I'm fixing some things on my 1994 Ranger. The gas gauge hasn't worked since I have had it, the outer hose on the fuel filler neck was severely cracked, and it was having a stalling issue that matches up to a TSB about fuel volatility. The TSB says to replace things that are broken (like the filler neck), then try another gas station.
I knew things underneath were rough from years of mud and poor cleanup, so I decided to just go ahead and take the bed off and fix everything I could.
Bed off, Charles the helper underneath...
The bed was surprisingly easy for two people to lift and move. I should have gotten a pic of the top of the fuel pump hanger, it was filthy.
This is after washing it...
You can't see the cracks in the filler neck, but they were huge. Water had to be getting in the tank.
Post cleanup, paint, and tank removal...
The frame is solid, but was covered in surface rust. I cleaned it up with wire brushes then painted with Krylon Rust Tough. The fuel tank straps and related hardware were shot, so all of that is being replaced.
Pile of goodies, including new straps, hardware, Motorcraft fuel pump, new filler neck, filter, tank cleaner, etc...
And I just got this today...a new 1994 tail lamp wiring harness...
All of the little plastic tabs where the connectors plug into the sockets broke on removal on the original harness, most had probably never been removed in 24 years since you don't have to take them off to change the bulbs. I asked the Ford dealer about the harness and of course it was obsolete, but they told me that Green Sales in OH showed two. I called them (can't order on their website), and two days later I had a new 1994 harness for $39 shipped to my house. The NOS harness was made about 3 months before the truck was. Kind of funny this harness has been floating around for 24 years, and is now finally going to be installed on a 24 year old truck.
I hope to maybe get it back together this weekend; weather, time, and help with the bed permitting. Next on the list is exhaust, front to rear.
I knew things underneath were rough from years of mud and poor cleanup, so I decided to just go ahead and take the bed off and fix everything I could.
Bed off, Charles the helper underneath...
The bed was surprisingly easy for two people to lift and move. I should have gotten a pic of the top of the fuel pump hanger, it was filthy.
This is after washing it...
You can't see the cracks in the filler neck, but they were huge. Water had to be getting in the tank.
Post cleanup, paint, and tank removal...
The frame is solid, but was covered in surface rust. I cleaned it up with wire brushes then painted with Krylon Rust Tough. The fuel tank straps and related hardware were shot, so all of that is being replaced.
Pile of goodies, including new straps, hardware, Motorcraft fuel pump, new filler neck, filter, tank cleaner, etc...
And I just got this today...a new 1994 tail lamp wiring harness...
All of the little plastic tabs where the connectors plug into the sockets broke on removal on the original harness, most had probably never been removed in 24 years since you don't have to take them off to change the bulbs. I asked the Ford dealer about the harness and of course it was obsolete, but they told me that Green Sales in OH showed two. I called them (can't order on their website), and two days later I had a new 1994 harness for $39 shipped to my house. The NOS harness was made about 3 months before the truck was. Kind of funny this harness has been floating around for 24 years, and is now finally going to be installed on a 24 year old truck.
I hope to maybe get it back together this weekend; weather, time, and help with the bed permitting. Next on the list is exhaust, front to rear.