Did We Just Make The PERFECT Ford Ranger? HURST BILLET SHIFTER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Eric bought the perfect little truck, a 2005 Ford Ranger powered by the 2.3 liter 4 cylinder with a 5 speed manual. I still need to fix the cruise control sometime when I have a few hours to work on it, but there was one other small problem we could fix. The shifter in this truck requires you to move your entire arm to shift it and the throw is massive. We're going to rip that out and install the Hurst shifter, which ends up making this mini-truck the perfect driver.
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I used to align & bolt the ranger cab to its frame at the assembly plant. I was also responsible for grabbing the transmission access floor plate. The automatic plate was solid & the manual obviously had that black rubber/foam circular opening for the shifter. I bolted that plate down after putting 2 clips on the driver side & my partner on the right hand side cab secure place his clips before I set the trans access plate & bolted it in place. If you search TH-cam for "Twin Cities Assembly Plant Tribute Video" you'll see a memory filled video of the assembly plant that built these trucks in north America. The Ford plant is fully demolished now & expensive homes are being built over where the old factory used to sit. Some amazing history to have been a part of.
My 07 was built there. Scotty Kilmer did a video of it a couple years ago
Thanks for all the awesome trucks you helped build.
Yup same here imagine hundreds of rangers set in lot waiting for shipment by rail truck...especially cool was the single color runs like the splash in yellow or white. Spectacular
“If we lose the cup holders the truck is pretty much totaled” 😂💀
This shifter was an instant buy for me after this video verified that I can keep my cupholders.
@@danielgreen7750 rite
Is it strange that I have 7 cup holders in an extended cab ranger with no jump seats in the back? 😝
I got rid of my cup holders, devalued the truck by 70% but opened up a ton more leg room 🤣🤣🤣
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You can also get the Dorman repair kit for like $20 to repair the original. Stiffened it right up and shifts better, removes all the slop, like brand new.
Thanks for the tip! I might start with that and upgrade from there!
@@s.e.garcia3635 I forgot to mention, I did not use the new pins that came with the kit. Just push the original pins out far enough to lift the assy out. They will stay in place. Still firm after I first wrote this. Lube the thing with oil or light grease. Heavy grease may affect shifting in cold weather.
Did the repair kit to my '94. It was a little stiff at first, but after a few hundred miles it wore in to perfect.
@@1991pony Just did this and was concerned about the stiffness. Thanks!
“Every knife I’ve ever had is in my dads top dresser drawer” 100% facts right there
Every knife my dad I ever KNEW that I had.
and slingshots
This one wins todays internet. I dont have to do anymore internet today because of this comment.
Haha I have 3 knives in my top drawer that are my son's
1:20 "it's 8-10 inches for sure"
Every woman: *"uhuh"*
Or guy..🏳️🌈
I had a totally green helper a few years ago. one day he suddenly looks down at his tape measure and says "No wonder women can't read a tape measure. They've been lied to their whole lives."
🤣🤣🤣
I bought a 2011 Ford Sport Ranger 4X4 New in 2011 only has 37,000mi on it now. Been a Awesome Truck.
You should do a video of it! Would love to see it!!
@josephnovotnak not much of a video guy, I'm 67 and don't know much about doing a video. My phone is 14 years old. Haven't even used video and haven't even taken a picture of anything for over a year, except a couple of pictures of my Monkey Puzzle Tree I started from seed 5 years ago and sent it to my son to look at. Haha
Taught my ex how to drive a manual in my Mazda (aka Ranger) and she was good with it. Driving home from West Virginia I was sleeping and she went to downshift from 5th-4th at 70 mph and it was so sloppy she threw it in 2nd and revved to the moon. Panicked for a second and then pushed the clutch in, and we survived. But I woke up real fast.
And that's why you you don't ever let a girl drive a manual I'm joking obviously hope we can tell my sarcasm
Mine looks that clean with 575,000 miles
I may be alone, but I like the long throw in my ranger, it makes me feel like I’m doing something. Also, if you use your fingers a little to pull it out and out put it in gear- instead of having your palm over the shifter the whole time- you don’t end up moving your arm all over the place
Your not alone bro in my 08 I shift with the the shifter in between my fingers and it’s perfectly fine
This is how I usually shift. Also, I like that this shifter exists, but it's not a $400 problem I'm looking to solve right now. Maybe later. :)
I’m the guy that would extend the handle even further so it’s a good throw of the stick. Seems natural in a ranger to want to throw sticks like a semi
Yeah I just started driving standard, and I let it roll out my fingers
The long throw is nice for cruising, feels like driving a semi, but if you are in a city during rush hour. You will appreciate the way you can zip through the gears quikly and zip around, as oposed to slowly rowing through the gears and making the nissan altima behind you angry
I have 2 Ford Ranger's 1993 2 wheel drive and 1996 Ford Ranger 4 wheel drive. As I love both of them one for summer and the other for winter.
