As a Ford owner and former mechanic , gave up working on my own after I got old and broken. I have owned GM , Ford , Mopar & VW , Toyota . All have their weird engineering . Ford seems to work hard on making life hard on Tecks. Stay safe, have fun .
ridiculous that you have to raise the engine, cut exhaust pipes, "and" disconnect the transmission in order to replace the gasket on the oil pan...it's "insane"...
I had a 95 2.3 Ranger with a freeze plug rust to nothing on the drivers side. Freeze plug was behind the pcv housing. To get pcv housing off, you had to take the intake off. Real pain in the a**. Gave up and sold the truck 'cause the bolts in the intake were stuck to he'll, almost broke one
There are Engineers and there are Mechanics. Then there are Engineers like me who are ALSO Mechanics (and Machinists, and Welders, Hotrodders, and a buncha other stuff)! My Degrees are in Mechanical Engineering Technology. We are the ones who can not only design things, but build them, as opposed to those who design things that SHOULDN'T be built and CAN'T be worked on! If they had made that cutout in the windage tray just a little bit bigger it would have made a BIG difference in this job! And yes, I'd definitely cut it before putting it all back together!
Sorry that your having one of these days. As a hobbyist that has had everything go wrong on a simple job and it take way longer than it should, i feel a little better seeing that pros have these days too. Thank you for sharing this even though it was just mounting frustration. It lets us know that these things happen and it is not just us. though i am not celebrating that you had to go through it, just that you showed it.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head. Like you I’m a weekend mechanic, sort of, and often struggle with the “nothing is going right syndrome.” Watching Ray struggle, keeps me level headed enough not to throw tools across the room, and tell myself, “If Ray has these problems then I’m in good company.”
Funny just sold my 2000 B3000 Mazda/Ranger made by Ford today for $6500. i really hated to sell her but bought a Tacoma 2022 V6 and figured i can drive it until the end.... i will miss her. She never once let me down. Great truck!!
@@aaronbritt2025 Been there, not with a Mazda or Ford but with a Toyota. It was perfectly dependable until the day it wasn't. That's when you realize that when a car hits more than 20 years old spare parts that were abundant just a few years back is suddenly a lot harder to track down, and when you find them they tend to cost a lot. No you don't want to be the guy holding the bag when an old car finally starts to crumble. And when it's that age it's not just one thing that needs replacement or repair, it's just about everything and the total cost tends to be way to high for what you get out of it.
Bought my 2004 Corolla new. Ive replaced just about everything the last couple years. Did most of the work myself. She is strictly a sunny weekend fun car now. Still under 200k. Will probably outlive me and wifey. 😄
Wow, you got MY stress level up watching this! Definitely trim the windage tray and put the oil pump back in first. I feel your pain, Ray... but the pan is off... have a beer.
Working on aircraft is just as bad, if not worse. Nothing is easy to get to. But then you encounter a jet where everything is easy, plug-n-play repair. It can be done engineers!
Your honesty, patience and courage are admirable. You could have just erased this but you didn't, and that, dear Ray is why I watch your videos. I am living with a painful, slowly progressive one way ticket courtesy of primary lateral sclerosis [a motor neurone disease], and you are helping me in ways I'm not sure I can articulate, but I can and do say thank you. God bless you and bring you peace. Love from Rick
Good morning Ray you have helped me keep it together. I'm working on my son's 2016 Honda Odyssey that had a leaking oil pan, a leaking oil filter housing, a leaking VTEC housing. But the sequence of getting to each leaking point required going back to Honda gaskets after using aftermarket. Questioning my oil pan seal that was leaking after I sealed it, but it wasn't from my job it was from the oil housing above it leaking onto it. I walked away twice. Went to bed twice. And a TH-cam video save me about the oil housing gasket being a prime leaker. I thought it was the harmonic balancing seal that was leaking. Thank you TH-cam. I am now calm and will finish Saturday when the part comes in. Shared pain makes it easier to carry on. Thank you Ray!
You have way more patience than I do and a better vocabulary. 😂😂😂 I would have been spitting out curses so loudly the passing cars would have heard it…😂😂😂
Had a steel oil pan leaking on an Aerostar cargo van. Was going to take so much work to get it out I just coated it in JB Weld instead. Worked until the end of its life..
