OT - Keyless entry - How do you know a Ford 99 Ranger has it...

I had the same question when I bought my 98 Mustang GT used... I took it down to the Ford Dealership to find out... it had power locks, windows, etc etc.. but for 98 and below (few years below anyway) you program it from the trunk.. on 99 models & up you program/check it like you said (ignition on/off repeatedly w/out starting car). They didn't know that you couldn't do it like that for 98 & below, so they were confused initially & looked in the books & they programmed mine for free when they found out how lol. But easiest way is just to take it to a local Ford dealership & ask them to program it. The remote costed $50 & they programmed for free... it was supposed to cost $20, but since they took forever they didn't charge. Programming for 99+ is free at my local dealership. Hope this helps. Cya.

-Mike

Yes, turns out it has remote keyless entry, I took one of remotes from my 99 Expedition and it works; slight side effect is that now the single remote unlocks and locks both vehicles which I suppose is better than carrying two remotes on the keychain.

I bought the truck and it's in pretty good shape; come to find out the truck was a repo from Ford Motor Financing out of Texas (I'm in Missouri) and the short of needing standard maintained things like brakes/rotors and shocks, the truck is really good shape. Apparently the prev owner had a little time before the truck was repo'ed and took the AM?FM CD player and not to mention the rear speakers! The dealer that I got it from had put a Ford AM/FM radio in it which I had never seen before, after checking out the rear door speaker grill I found the rear speakers were gone so I have found Ford JBL Prem speakers on EBay not to mention a new Prem Ford am/fm cd cassette player all for about $250 which is less than a after market CD player would cost which I didn't want to do since most are single DIN.

Brakes and rotors are a BREEZE on these things! Yours is the 4x4 right???

Last Saturday I did rotors and pads (did calipers with a wasted rotor that I didn't change last year).

I bought the rotors from Schuck's (Checker/Kragen are the same company) and they were in stock for $55 each new. The caliper kits I got last year were around $50/exchange each and came with pads.

So for around $225 you can get two brand new rotors and loaded calipers for the 4x4 4.0 (same thing I have, including the 5 spd auto).

It's an easy job. Just unbolt two bolts that hold the caliper to the support bracket. Of course remove the brake line. Then remove the caliper support bracket (two more bolts) and break off the the factory "washers" that hold the rotor onto the wheel studs (mine had two on one wheel). Slide off the rotor, put on the new rotor (after a good cleaning with brake clean to get the "oil" off). Mount the caliper bracket, mount the caliper, reconnect the brake lines.

I had to actually assemble the calipers in my kit. Look how the little boot that goes over the slide pin is installed. Make sure to lube the heck out of everything. I did, and I still squeak some. My new pads had a plate that adheres to the back of the new pad. Cover the back of that with lube too, since it contacts the caliper pistons.

Bleed 'em and hit the road!

Good luck,

Steve