Hello,
I have a 93 Ranger with the gutless 4 cylinder. Bought in 96 with 28,000. Immediately I started using semi-synthetic oil, changed the trans fluid around
75k. I had to replace the slave cylinder at 120,000. Had them put a new clutch in while they were there. Trans guy said my oil plugs fell out and put new ones in with silicone.
At 155,000 the timing belt died. I hadn't bothered to replace it because I read several places the 2.3 is non-interference, the valves won't contact the pistons. Well they didn't but the belt managed to whack the balancer on the crank and it took out the crank position sensor. So what I thought would be a $25 dollar fix turned into $200.
I had a Ford remanufactured alternator already for it and got a new water pump to install while working on it. The engine still sounds good, I expect it to go 200k easy now.
Pretty good vehicle for 11 years old. Still has the original paint and looks good.