@@midniteoyl8913 That's one way of doing things. I've seen flex seal used like JB weld and surprisingly it held up to not only the engine heat but to also the added heat of Arizona summers.
@@midniteoyl8913 Sometimes that's how It goes lol I've been there. Job far exceeds the value of the vehicle and JB weld is the best option. I think that's what it was invented for.
Ray, you made me remember fondly the oil pan on my 04 Suburban z71. Once all the steering gear was removed and the front diff, and the subframe dropped.. it cleared by .0001"
Goodness gracious, you are a perfect reason I DO NOT attempt doing most DIY projects! Leave the stuff for people that know what they are doing, let alone having the equipment to do it! Great job!
Hey Ray, this has been a tough one for sure. Smart to call it a day when you're angry with a job. Tomorrow is another day. You may even find it goes back together way easier than it came apart. Cheers!
Ray you're not defeated you're just cold you're not used to the cold weather. You'll get past this you've done worse and you were successful and I'm rooting for you
You are truly blessed with patience. You do this frustrating work and not use 'bad' words (unless you edit them out 🙃 ). In my past working on cars, I often turned the air a deep dark blue with my language. I hope you had a nice cold beer or 2 when got home to deal with the stress. Guess the engineers figure that the engine will never need big work so make it so difficult to work on.
Yep, I've definitely been in your shoes, Raymond freezing cold piss wet through hungry, and the only solution feels like a sledgehammer to get it off quicker. Some cars are stupidly designed
hey, even though I could see that your frustration level was through the roof, I gotta tell you I still chuckled at your narration/comments. Love your way with words. and glad you didn't lose your cool. tomorrow's another day.
As a current day armchair mechanic, I can only smile and think, I've been there. My sympathy Is with you. Should have pulled the motor first off. Hindsight !!!
I was really happy to see (when I received mine) that your Zero Drive Ratchet is made in Huntsville, AL. I suggest you call them “Ray’s Rocket Ratchets” as they come from Rocket City USA. Amazing quality tool and something I know I can pass down to my heirs. I still use a few of my Grandfather’s tools and every time I do, I think of him. Tools are the best heirloom items that you can have IMO and are a link to past generations that help keep cherished memories fresh.
Outstanding control of emotions and outstanding ability to be professional. Florida is lucky to have you and your business. God has blessed you with his greatest gift PATIENCE . I pray your self control continues. PEACE!
Another great idea from Ford!!, the truck was assembled in the factory where the running gear, chassis and associated parts, including the engine and transmission were installed before the truck body was dropped down and bolted to the chassis!!
@@aaronatstate Well, traditionally with Fords in MY part of the country, this kind of problem never came up, because the darned thing completely rusted out before the engine needed a new water pump.
We really enjoy how you can vividly show people why some "simple" jobs are expensive due to labour intensity and the amount of extra parts and gaskets needed above the obvious one for a particular task, well done Ray for your outstanding explanations and saintly patience. I'd be reaching for a larger hammer about 15 mins in!!
You have no idea how I am so thankful; I'm not alone in the way I feel some days while working on vehicles. I've been thru this same scenario with a E350 van that started out as a water pump job and ended up with a new timing set and oil pump, because I was there, why not!
Hang in there man. As an armchair mechanic, it makes me feel better about myself that even the pros have some pretty suckful problems too! I can't imagine what the engineers were thinking.
After owning a 2000 Ranger with a 3 liter and a 5 speed manual transmission for 25 years, I've found the fastest and easiest way to do almost any engine work on it is to pull the engine completely out. You can save hours of time. Nothing works out easy when you leave that engine in the truck. I was thinking the same thing about the rear seal since you are already there. Might want to change the transmission seals also, as well as clean the oil off of the starter before it grounds out internally. They put the breather on the starter motor in a place where any oil leak from the motor manages to flow right into the vent. And notice it sits right below the oil filter. They didn't want to miss any extra oil that gets spilled when you remove the old filter. Mine even has a funnel under the filter to direct it right onto the starter. Hope you can get that oil pump torqued back to spec.
I'm 10 minutes into the video and those were my exact thoughts. Just pull the engine. You can get more work done on it much easier and like you said, save a lot of time.
Agreed, most time I'd just pull the engine and trans as one and be done with the space restrictions. I was wondering if he had some magic we were about to see, when he said he was doing the pan and WASN'T pulling it, but....
