New Toy.........

[Dan B.]

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pt...027586962.html

Son of a.............

[Fast Gypsy]

A day late and a dollar short! I saw this on Craigslist and thought, this is almost too good to be true!

[Dan B.]

Sure would be cool but I'm tapped on cash.

Unless....

Ron....trailer storage rent JUST went up....by about....eh...$900.

[PaxtonShelby]

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pt...027586962.html

Better hope Colt doesn’t see that ad Dan!

[PaxtonShelby]

I bet they’d take $450 for it. Swap in that tranny and you won’t need that shifter bushing kit...

[turbo83coupe]

If thats the stock T9 manual in there, supposedly they are garbage and break very easily. T5 is a direct swap i guess?

[Dan B.]

Progress is steady. More pics tomorrow.

Battling a possible IAC issue.

[Martin0660]

T5 is a direct swap i guess?

not direct by any means. Need to swap bell housing, Ranger is hydraulic so you need 87/88 Turbo coupe bell and screw around to make it work.

shifter will then be into seat or with buckets way back. Best solution is a S10 tail shaft swap (really hard to find parts)

[Martin0660]

Battling a possible IAC issue.

if idle is going high randomly, like 90% chance it’s TPS and not IAC.

the IAC on these is beyond simple. Check voltage on TPS and check voltage as if sweeps for dead spots.

[Dan B.]

Tried the TPS...everything seems fine.

It's not randomy going high. It is high when it starts (cold or hot) and never settles down when warmed up. Stays around 1600rpm.

IAC...I think the prior owner had it installed backwards. So I flipped it last night. Started the truck and idle was 1500. Unplugged the IAC, which allowed the plunger to close and it dropped to 550rpm. The TPS is currently loose and I didnt think to turn it but that may have brought the idle up to 700-ish and been good. For some reaosn the IAC will not come close on its own and come off the off the high idle. Picking a new one up today to see if that fixes it.

[Dan B.]

New IAC installed. Idle is at 900rpm.

[Martin0660]

That’s great it fixed it. Previous owner must of really screwed with it, I’ve never seen one bad.

[Dan B.]

P.O. had all kinds of stuff jacked up. This truck came with. Ton of new parts. He was chasing down problems with the wrong stuff. A can of carb cleaner to find vac leaks would've solved 99% of the issues. The IAC is really the only part I bought.

He had vac lined unhooked and plugged. New computer. All new ignition system. All new fuel system. IAC on backwards. Just a mess. She seems to be all good now.

[Dan B.]

Floor is all fixed, sealed and painted.

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[PaxtonShelby]

New IAC installed. Idle is at 900rpm.

Congrats buddy!! Nice work!

[PaxtonShelby]

Shifter fixed yet? Lilly wants to drive this one next.

[Dan B.]

It works...just sloppy. Unfortunately the TK5 tranny uses a terrible shifter set up that I can't find parts for.

[PaxtonShelby]

Can you swap in a 4cyl T5? Decent shifters for those are cheap.

[turbo83coupe]

I have bought shifter stuff for an old truck from coreshifters dot com in the past. They seemed to have shifter setups for a lot of really weird and oddbal things. Might be worth taking a look.

[Dan B.]

I have bought shifter stuff for an old truck from coreshifters dot com in the past. They seemed to have shifter setups for a lot of really weird and oddbal things. Might be worth taking a look.

No Bueno. Site shows it as "non-serviceable". That's the problem. A poly ball on the end wears out...it's pinned onto the shifter stick. I've called a few other places with no luck.

The two parts trucks I have are both newer Mazda 5 speed trannies...which are different than the Toko Koygo in the 1986. I may swap one in and get rid of the TK.