Re: 1983 Ford Ranger Diesel Perkins 2.2

[Willaz66]

Ah haha. How cool. Was this filmed in Maine?

[aksgamewiz]

wow that dashbord is imaculate.

well preserved

[geraldscarports]

I have a 1983 ford ranger to. they are pretty neat little trucks.

[tpvalley]

I like that, the oil level gauge rather than a light that tells u when ur engine is fucked!

[TahreyUK]

@tpvalley It's probably either oil temperature, or pressure, rather than fill level... which is a good thing as things can go wrong with the oil supply even if it's filled up properly.

[tpvalley]

@TahreyUK

yes, dont know why I thought it was oil level and not pressure, still main point is its better than an idiot light that flashes as your main bearings fail!

[TahreyUK]

@tpvalley Yep, can't dispute that... something I've never had but would like to, "just in case"! Current car actually DOES have an in-dash oil level meter (part of the trip comp, most pointless thing ever unless you top up a capful at a time, its entire range appears to be from 8/10ths to 9/10ths of the dipstick scale), and I've only ever set off an oil light/buzzer ("yikes, what's that?!") once before - cornering very hard with the level off the bottom of the stick. Not much of a safeguard!

[tpvalley]

@TahreyUK

luxury item!!

[83RebelRanger]

I like the regular American Ford engine better myself but the Ranger sounds cool man. Have you ever thought of putting flowmasters or cherry bombs on it?

[mrceleb2006]

I haven't seen a truck like this where I live...today's Ford Ranger trucks still on the road always have gasoline engines of Ford's own manufacture. The extremely rare Diesel engines on the Ford Ranger come from Japan...Mazda, to be exact.