Found On Roadside FIXED? The MYSTERY Ford Ranger Is DONE

I bought a 1993 Ford Ranger XLT for $300 after a friend had wrenched on it and couldn't get it running. We went through all the usual stuff the first day, and could not make the truck run. In the last video we narrowed the issue down to a bad ECU after a massive amount of troubleshooting. I found a used one for $51 and ordered it immediately. We swapped it out, put a radio in it, fixed the rearview mirror, and the truck is ready to go on down the road!
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[@thomasknight7734]

One of those trucks is a little nicer than the other

[@WatchJRGo]

You're not kidding, heck it even runs better and we haven't really started 😂

[@olivierauberger]

This white truck was like seeing a beautiful woman walk buy

[@rwdplz1]

Take apart the old computer, I want to see what failed.

[@nickgrfn]

we have to go deeper

[@Scooter30FTW]

Russian repair.

[@Tech_481]

Yes!

[@miawallace2785]

Scooter30FTW Russian repair is bang like a old Ruski tv , trust me I know

[@dragoneye6642]

Made in China ...

[@erickoliveira1352]

Man your channel is awesome! I'm watching all your videos, since the old ones. You are helping me to improve my English! My best regards from Brazil!

[@WatchJRGo]

That's awesome! Thank you for watching 🍻

[@erickoliveira1352]

@@WatchJRGo If one day you decide to visit Brazil, you will be very welcome! Here we have a lot of fun cars you would love hahaha

[@KiwiCatherineJemma]

Yep, he speaks good American English, even us non-Americans can understand him absolutely 100%.. A great KZbin channel to watch to improve your everyday American English skills.

[@idahofur]

I seen stereos like that before. Lets just leave the factory connector in and splice another one into it. The last one I ran into was a 93 s10 blazer that they stole the glove box light to provide the 12 on all the time. What they didn't know and I did. A hidden fuse fixed the correct wire. So they trashed the glove box light for no reason.

[@kitecattestecke2303]

Ah stupid person mod on old cars.. The modern cancer of used items...

[@jimmyschmidt14]

What JR says off camera: We need to sell this hooptie Ranger. I think it's giving me depression.

[@1manmanythings144]

hoovies garage.................did someone say hooptie

[@plantedinpr886]

Thanks for saving a ranger JR. We need more of those little beater trucks around. :D

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

Planted in PR : for sure !

[@pathbelow6652]

No we don't.

[@samrumade9429]

Planted in PR have a 93 identical to it. Can’t kill it. Had it 26 yrs,everyday work truck. Best vehicle I have ever owned.

[@PatrickWagz]

@@samrumade9429 I have a 93 Ranger with the 6-cylinder. Still runs great with 247,000 miles. Drove it today!!

[@catholicguy1000]

I have a 94 with 204k miles . Still runs like a champ

[@pops55650]

Now I have closure, thanks. Someday I hope to have Audi closure lol

[@sirbiggums8117]

Since we all have to be holed up anyway, you should get something really cool to work on in your garage. Maybe like an Audi R8, oh wait...

[@americanrambler4972]

I enjoyed this Ranger series. Be interesting to know what you get for it and how long it takes to sell.

[@Fit4C]

Jesus loves you alot trust in His death 4 salvation and be saved from eternal hell

[@hualni]

By "Special Stuff" do you mean a couple quarts of Marvel's Mystery Oil and a couple of SS badges?

[@FourPartsJohn]

I just want to say thank you for making this series. My father and I were planning to fix his '93 XLT over the summer, which hasn't been driven for 5-6 years. Right now we know it's leaking coolant from the head gasket and the parking brake seizes up and won't let go (we have to use a chuck to park it on hills). But if we have similar issues getting it started again we can just reference your videoes! Cheers from the cheery midwest!

[@Fit4C]

Jesus loves you alot trust in His death 4 salvation and be saved from eternal hell

[@nbrowser]

Damn JR that F100 is just a beauty, I know your gonna do right by that truck! Make her shine nicely eh.

