87 ranger diesel

[69dieselfreak]

Spider gears????

the gears in the differential not the ring and pinion gear

 

[subway]

yup spider gears, two of the gears in the carriar are side gears. (the gears the axles go through i believe) and the other two are spider gears.

 

[RLDSL]

i just called sanderson ford in phoenix and they have them for 94 bucks and thats with our good pricing but thanks anyway RLDSL

Did the dealer quote you a price for a complete spider gear kit that includes everything the aftermarket places do, or did they just quote you a price on a set of spider gears that just includes the 4 gears?
If not sure, might want to double check that . Ususally dealers will sell the spider gears seperately, but you want to replace the rest of those parts if the spiders went bad.

 

[david85]

the gears in the differential not the ring and pinion gear

Those I knew about, but when you asked about them for the diesel ranger I though it was something else specific to the engine itself. Actually we had to replace those in this ranger too.

 

[69dieselfreak]

Did the dealer quote you a price for a complete spider gear kit that includes everything the aftermarket places do, or did they just quote you a price on a set of spider gears that just includes the 4 gears?
If not sure, might want to double check that . Ususally dealers will sell the spider gears seperately, but you want to replace the rest of those parts if the spiders went bad.

good point thanks ill check that thanks

 

[david85]

Just as an update, I was able to get it running well enough to drive it to the shop and they figured it out. So the belt was off by one tooth. When I installed the belt, it was a recent but still used so it had a slight stretch and that threw me off. The the crankshaft was off by one tooth and he found the problem within minutes.

Its never run this well and purrs nicely even when cold.

Didn't even charge me, but I do owe his mechanic a case of bud......

I feel like such an idiot.

 

[riotwarrior]

Didn't even charge me, but I do owe his mechanic a case of bud......

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Those are the best deals.....I frequently go to a shop down the street and often on a Friday....they always end up with BEER!

It works well

 

[Wanderer-rrorc]

they still make that motor for industrial apps...bobcats/generators..

good motor...heavy though...

 

[david85]

Hyundai bought it from mitsubishi and has since put common rail injection on it. Rumor has it that many of the parts will still interchange with the older 4D55 and 4D56 engines.

It seemed to weight about the same as the 2.9L EFI that we took out. The wheel camber was unchanged before and after the swap.