That syle of ranger was built and sold in Argentina until 2012. We were basically the only country with a dual cab Ranger of that style. After 2012, a new ranger came in, and then you guys got the newest one
Went to 2011 here.
A Dunder Mifflin T-Shirt!?!?Awesome dude!! Shout out to The Office.
Ranger came out in late 82 for the 83 year. Buddy of mine had one in high school in 84. Long run for those tough trucks.
I remember putting a hurst 3 speed shifter in our family’s 1969 Ford Torino my dad was cheep.
It was a old three on a tree and worked like crap. The difference was amazing was like driving
a new cat even though it was then about nine years old.
Love Rangers! Had an ‘86 2.9L 4x2, a ‘92 4.0L (OHV) 4x4, a ‘00 4.0L (SOHC) 4x4 flareside, and a ‘03 4.0L (SOHC) 4x4 FX4 - all extended cab 5 speeds. Great trucks!
No 3.0 those are the best. When I needed a new intake , it was hard to find any, lots of 4.0 , which doesn't work
The second generation went from 1993 all the way to 2011! 19 model years with no major changes. I had three of them, a ‘93, a ‘98, and an ‘03.
I think just the doors got more sheet metal
@@JohnJames. the 2.3 went to 2.5 really helped out in lowend torque
@@mikejorgensen3496 I had a 02 with 3.0 from an 08, automatic 8.8 410 rear end from a 06 , was pretty quick . Wrote that bitch off unfortunately. Have a 94 with the 2.3 , standard of course. It is slow, but it might have issues
Had I known this existed, I may have put one in my old Ranger.
It costs $370, no thanks.
@@wronggg lol
@@wronggg Lol
@@wronggg Worth every penny though, if you have to do penalty time in one of these turds with any real frequency.
@@revolutionday1 I had the 90's tacoma version of this. It wasn't that bad.
I loved those things. Mine was a 92’. 5 speed.
Spending $500 - 600 US on a shifter -- a SHIFTER -- on my nice affordable Ranger is mental. You can fix the shifter with a $20 bushing kit. This video nicely shows how to turn an inexpensive truck into a very expensive truck.
No Crown Royal bag? Lol awesome job!
A true connoisseur, I see....
I had one of these shifters. Absolutely amazing shifter.
I honestly like the long row. Feels like I’m putting the work in. Honestly tho it’s my first stick so I don’t have much experience.
My only problem is it sometimes doesn’t let me into gears. It’s just random tho
I was having am anxiety attack thinking that you were gong to lose the cup holders. I'm so happy that you were able to save them. Truck is worth more with them.
😀
A Hurst shifter makes anything better. Good show too. Go JR go 😁
Now for the fun part, praying that the transmission doesn't build up too much pressure and vent itself by blowing out all of the seals. Hurst shifters don't vent like the factory setup does so be ready for the bad time.
This happened on my 95 Ranger. I dropped the trans and added my own vent tube up into the engine bay to stop that from happening in the future
I have an '05 Ranger Edge 2wd here in Arizona with only 67,000 miles. I think this will be my next project. Thanks!
Hehe, I have an 05 edge too. I like not having power anything and no carpet. Do you ever drive it? I have over twice the mileage.
@@skinlab4239 It was a farm truck before I bought it 3 years ago. I am retired so I only drive it once a week or so. I installed a back up camera and power windows and am planning on adding power locks soon. Great truck with the 3.0 engine. I am originally from Michigan so I really appreciate working on a rust free vehicle.
I have a 2011 Ranger with the 5 speed that I intend to keep forever, but I cannot justify $500 (Canadian $) for that excellent Hurst shifter. Have to ask Santa.
I said the same about my 02, then I rear ended someone, now in a much better condition lower km 94
I replaced mine with an Orbit sprinkler head. Brings the shifter up higher like a real truck 😂
Have an 02 ranger and 01 b2300. Put the b2300 engine in the ranger, and many other parts. Door panels, mirrors, a few other odds and ends. Love my ranger, 262k on the odom.
