm gettin' a Teralow 4:1 kit for my Heep!       

And technically, it's not costing me anything... Other than blood, sweat and tears that is. A buddy of mine called me this evening and told me that he came across this and wanted to know if I was interested in working it off. And of course, I am 

Gonna head down to his shop in a little bit to slap a clutch in a little 2WD Ranger, I'll try to remember to snap a pic of the kit to post up

Yay, I'm excited. I'm gettin' my transmission rebuilt and a 4:1 for my T-case!

[aw12345]

You lucky duck, you'll love it for rock crawling for anything else its a bit of a pain frequent shifting from low to high range. But for rocks it works like a charm

[FourbangerYJ]

Make sure the welds that holds the planetaries together are in good shape. I guy I run with just fragged his Tera 4:1. lst week. In the club I run with this is about the 5th one that has fragged. Everyone of them had failures in the spot welds. This is over the last 3-4 years.

Nice find. You will like the lower gearing. Just so you know they are kinda noisy. Don't be surprised when you get it together and hear the gears whining.

[TahoeYJ]

I don't hit up rocks a whole lot, but I will definitely enjoy the low speed crawling. I prefer it over beating the hell out of my rig to get through obstacles anyway 

I'll definitely check out the gears when I see it (kit wasn't down there tonight), the kit is brand new so I wonder if it's a problem more with the older ones?

Also scored a new clutch too! Well, it's got 5K on it, but I don't care! That's waaaay less than the clutch in my rig right now and the one out of my old drivetrain.

It rocks knowing the right people   

And FWIW, I hope that if any of you ever have to replace a clutch in a newer model 4 cyl Ford Ranger, that you've got small hands. I'm a small dude myself and have small hands, and it was still a PITA trying to get some of the transmission bolts out. Not looking forward to putting them back in tomorrow 

[jcsanders79]

I got a 4:1 and it a great addition for sure.  The 4:1'S that I've seen blow have all been in 6 cylinders and HIGH rpms were the cause.

[TahoeYJ]

Crappy camera phone pic, but here it is! IDK why it's got crud on it, it is brand new...



I can't wait to get it in 

[FourbangerYJ]

Is it a 21 or 23 spline input?

[aw12345]

For the ranger clut ch very long extension say like 3 feet long with a good universal socket and a 1/2 impact should make the top bolts cake. I bet you'kk love the terra low, I hope it has the right spline count though
4 cyl ax 5 21 spline if it came out of a 6 cyl you need to do some modding or stick in an ax15

[Rocko]

HEK YES!

[sbspence]

 WooHoo swag! Free is good...

[TahoeYJ]

It's for a 21 spline  He said it's for an "early 6 cyl Auto", didn't know the early ones came with a 21 spline input shaft.  Or the 4 cyl. And I obviously gots the 4 Banger 

For the ranger clut ch very long extension say like 3 feet long with a good universal socket and a 1/2 impact should make the top bolts cake. I bet you'kk love the terra low, I hope it has the right spline count though
4 cyl ax 5 21 spline if it came out of a 6 cyl you need to do some modding or stick in an ax15

I ended up using a swivel attached to the socket and a fairly long extension, but even then a couple of the bolts were a PITA and I had to break them loose with the rachet and then use ratcheting wrenches to get them the rest the way out...

My dad just picked up a 94 Ranger 2.3 5 SP for $500 and it's got 244K on it, supposedly on the original clutch (I doubt that though), I get to do the clutch in that fairly soon too, YAY! At least I'll be doing it at my buddy's shop, tranny jacks and lifts make life sooooooo much easier! 

[drunkencityworker]

I second that...besides not knowing what I am doing the next biggest hinderance is not have proper tools...lol

[TahoeYJ]

I second that...besides not knowing what I am doing the next biggest hinderance is not have proper tools...lol

That's usually my problem at home. I'm used to working on the ground so I can usually deal with that, but not having the right tools sucks. I try and wait to do everything I need to do minus small maintenance at his shop. He's got everything I'll ever need down there! Even beer and magaritas!