99 ford Ranger 2wd 6cyl Manual transmission problem

[Emerogork]

The truck started being difficult to shift but only occasionally. I would get to a stop light, put it into neutral and it would not allow me put into any gear without a struggle. Then it would shift without a problem.

Anyone have any guess what the problem might be?

After 17 years, this is the first time I needed to have it worked on. They replaced the flywheel as it was well worn but had more time on it (Worn, no cracks).

 

[NutBucket]

Sounds like a clutch problem. Had the same issue with a Toyota. Turned out to be a leaky slave cylinder. The leak was internal so there was no visible leak.

 

[Emerogork]

Thanks for the response. He already checked the cylinders and fluid.
Of course that doesn't mean that they are always correct. ):

You say the leak was internal: internal to the transmission or the bell housing?

 

[NutBucket]

Internal to the slave cylinder, no visible leaks.

But the other noise you describe in the other thread plus other symptoms does seem to indicated a new clutch + throwout bearing would solve the issue.

 

[Emerogork]

Is the throwout bearing located in the bell housing or in the transmission?
I believe that it is what directly links to the flywheel then it has been considered.

On that previous note, I meant to ask the location of the slave cylinder? Bell housing or transmission?

I ask these because everything outside the transmission itself has been inspected and replaced if needed.

 

[olds]

Bell
Firewall under hood.

 

[Belitacan]

Sorry, want to start a new thread, but can't see how. We have a 2003 manual Ford Focus in good nick. Problem - intermittently it won't change gear, have to turn engine off and on to be able to move gears. Garage say problem is probably because 'clutch pipe between slave cylinder and master cylinder is leaking and cracked'. Does this sound right? Thank you

 

[Perknose]

Unhelpful post alert!!!

I got nothing for 'ya, OP, except to say, "Ford Ranger 2wd 6cyl Manual" sounds absolutely 'loverly' . . . my kind of vehicle. Now, the only pick-up I ever had was an aged, totally beat Chevy S-10 long bed 4sp manual with that "you can't kill it" 4.3 V6 that I inherited from my then dying buddy Ray. I LOVED that vehicle up until the time some clown pulled out RIGHT in front of me on a sunny, almost no traffic, perfect visibility day. It was totaled, but honestly, it was close to being in that state BEFORE the accident.

My vehicles of choice are aged, small rice-burner station wagons. This is a legacy of me having been a PI who clocked 40,000 plus miles a year and needed a vehicle I wouldn't ever have to die for at 3am, alone, at, as my old friend Willy would put it, down at 5th and Zimbabwe, looking for jamokes that robustly didn't want to be found.

For me, small wagons combine 360 degree visibility (windows all around!), reasonable utility, good gas mileage, and "I don't need no stinking locks" invisibility to thieves, plus that "pennies a day" overall operating costs. To illustrate, I'm presently rocking a 1999 Saturn SW2 (Saturns remain underrated cars), lol, even as my late father's 6,000 mile Lexus Rx300 molders in my driveway (don't ask.)

Some folks seem to need huge trucks or big guns or whatnot in order to, ummm, compensate for certain physiological shortcomings, but I am blessed with a gargantuan dong, so it's real-life dinky toys pour moi!

Good luck with your beastie, OP. As the saying goes, "It doesn't owe you one damn dime."

And remember that Biblical invocation that goes something like, "Be kind to your ass, for it bears thee." :beer:

 

[skyking]

Sorry, want to start a new thread, but can't see how. We have a 2003 manual Ford Focus in good nick. Problem - intermittently it won't change gear, have to turn engine off and on to be able to move gears. Garage say problem is probably because 'clutch pipe between slave cylinder and master cylinder is leaking and cracked'. Does this sound right? Thank you

This would be indicated by a loss of fluid in the clutch master cylinder reservoir. If the fluid stays the same, then no leakage. It may indeed have air in the line which wreaks havoc, but it is typically not intermittent. With clutch hydraulics they *usually* bleed back to the master nicely because the line is pretty steep, air rises and it burps on out.

 

[Belitacan]

Thanks very much for replying. Turns out, you are exactly right. The garage noticed that the brake fluid levels had dropped. They checked the brakes first and found no leakage. Then they found that the clutch pipe had fractured and hence the leak that caused the problem. Problem now repaired and car seems fine, touch wood. Thanks again.

 

[CA19100]

Some folks seem to need huge trucks or big guns or whatnot in order to, ummm, compensate ...

Dude, it's a 99 Ranger. It's smaller than an Accord.

 

[Perknose]

I got nothing for 'ya, OP, except to say, "Ford Ranger 2wd 6cyl Manual" sounds absolutely 'loverly' . . . my kind of vehicle.

Dude, it's a 99 Ranger. It's smaller than an Accord.

Dude, I'm not annoyed at you because you're stupid. I'm annoyed at you because you're lazy and stupid and felt the need to burp out both in your needlessly stupid and annoying reply.

The above was literally the first sentence in the body of my reply. Catching on yet, Leroy?

 

[CA19100]

I misread the tone of your post.

But thanks heaps for the personal attacks. Really makes me feel welcome on the forum.

 

[pcgeek11]

I misread the tone of your post.

But thanks heaps for the personal attacks. Really makes me feel welcome on the forum.

Don't worry about it. He is old, sensitive and suffering from andropause.

Also delusions of grandeur about his dong from what others on the forum say.