Did an engine on the Mazda equivalent from the '80s. Yeah, pull the engine to save time. At least on the older manual trans four bangers it wasn't that hard. It had a spun bearing so engine out was required.
Hang in there, Ray...you are doing a great job! I was thinking as you were pulling the transmission, that if I was Ray, I would put a rear main seal in it too. Then you made that comment also! Sometimes when things go to crap, you just have to walk away from it and return later, seems to help.
I'm convinced when new model vehicles are made they just Rube Goldberg them from existing parts. No thought is given for the aggravation they will cause the mechanics that have to work on them. Being 70 and having been through many an aggravating repair I was getting very frustrated just watching. You did much better than I would have tools would have been flying across the garage.
I am so glad that I decided to become a machinist rather than a mechanic when I was younger. Damn, crap like this is so frustrating I really have to give you credit Ray for having the patience to deal with something like this. I don't think I could.
Friday am in San Antonio. For reassembly you may enlarge windage tray a little to clear the pick up tube to the oil pump. Should make reinstall easier.
Mate, good on you for not throwing in the towel. Can't believe such a small amount of clearance was making this SO much harder for you than it had to be. Just make that hole just a little bit bigger and this would have been a much simpler pan removal. I mean aren't oil pans somewhat of a maintenance item? Shouldn't have to pull the transmission off just to get a gasket changed.... Then again the same people who designed that timing cover with through bolts to hold the water pump on were probably the same engineers who designed that damn oil pan. Probably other parts on the engine as well... I was angry watching that and it wasn't even me doing the work! And this was many years ago - I'd say things have come a long way, but then I see Eric's teardowns of more modern engines and am quickly proven wrong.
Reminds me of my 2010 Nissan Murano. To get to the upper oil pan, you have to drop the subframe. That was fun! Even more fun is that the front and rear main seals require the upper pan to be removed to replace. 🤦♂
I had a car with a job like this to get the cats off and replaced. The job was so bad I ended up just selling the thing. Horrible designs. Thanks for the video. You will get through it.
4:51 for the audio issue there is a better way to record the audio which is to have them separate and to sync the audio to the video use a QR Code that that will time the timestamp together Basically it's a master time clock especially if you're gonna have multiple cameras you can go to the timestamp to properly slice them in together
Ford engine designers never considered communicating with the chassis engineers. I have encountered this many times. My first trial by fire was working in a 1975 Grenada when I discovered all the bolts going into the chassis were installed from the top before the body was mated to the chassis. Also they used really long bolts.
I’ve heard you say that your video production quality is less than the GoPro but I have to disagree. The cell phone was providing better audio quality overall and covers a wider range of audio frequencies. Also the cell phone is providing 4K HDR and the GoPro is not.
Had a relative in management at Ford. Told me back in the 90’s, around the time he retired, that vehicles, engines etc were being designed more and more to ensure backyard mechanics would not be able to do repairs thereby forcing customers to take their vehicles to the dealership. Money maker for dealers yet frustrating for all mechanics as the repairs became more complicated and time consuming.
For many years. Chrysler had that same design aluminum timing chain cover with the water pump that attached to it on the 1966-1990's small block 318, 340, and 360 V-8 engines. We had the same issue with those water pumps as you're having with that Ford 3.0.
I love your channel- you have valuable skills and the temperament to profit from them. I grew up working on my own vehicles, mostly GM but they are all the same, until you get to electric. This is not a slam, but everything you put your wrench on in this video does not even exist on an EV, As much as today's folks believe EV are stupid, watching the amount of work it takes to fix a coolant leak, is ridiculous. Bought my Tesla 1 year ago- It is not scheduled for any maintenance for another 11 months. At this point I only added washer fluid, and my socket set is lonely and crying in the toolbox. Plus it is the quickest and most nimble vehicle I have ever driven, including my motorcycles.
The most impressive part of this episode was Ray’s amazing ability not to use an expletive or launch a wrench across the shop. I can say with certainty both those things would’ve happened had it been me.
Ray, as soon as you realized you needed to drop the pan, I think I would have gone ahead and pulled the engine. It's a trade off for time but the gasket surface cleanup and reassembly would go so much easier.
Now imagine doing this job with the car on jack stands, laying on your back, in a gravel driveway, and it cold or hot outside and not having all the tools Ray has. That is what the DIY guy deals with.
