1983 Ford Ranger Diesel
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- Here is an in depth video of my 1983 Ford Ranger Diesel. Out of all 1983 Rangers produced only 1% had the diesel engine. This was also the first year Ford Motor Company started using diesel engines in their F-series pickup trucks along with the rangers. The diesel engine in my ranger is a perkins built unit offered by mazda which was in cahoots with Ford in the 1983 model year. F-series pickups got the international built diesel engines. The perkins unit was offered with the new 83 ranger in both 83 and 84 before Ford went with a Mitsubishi turbo diesel for 85-88 models.
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nice ranger. i wish they still made and sold those diesels. i have had a 1986, 1992,1999 and now a 2009. all 4 cylinder manual trans. the 99 was a long bed.
just love them all. easy to work on. fairly indestructible. never was i ever stranded. thanks for the nice video!
I’ve had an 89 that had a long bed, a 99 4x4 that had a extended cab and a 5 speed, and now I’m on a 03 fx4 with an extended cab I love these little trucks so fun to drive
Love an old danger! Had several over the years. Got a perkins in my combine, great engine!
That's what we had in our 510.
The 1980s for ranger was one of the best trucks ever made. Currently looking for one for myself.
$600! nice, thats a super rare truck hold on to it
my dad had this truck for a very long time when i was a kid haven't seen the interior in a few decades. pretty cool brings back memories
The Mitsu 2.3L turbo diesel was the exact same engine used in that company's "Mighty Max" and the similar Dodge (Power) Ram 50 from 1983 to 1985.
Looks like a nice project. I'm on the lookout for a Ranger Diesel to run on vegetable oil. I had an '84 back in 2007 and it was a neat truck. Got a best of 33 MPG. Sold it for 1,000 and I regret it.
The doors rattle because the nylon bushing on your door strikers are gone. Replace them. There around 10 bucks at a local auto parts store.
i don't think the rangers had the nylon bushings on the door strikers.
i know that doesnt make any sense. i have several full sized 80s ford vans and trucks, all of which have the nylon bushings. my 83 ranger doesnt. i ordered new strikers for it. the new ones didnt have nylon bushings either.
my doors don't rattle though. go figure.
I replace the nylon with copper pipe slit one side into a "C" and crimp it over...lasts forever.
awesome video!
my 83 started out life as a diesel as well.
keep on truckin!
Brad, great video, there is nothing like an old pickup. I had a 53 chevy.
I got an 1988 gas Ranger LOVE IT . I started a ranger club in FB . Its Ford Rangers 83-88 West Coast USA
I'd look because it's diesel wouldn't expect that from a small truck. Way cool👍👍
I was watching the old ford commercial with the rangers and it said ford diesel and was like WHAT!!
Love the ranger , never new they made a diesel
Nice, I just traded a 22 rifle for a 98 ranger sitting on a 1954 F1 truck frame with an OM617 in it, im pulling the OM617 turbo 5 cylinder, and plan on putting it in a 70 W200 I picked up for cheap. I really like the ranger rig so im pulling a OM616 non turbo four with a 4 speed (out of 240D I have and haven't been able to sell) into the ranger set up, then ill have the best of both worlds!
the cold start diesel knock is the most fine sound for a diesel fanatic….love it and youre truck is awesome….hope you wil adore it for a long time
I want that ranger. Love the diesel rangers
I owned one way back. That 4 speed transmission should have been a 5 speed at least. Terrible driving it on the highway. Ended up swapping the motor and tranny out of a Datsun diesel. Very easy swap and was a big upgrade highway driving.
What’s crazy to me is that these first gen American compact pickups were a fair amount larger than their Japanese competitors/captive import domestic versions of those same imported competitors, but they’re much smaller than a modern “compact” pickup, even the unibody ones such as the Maverick and Santa Cruz. I wish that small, truly compact body-on-frame trucks like this that are relatively simple and cheap were still being manufactured and sold today.
I bought one of those new in '83, sold it after 250,000 miles. That is a Mazda engine, not a Perkins. They used a Mitsubishi engine in later years, those had a belt drive injector pump. I have all the books for that truck, even a Ford book for the engine.
Cal, thanks for the comment, Mazda didnt make this engine, they went to Perkins to have them build them and advertised them as there own but the same engines were used in forklifts back in the day and the models numbers are the same and all parts ordered were from Perkins. No different than Mazda making a version of the Ranger which is actually made by Ford
Door rattling is caused by the plastic sleeve breaking off of the stub in the doorjam, same thing happened to our '83 Econoline van.
the Toyo Kogyo engine in this truck was built and designed by Perkins in England. It's their 4.135. One problem this engine had was the head was pretty flat and thus, prone to cracking.
