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Originally Posted by fmybody
so if i understand you correctly you're saying... ford rangers are good but stay away from the 4.0L ? any reason specifically?.. i really didnt wanna go 4 cyl so i guess that leaves me with the 3.0L?
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Not necessarily saying to stay away from the 4.0, but the 4cyl engines and 3.0 have a life expectancy over 200k miles. They are just better "truck engines" than the 4.0. You can abuse them day after day and they just keep running.
I was going through this same debate with myself last year, and I noticed that the rangers and S10 pickups seemed to hold the most value. The mid '90's blazers and jimmys seem to be the cheapest out there. I think a lot of people look away because of the troublesome CPI unit, and the push-button NP233 transfer case which doesnt work well, mainly because of the electronic shifting mechanism.
I was able to get my '94 with about 155k miles on it for $1000. It was in pretty decent shape but had the classic blazer problems. Had an issue with the CPI fuel injection, and the NP233 t-case wasn't working properly. I fixed the fuel system and swapped in a manual NP231 transfer case and the truck works great now.