Those PT Cruisers are a shocker to work on when every job on those begins with remove the battery then move around until you can get to where you want to be. This car is on a whole new level of frustration.
Had the same problem with 89 Lincoln mk 7. Couldn’t remove oil pan completely. Had to put a new gasket ( one piece) on oil pan hanging off the block. Worked the gasket around the pickup. Fun, fun.
I agree with you Ray I have never understood why engineers do what they do! They should be made to work in the field for 5 years before allowed to design anything.
I absolutely loved this video simply because I just went through a weekend of hell working on a Avalanche in 8 degree weather, you go Ray knew you would get it someway somehow, haven’t laughed for awhile, great day!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks for producing a new video. Really gets the day off to a great start when RR is in the building. Ordered the magic rachet but don't know if it will be one of the pretty ones - being in the great white north, I finally had it sent to family in Cape Coral.
It's too bad that the engineers couldn't have just put a crossmember in there that bolts in for easy removal. Back in the day, I had to change the rear main seal in an Econoline van. It was a 2 piece seal so I had to do all the same procedure as what you are doing here. The fun starts at reassembly. Fishing the distributor drive shaft up into position while finagling the pan back into position and bolting the oil pump back up. Mmmm, fun times indeed.
My grandfather used to say "the guy who designed this should design one more and drop dead!" Ive had 4 or 5 3.0 Rangers.. glad I never had to have that done.
I had the same thing happened to me several years ago. I grudgingly had to call the customer to let him know his water pump job just doubled in price, fortunately, he was very understanding.
Having worked on cars since about 1964. I would consider this episode of yours to be one of the continuing expose on Automotive Engineers on crack.
Hahahahahhahahahaha, I can picture the engineers sitting there high as balls, planning ways to screw with mechanics! 😅
I don't know where my comment went. 🤔
I like older Ranger pick-ups, but I loathe working on them. Can't work on anything without having to remove something else.
It's a baby engine I would have got her done either way because I had a compassion for it
As a Ford owner and former mechanic , gave up working on my own after I got old and broken. I have owned GM , Ford , Mopar & VW , Toyota . All have their weird engineering . Ford seems to work hard on making life hard on Tecks. Stay safe, have fun .
you just gotta love Ford engineering.
Hyundai walks into the room...
ridiculous that you have to raise the engine, cut exhaust pipes, "and" disconnect the transmission in order to replace the gasket on the oil pan...it's "insane"...
Ford engineers: What makes sense here? Don't do it that way.
I had a 95 2.3 Ranger with a freeze plug rust to nothing on the drivers side. Freeze plug was behind the pcv housing. To get pcv housing off, you had to take the intake off. Real pain in the a**. Gave up and sold the truck 'cause the bolts in the intake were stuck to he'll, almost broke one
Yeah...... NO !
I truly felt your pain on this one. Good on you for sticking it out. That was painful.
The battle of engineers vs mechanics continues.
This truck is 25 years old lol
There are Engineers and there are Mechanics. Then there are Engineers like me who are ALSO Mechanics (and Machinists, and Welders, Hotrodders, and a buncha other stuff)! My Degrees are in Mechanical Engineering Technology. We are the ones who can not only design things, but build them, as opposed to those who design things that SHOULDN'T be built and CAN'T be worked on! If they had made that cutout in the windage tray just a little bit bigger it would have made a BIG difference in this job! And yes, I'd definitely cut it before putting it all back together!
The ones that always get me are the bolts that won't come out without a 4 hour disassembly due to zero clearance.
Sorry that your having one of these days. As a hobbyist that has had everything go wrong on a simple job and it take way longer than it should, i feel a little better seeing that pros have these days too. Thank you for sharing this even though it was just mounting frustration. It lets us know that these things happen and it is not just us. though i am not celebrating that you had to go through it, just that you showed it.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head. Like you I’m a weekend mechanic, sort of, and often struggle with the “nothing is going right syndrome.” Watching Ray struggle, keeps me level headed enough not to throw tools across the room, and tell myself, “If Ray has these problems then I’m in good company.”
Funny just sold my 2000 B3000 Mazda/Ranger made by Ford today for $6500. i really hated to sell her but bought a Tacoma 2022 V6 and figured i can drive it until the end.... i will miss her. She never once let me down. Great truck!!
