I have the same truck and I get a vibration when I come to a stop in drive, put it in neutral and it goes away. Where you experiencing similar symptoms?
Is this manual or automatic? My (manual) shifter vibrates insanely when in high rpms. Is that more of a transmission mount or motor mount. 99, 3.0 Ford ranger
i got a 96 manual 2.3 ranger and whenever i accelerate it sounds like its grinding or dragging metal on the bottom but downshifting and idling it sounds pretty normal
I got a manual ranger engine shakes at idle inside the truck the stick shift shakes an moves a lot when take off an hit bumps could that be a cause of motor mounts or transmission mounts?
Kamryn well it can be both, if your motor mounts went bad and never got fixed then it more than likely messed up the transmission mounts, check them all. Pain in the back to do the motor mounts on the rangers
To get to the nut on the bottom of the motor mounts you have to take loose the knuckle and lower the control arm to get access to the hole through the frame. I just put the truck high on stands, removed tire & caliper, the shock and the top nut on the sway bar link, then put a second jack under the control arm, took loose the knuckle at the upper control arm, and lowered it down slowly until the coil was loose enough to remove. Then you can see the hole you need to go through to get to that nut for the motor mount. Best to replace engine mounts and transmission mounts all at the same time. They all work together. If one is bad the others aren't far behind and one worn out will quickly wear out the others.
Embidd the issue i had was that when i would put it in gear it would vibrate a lot, so i had someone put it in gear while i went down there and checked and looked and i could see the trans one was mooving way too much
Titan Fall im not sure of you watched the entire video but you can see that underneath that crossmember is two bolts that hold the mount to the transmission. You have to take those two bolts out in order to take the mount off of the transmission.
Titan Fall also you cant raise the transmission too much or it can cause damage so the safest way is to take out he cross member. Which is only 8 bolts. 3 on each side and two from the mount.
You made it look simple compare to other videos!! Thanks!!!
Excellent video and well explained. Thank you.
Perfect video thanks!
Do i have to change that mount and the motor mounts or the motor ones are indepent to transmission one?
I have the same truck and I get a vibration when I come to a stop in drive, put it in neutral and it goes away. Where you experiencing similar symptoms?
Is this manual or automatic?
My (manual) shifter vibrates insanely when in high rpms. Is that more of a transmission mount or motor mount.
99, 3.0 Ford ranger
How could you tell that the mount was bad?
Feel a clunk when I put it in drive, think it could be the mounts?
Dylan Richmond i would check the mount its very easy to remove and also look at the motor mounts. Check your U joints as well.
i got a 96 manual 2.3 ranger and whenever i accelerate it sounds like its grinding or dragging metal on the bottom but downshifting and idling it sounds pretty normal
I had the same issue, i changed the motor mounts and it went away, but trans still has some weird shifting so changing the trans mount next
On a 2001 Mazda b3000, jack up the tranny and you don’t have to remove the crossmember .
I got a manual ranger engine shakes at idle inside the truck the stick shift shakes an moves a lot when take off an hit bumps could that be a cause of motor mounts or transmission mounts?
Kamryn well it can be both, if your motor mounts went bad and never got fixed then it more than likely messed up the transmission mounts, check them all. Pain in the back to do the motor mounts on the rangers
Have you ever changed the motor mounts?
To get to the nut on the bottom of the motor mounts you have to take loose the knuckle and lower the control arm to get access to the hole through the frame. I just put the truck high on stands, removed tire & caliper, the shock and the top nut on the sway bar link, then put a second jack under the control arm, took loose the knuckle at the upper control arm, and lowered it down slowly until the coil was loose enough to remove. Then you can see the hole you need to go through to get to that nut for the motor mount.
Best to replace engine mounts and transmission mounts all at the same time. They all work together. If one is bad the others aren't far behind and one worn out will quickly wear out the others.
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What was the issue that made you want to change the mount? Or did you just happen to notice a physical issue with it?
Embidd the issue i had was that when i would put it in gear it would vibrate a lot, so i had someone put it in gear while i went down there and checked and looked and i could see the trans one was mooving way too much
@@motorhead883_8 Thanks man, I appreciate the reply. Ive been having some vibration issues as well, so Ill probably do the same thing
Embidd let me know what you find, it can also be one of you motor mounts you check it the same way
@@motorhead883_8 Thanks, Ill check it this weekend for and let you know
Embidd awesome ill be looking out for the comment!!
Why did you take the cross member out all you needed was a piece of wood on a jack to raise the transmission and that mount comes right out! =\
Titan Fall im not sure of you watched the entire video but you can see that underneath that crossmember is two bolts that hold the mount to the transmission. You have to take those two bolts out in order to take the mount off of the transmission.
Titan Fall also you cant raise the transmission too much or it can cause damage so the safest way is to take out he cross member. Which is only 8 bolts. 3 on each side and two from the mount.
Hi what’s the torq specs
I googled it and says 35flbs
Cause my motor moves alot