Mustang rear-end gears

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94stranger
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Mustang rear-end gears

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will mustang 8.8 gears fit in a ranger 8.8 with no problem and would my axles work fine?
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yes. you may have to swap the ring to your ranger carrier if you want to keep the abs tone ring. make sure the ring and pinion stay together, they are a matched set. youll need a new crush collar and may or may not need carrier shims.
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
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Post by 94stranger »

so I should probably have it done by a shop that does it so the can make sure its is centered and what not!
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Post by cjcnomor4 »

not so much centered, I was talking about transfering the ring and pinion into the ranger housing. if the ranger 8.8 has a 3.55 and the mustang has a 3.73 you could change the ring and pinion, the housings stay in the car.
If you are talking about replacing your ranger 7.5 with a complete mustang 8.8, I would have it done. there are guys here that have swapped over an explorer rear themselves and done it right.
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
94stranger
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Post by 94stranger »

my ranger has a stck 8.8 (luckily), so I could pull my truck in to my shop take gears from one of the mustang rear-ends on are shelf and pop the gears in with out to much troubles?
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Post by cjcnomor4 »

yep
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
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