I had a '98 B4000. I loved that thing. Sold it when it hit 200k miles. Didn't want to be the one holding the bag when it finally broke.
@@aaronbritt2025 Been there, not with a Mazda or Ford but with a Toyota. It was perfectly dependable until the day it wasn't. That's when you realize that when a car hits more than 20 years old spare parts that were abundant just a few years back is suddenly a lot harder to track down, and when you find them they tend to cost a lot. No you don't want to be the guy holding the bag when an old car finally starts to crumble. And when it's that age it's not just one thing that needs replacement or repair, it's just about everything and the total cost tends to be way to high for what you get out of it.
Bought my 2004 Corolla new.
Ive replaced just about everything the last couple years.
Did most of the work myself.
She is strictly a sunny weekend fun car now.
Still under 200k.
Will probably outlive me and wifey. 😄
The 3.0 was a great engine. Not much power but they lasted
Your persistence to carry on through hard times has always inspired me,, great video Ray!
Wow, you got MY stress level up watching this! Definitely trim the windage tray and put the oil pump back in first. I feel your pain, Ray... but the pan is off... have a beer.
I would have moved onto something else just to change my mindset you have the patience of a saint and I swear engineers do this to piss us off
It's about production assembly time not easy repair 😢
Working on aircraft is just as bad, if not worse. Nothing is easy to get to. But then you encounter a jet where everything is easy, plug-n-play repair. It can be done engineers!
Your honesty, patience and courage are admirable. You could have just erased this but you didn't, and that, dear Ray is why I watch your videos. I am living with a painful, slowly progressive one way ticket courtesy of primary lateral sclerosis [a motor neurone disease], and you are helping me in ways I'm not sure I can articulate, but I can and do say thank you. God bless you and bring you peace. Love from Rick
Good morning Ray you have helped me keep it together. I'm working on my son's 2016 Honda Odyssey that had a leaking oil pan, a leaking oil filter housing, a leaking VTEC housing. But the sequence of getting to each leaking point required going back to Honda gaskets after using aftermarket. Questioning my oil pan seal that was leaking after I sealed it, but it wasn't from my job it was from the oil housing above it leaking onto it. I walked away twice. Went to bed twice. And a TH-cam video save me about the oil housing gasket being a prime leaker. I thought it was the harmonic balancing seal that was leaking. Thank you TH-cam. I am now calm and will finish Saturday when the part comes in. Shared pain makes it easier to carry on. Thank you Ray!
You have way more patience than I do and a better vocabulary. 😂😂😂 I would have been spitting out curses so loudly the passing cars would have heard it…😂😂😂
I kinda like salty and spicy Ray. This video is a perfect representation of the slow and soft descent into madness.
And join us on day 42 of Ray removing an oil pan from a FORD Anger Ranger. LOL
Had a steel oil pan leaking on an Aerostar cargo van. Was going to take so much work to get it out I just coated it in JB Weld instead. Worked until the end of its life..
@@midniteoyl8913 That's one way of doing things. I've seen flex seal used like JB weld and surprisingly it held up to not only the engine heat but to also the added heat of Arizona summers.
@@midniteoyl8913 Sometimes that's how It goes lol I've been there. Job far exceeds the value of the vehicle and JB weld is the best option. I think that's what it was invented for.
Ray, you made me remember fondly the oil pan on my 04 Suburban z71. Once all the steering gear was removed and the front diff, and the subframe dropped.. it cleared by .0001"
To change the oil pan gasket on a 4.3 in a s10 Blazer you're supposed to pull the engine! 😭
If that was me the xxxx word would be flying ... Respect to RAY !
Goodness gracious, you are a perfect reason I DO NOT attempt doing most DIY projects! Leave the stuff for people that know what they are doing, let alone having the equipment to do it! Great job!
Hats off to your patience Ray.
I would've pulled that engine along with a whole lot of colorful language when I couldnt get that pan out.
I think you need some Rainman Ray's coffee and say "hey Dave, come and do this job for me while I go to the scrap trailer and beat on some stuff"
Hey Ray, this has been a tough one for sure. Smart to call it a day when you're angry with a job. Tomorrow is another day. You may even find it goes back together way easier than it came apart. Cheers!