Cummins had a similar problem with their 470/504/555 V8's, for the same reason.
The "It B Shitty" engine was a much more reliable powerplant.
for a 83 diesel, it doesnt sound half bad
Engine at 9:53 yw
Wow I never even knew they put diesels in these trucks .
They put diesels in the Escort/Lynx as well.
New door striker bushings will stop the door rattling
That's bad ass
These make great candidates to run on cooking oil.
Much love, would love to chat with you about the truck. How did you find one if these, let alone a donor?
there are a group of people in my area that collect these trucks and have parts ones to keep them going as well. I do see others around online for sale in the state that aren't affiliated with us but its only a group of us locally that keep ours going
*I'd buy any Ranger truck. Seriously, I'd buy the most rusted Ranger in the world, as long as it runs.*
i want one so bad.
Search Craigslist ( using just years your looking for)I have found 2 of them within 100 miles, both ran rough and the bodies where in terrible shape, funny enough both came from up north. Im always looking for these, 86-89 6.9/7,3s never found a 4x4 yet so my search continues. Both of the diesel Rangers I found were under 2500.
I had a 1983 with the Mazda diesel. One day, I went to 84 Lumber to pick up some wood and drove inside their warehouse. I shut it off and walked around the truck where the sales associate was waiting. He asked me "Do you ever check the oil in that? It is rattling like crazy." When I told him it was a diesel, he was very surprised.
Hey I'm looking at a 1984 version of this, but I need it to be able to tow 2300 pounds unless I trade in my case trailer for an aluminum one. Do you think it could hand that? I wouldn't need to really go over 35 towing, would just be around town.
how's the diesel ranger running April 2020
about the same although the temp gauge stopped working now, Its going in for body work soon. A friend of mine is an auto body tech at a ford dealer. He is going to be doing the roof for me and the seam sealer in the drip guards. I am going to be doing a full repaint eventually but I want to take care of the rood first because i get a slight drip when it rains and the seam sealer is shot in that location.
Would you consider selling this? Odd question I know but I’ve been looking for one and I see you’re in the pa area. Love the truck!
No, sorry, still getting fixed slowly, I recently had the roof completely down to bare metal and the rear window out as well as the windshield trim removed and had everything resealed and epoxy primered. Also I just got new metal replacements in for the driver side cab corner and also the rear wheel wells
@@bolensfanatic8770 oh man you’ve been busy, well hey kudos to you and good luck with it it’s an amazing truck with some history!
I am pretty sure Mitsubishi made the motor back then it's a great truck I have one myself I was washing the engine bay and seen the logo of Mitsubishi on the motor lol fun fact
Mitsubishi was in 84 and 85 perkins in 83 59 hp
A result of Ford's parnership with Mazda in those years. It's a Mazda diesel engine, was used in a few of the smaller Ford cars, as well. Perhaps Mazda sourced the engine from Mitsubishi? Perkins not likely. A great little truck!
its a perkins, mazda went to perkins for the engine. model numbers match perkins engines used in forklifts of the same era. escorts had a mazda diesel run on timing belts, this engine is all gear driven timing and the escorts were 2.0 diesel same as topaz and tempo's. this is a 2.2 perkins
If you lose engine You can swap perkins imr 34 engine 60 hp. Also you can fit 75 and 80 hp. It is very similar engine. .You can get good one on ebay from former yugoslavian countries. They have to many even rebuild. This family of engines where used in the trucks called TAM.
That's a amazing
Where did you get red interior ? I thought Ford only offered the maroon color in the 80s ?
It would be really cool to take those 3.73's out and put in 3.08's and drop in a 5 speed trans.in it,your fuel mileage would be in the 40's all the time then.
This truck would look really good if you'd do a frame off resto on it.😎👍
If you put a 3.08 rear end in there it would take about a year to go 0-60
Who made the Perkins engine?
What else did they build engines for?
Perkins is its own company, they also make engines for tractors and fork lifts
Perkins is a British Diesel Manufacture. They built diesel engines for many applications but their Achilles heel is that they custom built an engine for that particular vehicle. Unlike Deutz Engines(German) or the older Detroit Diesel for example, were they used the same bore/stroke & changed the number of cylinders for the application, Perkins built 'custom' engines. In-line, 'V', Boxer(or horizontally opposed, like the BMW motorcycle engine, or the older 'Beetle' cars). That made their engines more expensive then their competition. It also strained their budget to innovate to improve the engine efficiency, though they were durable. Why Ford choice the Perkins instead of another manufacture might be an interesting story. Having worked with Ford in the past as a Design Engineer, it was probably money. Ford, GM & Chrysler were S**t-hole customer's to their first-tier suppliers from my experience.