As JR mentioned it at the end, for anyone wondering, R value is the amount of heat transmission through a fabric. I don't know about the US but in the UK we measure it in W/m2K, so a low value is better because it means that less heat is lost through your building fabric, meaning that the building is more insulated/efficient.
Wished I knew Hurst had that when I was delivery parts. It would have made my deliveries faster.
Driven Rangers my whole life .....i like the way the Shifters felt originally it never bothered me.
I had the 2001 Ranger Edge Extended Cab with the manual shifter, and I thought it was just fine, other than thinking it was mounted too close to the dash.
Got a 97 with 41000 original miles. Think I might upgrade. This is pretty damn cool.
Unfortunately I totaled my 97 Ranger. Really miss that truck. 41k miles is awesome.
@@cl7510It was an old man's truck. He died and his wife just kept it in the garage. I would've been stupid NOT to buy it.
How do you only have 41K miles on a 97 Truck?!?!
Lee Walz yep, those deals don’t come along very often.
Have used that shifter in many of my Rangers.
The next upgrade should be dropping in a 302!
That would be ideal! They would also need a transmission, though, but the shifter would probably still work if they used the V8 OBS F150 5-speed transmission.
@@paulhoskins7852 you use 98-03 4.2 manual. Older means the shifter is further forward and hits the dash.
Hell yeah brother!
Hey mate
Cleetus? Is that you? Lol
Vaccidents wrecking roadways with stroked out vaccine takers losing brain function 🧠
More Zombie Fun For All. Drivers are having "mini strokes" behind the wheel. Insurance rates will be rising. Think about it, not just cars...planes, trains, automobiles, trucks, surgeons, heavy equipment, cops? Holy crap.
I don't fear the COVAIDS plandemic, I fear being taken out while driving by someone having a bad reaction to a chemical injection. 🚘🔥💉⚰🐍🐑
Always loved the Rangers.
I like the long shifting!! It’s very trick like & Ford didn’t want you to miss out on the old fashioned long shifting!!
I knew you were going to pull out that golden ratchet right when you did 😆
I see a spy thriller here.....THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN RATCHET
@@rsprockets7846 my neighbor's wife says I have a golden tool.
Ranger content is great
I totally agree about the new ranger, just buy a full size. They are so customizable to what you need.
Used to have one of these, a Mazda b2500. Best little truck I've ever had.
Ranger Danger - nice old truck. Great to see it get TLC
The Tacoma will always be sought, but the ubiquity and the availability of the Ranger, with parts support keeps them so popular.
@@timothykeith1367 and the s10 will always be remembered for stuffing a v8 in them because they suck otherwise.
@@cavalierliberty6838 The S10 with 4.3 v6 is decent
@@timothykeith1367 depends, are you talking first gen with the TBI or second gen with the vortec? If first, yes. If second, hell no.
A Hurst shifter in a Ranger? The 15-year-olds will be so excited!
Dude, it's like you and Sarah R Tuned are trading notes or something. She just road tripped to bring her Grandmother's Ford Ranger to Arizona from New Hampshire, and she drove through Wichita. You just road tripped a car to Kansas from Arizona
You both have shops, you both got multiple lifts installed, you both have ongoing Audi project cars. She's building a Rally car and just rebuilt a go cart, you made a rally CART. Your little sister bought a wagon and you just repaired an Xterra, she repaired/restored an Xterra for her little sister....
Freaky..
Imagine long hair on JR. Tadaaa!
Same person!
Ok not really..
@@Hissmannen in the can crushing video, he says Al You Minium like Sarah does.
There so needs to be a team up video between those channels.
We are currently on our 4th Ford Ranger.
Our current Ranger is a 2011 XLT super cab 4WD with a 4.0L V6 and a 5spd automatic transmission. It has the tow pkg, factory skid plates.
We bought it in 19 and it had only 20K original miles.
The original owner was 62 years old when he bought it. He put custom wheels, running boards.
We don’t care for silver, gray, charcoal gray or black, yet ours is Silver.
I decided to break up the silver so I had it 2 toned. It’s now Silver over Red metallic. I didn’t like the gloomy gray and boring black interior, so I had it reupholstered in Red with black trim and stitching.
I use a get 19mpg on the freeway with the cruise set on 75mph. I then added a K&N intake and a 3” FlowMaster exhaust. I now get 23mpg.
We mainly use our Ranger for work around our property so I had a LineX spray in bed liner installed and air shocks in the rear, (so now I can haul just over a yard of Topsoil in the bed. Before the air shocks were installed I could barely get 1/2 a yard of Topsoil.