It amazes me that you can do all this and still find time to play tight end for the 49rs on the weekend! 😊
😂😂😂
Have fun getting that oil pump drive back in
Glad you video this truck. The owner won't believe all that you've had to do
Ray you're not defeated you're just cold you're not used to the cold weather. You'll get past this you've done worse and you were successful and I'm rooting for you
Ray I apologize for laughing listening and watching you struggle! Life is real! You got this! 😊
Much luv for you Ray on this one... been in your shoes on so many projects similar to this... Feel your pain.
Thanks! Ranger $ I feel your pain.😢
You are truly blessed with patience. You do this frustrating work and not use 'bad' words (unless you edit them out 🙃 ). In my past working on cars, I often turned the air a deep dark blue with my language. I hope you had a nice cold beer or 2 when got home to deal with the stress. Guess the engineers figure that the engine will never need big work so make it so difficult to work on.
Ray you’re a good man for not throwing in the towel. These bad days often help us appreciate the good ones even more.
Yep, I've definitely been in your shoes, Raymond freezing cold piss wet through hungry, and the only solution feels like a sledgehammer to get it off quicker. Some cars are stupidly designed
Trim the windage tray. My thought exactly.
I have no words except well done Ray.
hey, even though I could see that your frustration level was through the roof, I gotta tell you I still chuckled at your narration/comments. Love your way with words. and glad you didn't lose your cool. tomorrow's another day.
Good job inspecting that timing chain cover and discovering that crack.
Even with all the obstacles in your way, I get the chuckles when I heard SOOO SOOO ! Sometimes it's just the momentary giggle that helps.
As a current day armchair mechanic, I can only smile and think, I've been there.
My sympathy Is with you.
Should have pulled the motor first off.
Hindsight !!!
Well I’m impressed ray all that stress and still a family friendly video
I was really happy to see (when I received mine) that your Zero Drive Ratchet is made in Huntsville, AL. I suggest you call them “Ray’s Rocket Ratchets” as they come from Rocket City USA. Amazing quality tool and something I know I can pass down to my heirs. I still use a few of my Grandfather’s tools and every time I do, I think of him. Tools are the best heirloom items that you can have IMO and are a link to past generations that help keep cherished memories fresh.
wow!!!!!!! I truly feel for you. Not losing your cool.
Outstanding control of emotions and outstanding ability to be professional. Florida is lucky to have you and your business. God has blessed you with his greatest gift PATIENCE . I pray your self control continues. PEACE!
Another great idea from Ford!!, the truck was assembled in the factory where the running gear, chassis and associated parts, including the engine and transmission were installed before the truck body was dropped down and bolted to the chassis!!
Uh that's how they are all made, and have always been made...Doesn't excuse the lack of foresight for something like this.
Most Vehicles are Assembled this Way----BUT-------Why this Terrible Engineering....
@@aaronatstate Well, traditionally with Fords in MY part of the country, this kind of problem never came up, because the darned thing completely rusted out before the engine needed a new water pump.
Putting that oil pan back on it’s gonna be so much fun.
We really enjoy how you can vividly show people why some "simple" jobs are expensive due to labour intensity and the amount of extra parts and gaskets needed above the obvious one for a particular task, well done Ray for your outstanding explanations and saintly patience. I'd be reaching for a larger hammer about 15 mins in!!
You have no idea how I am so thankful; I'm not alone in the way I feel some days while working on vehicles. I've been thru this same scenario with a E350 van that started out as a water pump job and ended up with a new timing set and oil pump, because I was there, why not!
The way you felt in this video is the way I normally feel when fixing my shit box cars.
Hang in there man. As an armchair mechanic, it makes me feel better about myself that even the pros have some pretty suckful problems too! I can't imagine what the engineers were thinking.
You should go get a hug from the wife unit.
After owning a 2000 Ranger with a 3 liter and a 5 speed manual transmission for 25 years, I've found the fastest and easiest way to do almost any engine work on it is to pull the engine completely out. You can save hours of time. Nothing works out easy when you leave that engine in the truck. I was thinking the same thing about the rear seal since you are already there. Might want to change the transmission seals also, as well as clean the oil off of the starter before it grounds out internally. They put the breather on the starter motor in a place where any oil leak from the motor manages to flow right into the vent. And notice it sits right below the oil filter. They didn't want to miss any extra oil that gets spilled when you remove the old filter. Mine even has a funnel under the filter to direct it right onto the starter. Hope you can get that oil pump torqued back to spec.