[@itsnotme07]

So when you sell these flips, where do you sell them on? Facebook? Craigslist? Asking for a friend...who may consider one of your flips... haha.

[@spoonfudge1284]

I love the NES reference. I remember my kids and I doing that. Lol

[@dukenudibranch6414]

It was definitely the ECU after all?

[@jimmyschmidt14]

ECU after all?

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Yeah....strange huh? An intermitent ECU that can be bypassed with starter fluid? Hrrmmmm..!? I feel bad for the idiot that buys this truck. First time I have heard about an ECU going bad that couldn't be diagnosed by a DIAGNOSTIC.

[@dukenudibranch6414]

I have been driving my grandfather's 2001 Ford Ranger XLT with a four liter V6: It does the same thing. It won't start when it's cold outside. Maybe the computer freezes in the cold?

[@Rs817t]

Michael did u ever figure that out?

[@PadreDProductions]

@@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence OBD 1 doesnt make it easy and the manuals are worthless for those years

[@vikingman4614]

This video probably saved 5 Ford Rangers

[@paulaanderson5741]

My son just got a ranger. Free no opt does not run. Thank you for the video

[@RichieRouge206]

Really quite fond of the Ranger lol. Great project!

[@ezauto1911]

Awesome, you bought it back a life. Drive and sound. Where you find all your good deals such as this truck, Scion xB, and the Geo. I want to film more videos when I get a car fix. Like your video as usual.

[@DaveSomething]

I'd buy the Barney the Ranger truck... need a truck, too far away (about 2 hrs), oh, and we're on "plague lockdown"!

[@vaalrus]

Intermittant ECU issues are *THE WORST*… I had one on a Mystery Dodge… I probably could have re-worked some power transistors, but I didn’t want to spend a week de-potting the thing.

[@alpaljl]

Nice. I like the Ranger. My dad has a 1992 4-cyl Ranger. She just runs and runs and runs... and I might have mentioned this before...

[@trot3435]

"and as you guys know, I can't leave things alone..." lmao. That's why I watch your videos, "ATD-attention to detail"

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

t rot : gotta respect that attention to detail hey

[@RyRyWags]

Good find! Can't beat a $50 repair. How much did you get (sell) for the truck?

[@richardfarmer6570]

Thanks for wrapping this up. First one of your videos I watched was the first Ranger video, now I am addicted.

[@thomas316]

Step 1: Like video. Step 2: Watch video. Step 3: Comment.

[@drippingwax]

First!

[@WatchJRGo]

Early squad be like: 1. Comment 2. Watch 3. Comment Again 4. Like 5. Share 6. Subscribe 7. Do Whatever You Wanna Do

[@andy-in-indy]

@@WatchJRGo 8. Talk to you. . . Next time!

[@debrad53]

Really like watching JR Go,Got You right up in my list next to Chrisfix n FordTechMakuloco..lol

[@javiergonzalez9077]

Suggestion, point the camera at the vehicles. They ARE the reason we're here.

[@Rilbo]

How much are you selling it for? That would be a perfect truck to teach myself to drive stick lol.

[@chadriddle3517]

Good to see another ranger video

[@alexandrecouture2462]

I was thinking that if JR was in lockdown due to COVID, he would actually have to work on the R8, but it seems like this is not the case. :)

[@Buc_Stops_Here]

Guess that truck was not built for any kind of deep water. You get it up the wheel, that hole will sink that new ECU. Just don't take it off road at all. Then again, who in their right mind would take this old truck off road at this point? Then again, no social distancing where he is? Lucky him - we are under lockdown here on the east coast.

[@ccsmith2937]

Good video. That truck will make someone happy. 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[@catholicguy1000]

My 94 4x4 4.0 still scoots after 204k miles . I’ll never drive anything else

[@mjmcomputers]

Open up the old ECU and see if the caps are leaking.

[@jts1820]

Glad to see the ranger getting finished up. Hope your doing well!!

