Ford Ranger Dash Swap

Disconnect the wiring from the dash or cut it if you like cause you really don t need it.

Ford ranger dash swap. V8 swap on my 00 ranger. Disconnect the wiring from the dash or cut it if you like cause you really don t need it. I noticed a lot of people have felt the same but getting the 4 0 to work with the older dash is where a lot of people get stuck. The dash comes right down it s that simple.

As of now i have my original fm146. You may need to replace one or more of the ford ranger dash parts in your truck because of wear and tear of the faceplates knobs or controls or if you want to upgrade to a different type of radio or navigational product for your ford. Each generation of the ford ranger went through styling changes in the interior and exterior and the dash parts are no exception. Might get a 95 donor motor and want to swap the 95 dash into my 89.

The 2020 ford ranger combines exceptional toughness and all terrain capability with lots of advanced technology like the enhanced voice activated communications and entertainment capabilities of available sync 3. The dash comes right down it s that simple. The first generation dash is one of my favorite things about my ranger so i did not want to do a dash swap. Just a quick discussion of what i consider the right way to do a 5 0 swap into a ford ranger.

If you re serious about building an off road capable ford ranger you should swap out the ford 7 5 rear axle for a 31 spline 8 8 inch axle see below. This is the way ford should have offered this from factory. I discuss the few issues i had with the project mainly invol. Its easy to use voice activated technology features an 8 inch capacitive center stack touchscreen.

You must remove the brake pedal steering column support assembly from the donor and replace yours with it. I went to the junkyard and pulled a couple tachometer gauge clusters from some explorers to put in my danger ranger that did not have one. Ford ranger engine type v8 engine size 306 bcam transmission manual 2wd 4wd 2wd mar 2 2019 13. You must remove the brake pedal steering column support assembly from the donor and replace yours with it.

All oem stuff still functions.