"Pull the engine completely out" So, like most of the newer F150s that require any type of work LOL
I'm 10 minutes into the video and those were my exact thoughts. Just pull the engine. You can get more work done on it much easier and like you said, save a lot of time.
Agreed, most time I'd just pull the engine and trans as one and be done with the space restrictions.
I was wondering if he had some magic we were about to see, when he said he was doing the pan and WASN'T pulling it, but....
Did an engine on the Mazda equivalent from the '80s. Yeah, pull the engine to save time. At least on the older manual trans four bangers it wasn't that hard. It had a spun bearing so engine out was required.
This ranger is the story of my life!
Your filming looks just fine
Hey Ray, I fitted a couple thrust bearings under the screw heads on the engine lifter, from a 4l60 auto trans. Makes turning the screw nuts easier
😮Hats off to Ray for manhandling the "Vulcanizing" Vulcan V6!
No problem with the cell phone as long as I get to see Ray work on something
Handy placement of the exhaust.
I feel your pain. 😖. A typical day in the great brown rust belt.
OMG, you are a good man. You are a very patient man. Love watching your videos.
Hang in there, Ray...you are doing a great job! I was thinking as you were pulling the transmission, that if I was Ray, I would put a rear main seal in it too. Then you made that comment also! Sometimes when things go to crap, you just have to walk away from it and return later, seems to help.
I'm convinced when new model vehicles are made they just Rube Goldberg them from existing parts. No thought is given for the aggravation they will cause the mechanics that have to work on them. Being 70 and having been through many an aggravating repair I was getting very frustrated just watching. You did much better than I would have tools would have been flying across the garage.
I am tuned in on this very good part 2 of the teardown video of this 2004 ford ranger 3liter v6
I am so glad that I decided to become a machinist rather than a mechanic when I was younger. Damn, crap like this is so frustrating I really have to give you credit Ray for having the patience to deal with something like this. I don't think I could.
Friday am in San Antonio. For reassembly you may enlarge windage tray a little to clear the pick up tube to the oil pump. Should make reinstall easier.
Mate, good on you for not throwing in the towel. Can't believe such a small amount of clearance was making this SO much harder for you than it had to be.
Just make that hole just a little bit bigger and this would have been a much simpler pan removal. I mean aren't oil pans somewhat of a maintenance item? Shouldn't have to pull the transmission off just to get a gasket changed....
Then again the same people who designed that timing cover with through bolts to hold the water pump on were probably the same engineers who designed that damn oil pan. Probably other parts on the engine as well... I was angry watching that and it wasn't even me doing the work!
And this was many years ago - I'd say things have come a long way, but then I see Eric's teardowns of more modern engines and am quickly proven wrong.
Good job Ray! Be thankful it is 2wd and 4wd. Half the pain lol!
Honestly, I think it might be time for a windage tray modification. A grind here, a grind there...PERFECT fit!
Reminds me of my 2010 Nissan Murano. To get to the upper oil pan, you have to drop the subframe. That was fun! Even more fun is that the front and rear main seals require the upper pan to be removed to replace. 🤦♂
I had a car with a job like this to get the cats off and replaced. The job was so bad I ended up just selling the thing. Horrible designs. Thanks for the video. You will get through it.
Egad! That vehicle is an absolute KLUGE! Soooo glad I never had one!
Your some what calm demeanor amidst all these problems is most impressive. I would have lost my mind by nowsomewhat
OMG! What a PITA! I think it's beer o'clock time...😁
4:51 for the audio issue there is a better way to record the audio which is to have them separate and to sync the audio to the video use a QR Code that that will time the timestamp together Basically it's a master time clock especially if you're gonna have multiple cameras you can go to the timestamp to properly slice them in together
😂😂😂 I did one of these pans a few years back. Had the transmission out already and it was still a pain. Had to call Anthony 😂😂
Ford engine designers never considered communicating with the chassis engineers. I have encountered this many times. My first trial by fire was working in a 1975 Grenada when I discovered all the bolts going into the chassis were installed from the top before the body was mated to the chassis. Also they used really long bolts.
Loved how you got the flex plate off and a few seconds later tried to one arm bench press the engine to give you more clearence.😅
I’ve heard you say that your video production quality is less than the GoPro but I have to disagree. The cell phone was providing better audio quality overall and covers a wider range of audio frequencies. Also the cell phone is providing 4K HDR and the GoPro is not.