[@natalebutler6346]

I bought a 95 Ford Ranger 20 years ago out of someone's yard. Had the clutch rebuilt and I still drive it everyday. They are built Ford Tough!

[@conorgreatorex1243]

What happened to the r8

[@KBMOTORSchannel]

The danger ranger is back!! I figured it had something with the Ecu. My Jeep did the same exact thing. Took me forever to diagnose it.

[@MekoUnknown]

Had a 2005 at work. Over 300k on it... Holes through the body, nothing resembling exhaust and burned a pint of oil per tank of gas.... But I couldn't kill the damn thing. It'll be a good beater for ya.

[@grant7599]

My hands started to hurt watching JR work in that tight spot lol..

[@TimmyMoza]

Yer all right. Way to send it off the right way.

[@anthoneyries1]

I have a personal love, hate relationship with this truck. I had one for about 10 years. So much money and time put into it

[@kitecattestecke2303]

So it is indeed trash

[@anthoneyries1]

@@kitecattestecke2303 yeah but they're fun and was a good learning experience

[@skswig1]

The previous gen Ranger was sooo much better and easier to work on.

[@chadriddle3517]

How much did you put the Ranger up for sale

[@HBP68]

Change the driver side sun visor JR 👍

[@ScrapFarm]

Well apparently the only people paying for ads is the pharmaceutical companies.... and six months of free payment for a new Ford F-150

[@RedneckTaZ]

Liked the NES reference and "blowing off the pins".

[@honorharrington4546]

The ECU failing is a common failure in first generation Rangers and Explorers.

[@badderthanyou]

honor harrington why would starter fluid keep it running with bad ecu though?

[@honorharrington4546]

@@badderthanyou They can fail in many ways. In this unit it was the fueling that was doing something in start but failing in run. Another unit might fail in the ignition section or the sensor inputs. They are close to 30 years old now.

[@Y2daT420]

Next time you cold start the classic f100. Push the pedal to the floor 1 time and release. Then hit the key.

[@vector6977]

That's basically what the owner's manual says for that classic.

[@haydenuk02]

Brilliant work thanks for the content

[@scottfirman]

I wish you were closer, I would buy the ranger.

[@mikeluther60]

RC Hobbyist Extreme road trip...

[@molnstv]

So was the ecu the problem?

[@patf03]

4 real wtf he went rite to the radio and never said anything about the ecu ...maybe it dident fix it lol

[@unstablebobgable]

If I could help Watch JR Goes work on the Ford Rangers I would drink the cold Bartle Skeets and puff on the Cannabis Cigar and get all schmoked up.

[@gamingbehemothx999]

Still on for toilet paper

[@lyndelbeckwith1706]

Glad you got it done! Had one in the 90's i loved, but had transmission issues.

[@whitlock3076]

I would have liked to have seen how you fixed that speaker wire harness

[@itseddy8767]

"Goldeneye will stop crashing" LMAO. The classic blow on the cartridge to fix it.

[@GoodOlBoy1976]

I wish I was closer to you so you could fix my radio O who am I kidding hell fix my whole truck lol.

[@jaym9529]

U should say how much the truck is and where to buy it

[@richardcline1337]

Having had three Rangers I am very partial to them. MY present one is a 2010 Ranger Sport Extended cab. I've seen the new version and wouldn't have one given to me! I'd be sold that thing before the engine got cold. If I'm going to have something almost as big as an F-150 then why not get an F-150? Ford's engineers must have really been having some serious anal moments when they came up with the idea for that thing. I started out with an '89, then bought a 2003 because it had the extended cab. When I heard that Ford was dropping the Ranger in 2011 I found an almost brand new 2010 so I could have one that would last me a long time. So far, it has been the best money I have ever spent. The 4.0 hardly notices the 4x8 utility trailer I pull a lot of times. When Hurricane Michael hit I did a lot of yard clearing for my neighbors as well as my own property, loading the debris and junk onto the 4x8 and it more than paid for itself in just a few days.