I change the oil and filter every 6 months, ( which is about 1,500 miles) with Kirkland full synthetic oil. I also change the front and rear differential, transfer case and transmission fluid every 30K miles.
Our Ranger currently has only 36K miles and at our age, I’m quite sure that it’ll be the last pickup we’ll ever need.
Our previous Ranger’s had the 2.3L 4cyl engine that were bulletproof. When our 88 had 470K miles my wife didn’t have the front hubs locked into 4WD and she hit a patch of ice and flipped it in a ditch. She was ok, but it totaled the truck. Even at 470K miles it still wasn’t burning any oil.
Our other Ranger with the 2.3L was going strong at just over 300K miles but we needed a pickup with more power for towing, so I sold the one with the 2.3L and bought a Ranger super cab 4WD with the 3.0L V6. By the time it had only 80K miles it was burning a LOT of oil, so I sold it and continued driving our old 82 F150 with a 4.9L (300) In-line 6cyl. It had about 150K, but it too was a great pickup and towed what we needed.
So in 19 when our 82 F150 finally died at around 550K miles we bought our 11 Ranger.
We’d LOVE to find an older low mileage Ranger XL 4WD, 5spd stick for grunt work and getting me to my fishing spot.
Sadly the new Ranger are an unreliable 2.3L turbo. If Ford would produce a model that is naturally aspirated, I’d buy a plain Jane, vinyl flooring, vinyl seats, no radio. Just a stripped down Ranger.
Totally didnt know they made these until this video.
JR: The dash dimmer dial to the left of the collum turns on the interior light. Rotate it all the way up till it clicks.
If it has it. Some don't have that option.
I never had an issue with the shifter in my ranger but I did have a friend say it was weird because of the long throws and the angle it was on 🤣 I forgot the interior light only comes on if you open the doors or crank all the gauge lights to uncomfortably bright
No interior light? Just roll the dash light dimmer all the way up. Should hear a click and it will come on
Unless that switch doesn't work.
Yes they do tend to go bad. Mines a little wobbly already
True I didn't think about the switch going bad for some reason haha mines still going strong in my 99
I love ford rangers they are great. Never seen a ranger I didn't like.
Ford Sport Shift Ranger Nice!
The Ranger continued elsewhere in the world after 2011 like here in Australia.. late 2011 is when the preface lifted current generation ranger was released 👍🏼
They are pretty popular in South America as well.
The same here in Brazil.
They also continued in Mexico but you could only get a stripped truck. I think they offered A/C but no bigger engines or anything like that. They were pretty much only work trucks.
@@mexicanspec diesel there too..
Yes !!! about time John did some Ford stuff !!!
My doctor says I don't stretch enough. Until I got my Ranger. Shifting is therapy.
I have the exact same truck. Mine has lived a hard life in New England and is a bit beat up and is a chore truck. Still, I might be able to justify that shifter.
The ford ranger content, I didn't know I needed.
Those were some great great trucks!✌🏼
I have a 1993. This looks like a great fix.
What a massive improvement! I love STS upgrades.
I had an 80 F150 as a beater truck a number of years back. The 3 on the tree linkage went bad (they all did) and I swapped a Hurst floor shift in. Worked well, but got a lot of comments for an old work horse. 😂
It does have interior lights. On the wheel that you change the brightness of the instrument panel. If put it all the why up it turn the interior light on.
I need a Ranger with hurst now! Cup holders no longer look dumb with so much better looking and functioning shifter
I would love to find another ranger! I totaled my last one in 2011. I would still have it if I wasn’t a dumb teenager back then.
I had a 03 Edge model super clean truck 4.0 5spd wow very fun truck. It was totaled in January 2019 a fire chief without insurance hit me in the snow and he was driving a 2018 f150 I got 2,800$ for my truck i had over 6,000$ in receipts insurance said don't matter its old. End of story
@@frankm8533 aw man sorry bout that!
We just put a billet Hurst built by core shifters in our old Bronco II! It is so crazy to have a sweet short throw in this thing
I owned a 94 XLT, regular cab, shortbed, with the Lima 4 cylinder and a manual transmission...and that was one rugged/tough truck. My " beef " with the shifter ? It had a pressed-on knob that after a few years suddenly lost its grip. Half way through a 2-3 upshift the knob pulled off the handle. " Thank heavens " I was in speeding, urban traffic.
The transmission itself? It always felt like you were shifting through a gearbox made with rocks for gears, very loose, yet somehow notchy/sticky. The impression that I got was that the transmission was originally specified for another type of vehicle entirely was wasn't properly mated to that engine.