Yeah the audio and video quality was good on the smartphone too, amazing
Yea know I'm with you on that the go pro audio really sucks if you try to watch on a tv.
Please no HDR
Look at the bright side. This guy's gonna have one hell of a truck when you're done.
Had a relative in management at Ford. Told me back in the 90’s, around the time he retired, that vehicles, engines etc were being designed more and more to ensure backyard mechanics would not be able to do repairs thereby forcing customers to take their vehicles to the dealership. Money maker for dealers yet frustrating for all mechanics as the repairs became more complicated and time consuming.
For many years. Chrysler had that same design aluminum timing chain cover with the water pump that attached to it on the 1966-1990's small block 318, 340, and 360 V-8 engines. We had the same issue with those water pumps as you're having with that Ford 3.0.
Ray, the best way to fix this problem is to push this truck into the nearest lake and tell the customer you never saw it. 🙂
"Murphy's law is in the house"!!!
Hand in these, Ray, and it will all work out.
I love your channel- you have valuable skills and the temperament to profit from them.
I grew up working on my own vehicles, mostly GM but they are all the same, until you get to electric.
This is not a slam, but everything you put your wrench on in this video does not even exist on an EV, As much as today's folks believe EV are stupid, watching the amount of work it takes to fix a coolant leak, is ridiculous.
Bought my Tesla 1 year ago- It is not scheduled for any maintenance for another 11 months. At this point I only added washer fluid, and my socket set is lonely and crying in the toolbox.
Plus it is the quickest and most nimble vehicle I have ever driven, including my motorcycles.
That escalated quickly 😢
I love ford's but I hate to work on them awesome job Ray
The most impressive part of this episode was Ray’s amazing ability not to use an expletive or launch a wrench across the shop. I can say with certainty both those things would’ve happened had it been me.
Ray, as soon as you realized you needed to drop the pan, I think I would have gone ahead and pulled the engine. It's a trade off for time but the gasket surface cleanup and reassembly would go so much easier.
I had to pull the engine out of my S10 Blazer to change the oil pan gasket 😆
Now imagine doing this job with the car on jack stands, laying on your back, in a gravel driveway, and it cold or hot outside and not having all the tools Ray has. That is what the DIY guy deals with.
Those PT Cruisers are a shocker to work on when every job on those begins with remove the battery then move around until you can get to where you want to be. This car is on a whole new level of frustration.
Had the same problem with 89 Lincoln mk 7. Couldn’t remove oil pan completely. Had to put a new gasket ( one piece) on oil pan hanging off the block. Worked the gasket around the pickup. Fun, fun.
The little job that just wanted to be a big job and Ray got to do it
Hey Ray, everyone has a bad day now and then. That missing ring in your impact gun, a good temp fix is a O-ring. Just till you get to fix it properly.
That reminds me - when my green Ford Ranger 3.0 needs a new pan gasket, I’ll drive it into the river.
I'd like to give you 5 thumbs ups for this one. You deserve it.
I agree with you Ray I have never understood why engineers do what they do! They should be made to work in the field for 5 years before allowed to design anything.
I absolutely loved this video simply because I just went through a weekend of hell working on a Avalanche in 8 degree weather, you go Ray knew you would get it someway somehow, haven’t laughed for awhile, great day!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I feel your pain. My Lady has a '12 Wrangler, and absolutely Nothing is easy. It hates me!
Thanks for producing a new video. Really gets the day off to a great start when RR is in the building. Ordered the magic rachet but don't know if it will be one of the pretty ones - being in the great white north, I finally had it sent to family in Cape Coral.
It's too bad that the engineers couldn't have just put a crossmember in there that bolts in for easy removal. Back in the day, I had to change the rear main seal in an Econoline van. It was a 2 piece seal so I had to do all the same procedure as what you are doing here. The fun starts at reassembly. Fishing the distributor drive shaft up into position while finagling the pan back into position and bolting the oil pump back up. Mmmm, fun times indeed.
My grandfather used to say "the guy who designed this should design one more and drop dead!" Ive had 4 or 5 3.0 Rangers.. glad I never had to have that done.
I had the same thing happened to me several years ago. I grudgingly had to call the customer to let him know his water pump job just doubled in price, fortunately, he was very understanding.
Poor Ray friend hugs