[@derricklewis6724]

I'm pretty partial to Rangers too. I've had 4 vehicles so far in my life, a Ford E-250 that was never really used, then a 2003 Ranger which was not in the best condition when I got it, the hood wouldn't open (ended up cutting the cord and running it through the grill so it could be opened), the bed was falling apart so I took it off, drivers side door almost fell off every time you opened it, not to mention any mechanical problems but it lasted me quite awhile getting me to and from work until I took it off the road because I found a Dodge Dakota which seemed a lot better at the time. Somehow the clean Dakota didn't last me near as long, the rear end went and a couple different mechanics quoted me more than I paid for both truck combined to fix it. Instead I spent a lot more than any of the rest on a nice 2007 Ranger, lasted me the longest so far while also having no issues the entire time until I rolled it just a few weeks ago :/ 2wd which sucked in the winter but we got a sudden blizzard after I had taken the weight out since winter was supposed to be over, now I'm mostly looking at Rangers for a vehicle again.

[@Lasertrac]

Your throughness in doing a proper job and not just doing it half ass is what we have come to expect and we appreciate. It. Diligence pays off. Looking forward to the next video. Try and get Jared and Gabe to do guest appearances. LOL

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

JS West : really liked your comment. So true !

[@greathornedowl3644]

hope you and yours (Josh) are staying safe, and thank's for providing entertainment during shelter in place. Ford Danger would make a great vehicle for high school students or underprivileged family. I appreciate that you work mostly on cars for the other 99% of us who are not own a Bugghati, Ferarri, Mazarati, Lamborgini.

[@Fit4C]

Jesus loves you alot trust in His death 4 salvation and be saved from eternal hell

[@spoonfudge1284]

I need a truck and can’t afford much. Had a stroke at the age of 42 and had to go on disability. How much?

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

spoonfudge : so sorry to hear that . My cousin had One at 30 years old . Wishing you good luck and Health .

[@robert626c]

Hey!!! I have that same radio in our GMC lol

[@ajw828]

Definitely had to go through this one... crazy that it ended up being the ECU. So much for an easy flip! :) Definitely will be a great truck for the next owner.

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

Little did JR & Josh know that Jake would be a Ford Ranger man as well. 👨‍🔧

[@zachhensel5480]

Use garillia glue to hold rear view mirrow on

[@zachhensel5480]

It will set up in a week and hold long time did mine 2 years ago its still holding

[@93jake81]

The rear view mirror has the same defect as my F-150 from the same year does. Must just be poor quality

[@WatchJRGo]

A lot of older mirrors (especially ones subjected to humidity delaminate internally). I see it a lot and the only fix is to replace the whole thing or have a glass shop cut a new one, not worth the hassle 😢

[@darrenswails]

Jake i have a 95 flareside mark 3 .. haven't driven it in years though i did pressure wash the organic junk trying to grow on it this last weekend..

[@93jake81]

WatchJRGo yeah I’m probably just going to end up getting a new one. It’s not bad, just annoying

[@TruckCentral]

6:12 Careful, that’s how it spreads...

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

Truck Central : gloves on when your out and about... thanks for Reminding us all .

[@pussygalore5947]

A complete waste of time and money for you, but these days we'll watch anything!....Read an owners manual to us if you want.

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

PussyGalore : I actually disagree. It was the diagnosis and mysterious Systems that kept me watching. John Ross and Josh really do a great job On the trouble shooting fundamentals here . I’m one those viewers that’s not A mechanic type but try to learn more . I have really appreciated the effort they Put forth for me . Stay safe out there.

[@bradleywilliamsact4496]

If you notice they never cus

[@joeyy9499]

I had a 96 2.3 drove it for many years ended up selling it with over 298,000 miles bought it new with 14 miles on it in 97. Ran like a dream but body was rough. The Northeast everything gets rusty with salt.

[@ToddFlannery]

Why is the Under side of the hood blue

[@terrylessmann2274]

I grew up a Ford guy before my Porsche addiction took hold, but wow, who would put an ECU in a cubby hole above a fender drain hole? What could go wrong? The engineer / designer who came up with that should be condemned to changing them out for life. How about some duct tape on the driver's sun visor before sending it down the road?