BTW, I am flabbergasted that HURST made a shifter for this truck, I would sure like to have tried it.
HURST RULES. WE INSTALLED A 3SPPED SHIFTER IN 69. CAMARO IN 89. AND IT WAS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NIGHT DAY
I love the shifting in this thing I have one in my ranger the thing that sucks about it is there's no nylon stops so when you're driving down the road the shifter vibrates on them metal stops and it sounds like transmission bearings second thing is gasket suck and transmission fluid likes to spew out of the top of the ball
Nice tighter shift’s 👍🏾
If I don't see a "Ranger Turbo" video in a couple weeks I'm going to be disappointed....
Eric(k,kk) is a dead ringer for Phil Kessel! He’s a good fit on your show ! I especially giggled when you were talking about greasing up things so they’d go in faster - and then you held back the biggest sarcastic comment when you remembered your brother in law was right there ..... lol. Awesome stuff!
I've just taken delivery of a new Uniball shifter for my '81 Ford Taunus.
I hope it's as good as they say.
I have a similar one, short throw, made by Core Shifters. Has a Hurst stick and ball. (Didnt come with a sticker though dammit)
Best money i ever wasted on my '99 Ranger. People that say they like the long throw have probably never tried a short throw. Cause there's no way i could ever go back to the stock shifter. Liked it so much, I found one fory '89 F150. Talk about rowing a boat.. when the shifter bushing goes bad in that one you end up punching the dashboard in 1st, 3rd, and OD. Now i can shift it without taking my arm off the arm rest. Click clack.
Quicker shifts make your truck faster. That is a fact. You just got to be careful cuz it can shift faster than the clutch can open.
I would of loved that in my 90 tempo back in the day. I could've used my arm rest and shift comfortably
When i grow up im getting a ranger!
This was a fun episode
Idk i have a 2001 I’ve had since new and I like how it shifts
I wish my 2003 was a standard now, I would install that in a minute. The interior switch is a known fault - if it doesn't 'click' to the on position, believe it or not you can force it once and it will free up. Be careful the first time. Its a weird fix, but its better than paying 70 bucks for a switch.
$350? That’s about the value of my 2001 2.3 😂
Now I want one!
That is more than I paid in repair bills in 100,000 miles
You can turn the interior light on by pushing the dimmer all the way up
The Ford Ranger was still on sale in Oceanian markets. Ford probably wanted to keep Americans buying the larger and more expensive F150 because they are much cheaper to make (higher margin.)
I happen to Love the shifter in our Ranger.
I pull it out of Park and select either Reverse or Drive, 😂
That looks awesome
LIttle ol' Rangers are just about perfect, but all Fords seem to have sloppy manual shifters. Neighbor had a Ranger and traded it in for a F150, but reminisces about the Ranger all the time. Heh.
Some times the bolts can loosen at the stick and base. Loctite usually works but I had to get longer bolts and a jam nut on.
Dunder Mifflin shirt for the win.
No interior light? Silly kids. Ford's headlight dimmer switch also doubles as the interior light switch. Rotate it up, and it will click and turn on the interior light.
We tried that first, didn’t work. Other comments have said all those switches are junk. 🤷🏻♂️
I just put it on my 1995 Ford ranger 2.3l, with 320,000 miles original motor and manual trans. Got new clutch kit done.
Just bought a new ranger with one of those in it. Feels sportier
There is a interior light, but you need to know the trick! If you go all the way up on the light dimmer, the interior light will come on!
Ask him if he has replaced the back rear bed leaf springs cause at some point they break and the thing goes through the bed happened to my brother recently
its not the leaf. its the shackle that rust pretty bad.
but its all good you can buy them for dirt cheap come with the leaf bushing just in case.
@@Bowtie4me on some they are connected to the bed meaning you need a new bed
the dash light wheel clicks when all the way up and should turn on the cab light with the doors closed. 04 ranger here
Tried, didn’t work, apparently those switches fail all the time 🍻
That's a sweet ranger
Between 1988 and 2011 the only real change they made was they switched the front suspension from I-beam to dual wishbone in 1997.
"We loose the cup holders.....
Well its totalled at that point "
That Ranger seems to be fun to drive now .... It took that new shifter to make the difference. Now, I don't want an automatic in my 02 Ranger XLT.
you can remove and lightly bend the shiftet down so its not so close to the dash
I need that in my Mazda Tribute
Just made the best truck ever, even bester.
I definitely would've went with some blue Threadlocker on those set screws for the mounting plate.....