Very, very rare for a Ford Ranger to be powered by a Diesel engine...Ford gas engines were far more common for this type of pickup truck!
The paint peeled like that because of the primer used in the 80’s by Ford, that’s most likely original paint or if they did paint it again they didn’t strip the junk primer off. Sweet truck though
I want one so bad. Any advice on finding one?
I found on market place 1 with only 43k original miles on it the other has around 150k needs a throw out bearing
The internet is your friend
I have one shaveReady
Where do you get parts for perkins ?
My father bought a new one, very very under powered, he got 30-34 mpg with it, my gas powered 83 2.3 got the same 30-34 mpg
I had a friend that had an 85 diesel 4x4 with a Mitsubishi motor. Fuckin thing was junk. Always had an electrical problem. It caught fire once on the interstate but caught it just in time before it did to much damage. And the truck either was hrd to get running when it rained or when winter came, not sure which one.
It should be painted red or black on the outside. There was primer issues in those years, all trucks, blue and grey were the worst for peeling.
Well since this video was posted did you fix the body on it or let the character ruin another rare classic truck? Hope you actually fixed it up or sold it to somebody that would appreciate the history and restored it to its original condition:P I get a little sarcastic when I see rare classics allowed to rust like that and hear a comment like it gives it Character.
Turbo??? Surely that would be a nice addition...
How much you want for you truck?
Well, so, yeah! Looks like it might sell for about $625, with all the work you put in it... :>) Uhm, yeah! If it is a 'beater', why do the roof? I mean, yeah!, they call it patina. I see where that perky little Perkins puts out 86 hp, ok, yeah! That much power can make the doors rattle, I mean yeah!
How much will you sell this for
Ford did not use a perkins engine. The first engine was a non turbo mazda diesel and the second engine used was a turbo mitsubishi which performed fairly well. The mazda sucked.
Perkins in 83 mitsubishi after that approximately 3 Years
It was Mazda, not Perkins. Remember Ford owned 50% of Mazda So it was in their interest to use something in house - unfortunately Mazda did not have a suitable engine with enough power so in order to compete they went to Mitsubishi. Mazda has a long history of building its own Diesel engines, with the exception of a few units that were built under license. These three engines (GA/GB/GC in Perkins' internal parlance) were developed especially for Mazda and were never offered by Perkins themselves.
why do people cover license plates on $600 vehicles? Surely you don't worry about them being stolen do you?
People are crazy, all it takes is 1 person that lets say, doesn't like my video or take something the wrong way about what I said or something and they want to start trouble or make something up that I did becuase they have nothing else better to do and they can report it to the state I live in. I just take the necessary precaution, and honestly its really no ones business what my plate # is no matter what the value
Everyone you drive around can see it definitely no secret what the number is but it’s your decision
Don't worry about other people worry for you it's good for your health
Next time the clutch goes in it see if you can find a 5-speed for it.
Want to sell it?
He do you know were the serial number is on the engine
mine had one on the valve cover
does anyone know where to get parts for it ?
Online and napa parts store used get them for me still have one with the perkins engine sun's great body a little rough
Mine look the same
Love the truck! But be warned -- the bed will rust at the wheel wells, the cab will rust at the corners. My 1992 Ranger has both these problems.
And if you ever need parts, lmctruck.com does sell some OEM parts, and they've never steered me wrong.
By the way, you have the EXACT tailgate I want for my truck! The newer earlier 90s chrome tailgate covers are just too gaudy, in my humble opinion.
And bro...you have a couple chirps that may indicate bearings may be going out. Just saying. And for your belts, I'd say to check your tension measurements and adjust them. That should take care of the belt squeaks.
Now if they put that engine in a Mustang hatchback what mileage would it get? Better would be with a Turbo and 5 speed.
I forgot to mention I have three white Rangers in one of my videos. 2004, 2009 and 2011.
i have the same one except mine has an ac compressor and ac
I paid 100 for my 2.3t sold it for 1700 no work in it and the body shot
It wasn't the rpm it's a Perkins thare tractor motors thare ment to run at a higher rpm constant for hours
I try not to rev excessively as it seems to have plenty of low end torque for around my area, but the higher the rpm the more black smoke!
It's a ford. It will always rattle.
check door pins
ill trade you for a bolens iseki