cold starting the diesel ranger

cold starting my 1983 diesel ranger.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• diesel
• ranger

[MrDavem76]

i dont see a video... where is it??

[jakey756]

@MrDavem76 Its here on youtube!

[dieselranger83]

Pump turned up??

[jakey756]

@dieselranger83 Nope, smokes enough going down the road as it is. I've been thinking of turning it down actually.

[skoal1541]

that there is what i would like to call a danger ranger......look the fuck out

[jakey756]

1-Yes this is a mazda perkins diesel installed from the factory. 2-I don't plan on selling it anytime soon sense these are so hard to find. However if you poke around you can find them on the internet. Mine has the 5 speed manual which most of them don't have. Most have a 4 speed.

[Motorfordtoyota]

@jakey756 true, ture, but Wow, 100 dollars. sweet deal. But kinda sad that the frame is rotting away, they are rare!! Well, reconsiderig the thoughts, I would LOVE to find a Toyota 2L turbo diesel pickup. they are more rare, same with the s-10 diesel!!!

[jakey756]

@Motorfordtoyota I didn't really buy this for economy. It's just a nice benefit that comes with driving it. I bought it because i paid $100 for it and i was a highschooler then who needed a vehicle. I haven't had it registered for over a year now because the body/frame is in such bad shape. Plus its a lot more fun to say you drove a diesel ranger than a chevy 6.2 (not bashing the 6.2 as i would own one given the proper circumstances) .

[Motorfordtoyota]

@jakey756 Cool, but honestly, Id have a Chevy 6.2. The extra power is nice in today's hyper power cars (I mean really, a Toyota camry v6 can do 0-60 in 5.9 seconds). When this truck was made, that was the exclusive domain of Porches and Corvettes. lol. But cool, with gas prices estimated to be inthe 5.00 dollars a gallon range for gas, fuel economy is GOOD!! But I hope Diesel is not as high priced.

[Motorfordtoyota]

@baker967 Cool.

[Motorfordtoyota]

@skoal1541 Yeah, look the fuck out because if one pulls out infront of you, your gonna hit him i you dont slow down!! The diesel rangers are SLOW!! lol, but reliable.

[jakey756]

@baker967 approximately 30 mpg (if my math is right), not bad. When i drove mine regularly it was all over the place, but it also would be burning #2 diesel, then id fill up with some old heating oil someone gave me, or when kerosene was cheaper i would burn that. Either way it was always in mid to high twenty's.