20 Most Recent 1989 Ford Ranger - Page 7 Questions & Answers

no it doesn't come filled basically you bleed it like a brake system. Fill the master cylinder and pump the clutch, there is a bleeder on the slave cylinder

Given the vehicles age, I would say you will have to replacethe back parking cables, from the drums out, if they are even availBack brakes will have to come apart & be serviced also, to have parking brakes work

HAVE YOU EVER SERVICED THE FUEL FILTER ? EVERY 30,000 MILES ,"DEFINE JERKING REAL BAD" IS IT A STICK SHIFT? ANY OIL LEAKS COULD BE GETTING ON CLUTCH. AND CHECK ING SYSTEM COULD HAVE SPARK JUMPING

Is this happen in all weather condition? summer or winter?

Your starter is probably bad. I have been an employee of napa for 8 years and have seen this many times. You can have it tested at any Napa store, if your started is good then you have a defective solenoid.

It's on the back of the transmission housing, passenger side. Look for a vacuum hose going to the transmission, this should lead you right to it.

easy solution. passenger side

It effects your car engine as well, you should avoid gas.

Sounds like a tooth missing from the rear differential gear that drives that wheel....good luck...it's expensive to replace because the axle needs to be pulled.

look for a small brass sender unit with normally 1 wire from it at the thermostst housing on the engine side of the housing

Your overdrive not working basically means you new a tranny rebuild.Idleing and overdrive have nothing to do with each other, so there may be a problem with your ECU, idleing is controlled by it.
Have the ECU diagnosed first. Then have the tranny repaired.

Try quickly turning your key to the start position and back to the on/run position. Your truck is like mine, if you have a quick hand turning the key to start your truck it will start normally. Honestly that's the best solution. Hopefully I explained myself thoroughly.

Yes, if it was the cat, it would run poorly throughout. Might want to have your throttle position sensor checked. Try cleaning the intake with CRC intake cleaner .

The thermostat may be stuck open or there may not be one in the thermostat housing.

Check for a Thick Film Integrated (TFI) Module attached to the outside of the distrfibutor with about an 8 wire plug on it. That is Ford's ignition module. My recollection is the two screws attaching it to the distributor are odd-ball 7/32 in. size. If the module is taken off, use special ford di-electric grease on the base before re-attaching. For heat dissipation.

What is the question?If you work on your own vehicles & have anyknowledge say so,if not then a repair shopis needed !!Battery,Cables,StarterWhat do you want,say something you have done or tested