[@po3185]

Lol google Caravan ecm location just for the kicks. From early 90's until 2007.

[@marka7831]

there is a really dodgey connector in the third ground wire coming off of the battery ground cable "According to the factory repair manual, there should be three wires coming off of the negative cable. The main cable which connects to the frame, and then to the engine. A smaller cable (about 10ga), which connects to the front core support, as the body ground. The last wire has a plug about 6 inches down, and then goes into the harness, this wire goes to the computer.

[@majcrash]

That free youtube music is really annoying. No music would be better, or perhaps a musician fan could compose something. Please just get rid of that crap music.

[@nonelost1]

Nice series of videos about the ‘93 Ranger. But dude, that driver’s side sun visor (10:55) has got to go. Should be a cheap fix.

[@coolissimo69]

Why couldn't we hear the start of the motor?

[@Robsav-yx6vi]

Coolissim0 Unl1mited : l know ...lol . Did it Help ? It was a cliffhanger...

[@icerazar713]

Old enough to get the NES reference and blowing on the ECU. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelsj8084]

i really enjoyed this content because it was a mystery. fun to follow along as you guys fixed it!! and my first truck was a tacoma, so i have love for the "smaller" trucks.

[@ShaunSavage-kl9pd]

A ford will run like shit longer than most vehicles will run. Love my 500 thousand mile ranger

[@billkrause4585]

Make it a hobby truck to restore it. Find a Junk Yard for parts, we have one locally where you pull your own part for five bucks. Need a headliner, go fetch it.

[@brianc5537]

Power wash that engine bay. Just make sure the important stuff is covered....

[@JonBlondell]

A lot of knowledge here!

[@WatchJRGo]

Blame Josh's endless Ford knowledge 💯

[@Frank-mx2hh]

6:12-6:14 millennials won't get that, but that was hilarious!!

[@hackmattr]

Millennials understand. Gen Z won't get it.

[@jeffsheets9389]

Did like the ranger used to have a 97 manual shift good solid truck 🙋👍

[@donellmuniz590]

God I hate electronics on cars. Neccessary evil, I suppose, but I cant diagnose or fix em.

[@Moc619sd]

Hey Jr we have a 2000 Ranger with a 3.0 2wd 177 k and runs great. When you hold the brakes like at a red light the pedal looses pressure still holds truck but noticeable. No leaks that we can see. Master cylinder? Love the channel and hope you top dollar for your Ranger.

[@DAUGHTEROFBABYLON]

IMO, Yes.

[@VanisleNSX]

5:56 That's what she said!

[@isaacfalvey]

Did you get a haircut in the middle of this video?

[@WatchJRGo]

Yes 😂

[@Fit4C]

Jesus loves you alot trust in His death 4 salvation and be saved from eternal hell

[@h.snider2628]

Why do people butcher up the wiring so bad they make adapters so you don't have to cut any wiring🤔

[@thancrus]

the official paint color of that ranger from from ford is listed as "dark plum"

[@christiansaballa9542]

Did you reset the fuel shutdown switch (inertia switch)? It's located on the passenger side. That darn thing gave me a headache after I hit a bump on the road and the truck had the same issues as this one. I betcha that was the issue.

[@josepaul8]

did you sell it already? kinda interested. link for the ad?

[@mattdoe04]

9:10 was that truck stolen? The ignition system and the plastic around it looks dismantled...

[@FUCKDSS]

How much for the ranger ? I have a 93 ... As well and i could be interested in getting a different one

[@johncaruso7437]

Does this model Ranger have both the low-output and high-output fuel pumps?

[@shrek_428]

I got an old Ranger like that, did a little work, been my to work vehicle for 3 years now, with no other problems

Nice work on the Ranger.

[@kelli217]

WatchJR *_STAY HOME_*

[@lesterspringirth1734]

My daughter and her husband have a ranger about that year. Has been sitting a while and they want to give it to me. What do you think, should I take jt