I had to buy a new truck thanks to a drunk driver, and I found a 99 Ranger XLT with extended cab and only 32k miles for a song, so I snagged it. It's clean as a whistle, and drives better than the 96 Mazda pickup I was driving when I got rearended. (May the Mazda rest in peace)
Anyway, the Ranger is a 4 cylinder 5-speed and if I'm just putzing around, it doesn't make this sound, but say I need to step on it a little bit, when I shift into 3rd or 4th (I have heard it very rarely shifting into 2nd) just as I let off the clutch, it makes a funny 'whooo'-ing sound.
As far as how much am I getting after it? A good example would be going from a stop light onto an on-ramp to get on the highway... I've got a fairly short space to get up to speed. In most cases, normal just keeping up with normal traffic won't always produce the sound, but could. I can keep it from doing it, but I have to be very concious about how I'm accelerating.
Any thoughts on what that is?
Second, it does do one other thing I don't like so well. When shifting into 3rd gear only, sometimes it will make a high pitched grinding noise, as if I didn't have the clutch in all the way... But when I hear it, and I try to step harder on the clutch, I'm already all the way there, so that's not the problem. This is something that I haven't been able to figure out how to recreate yet. It normally happens 1-2 times per day, but could happen as much at 3 or 4 times a trip depending on it's mood.
Now I don't really know a whole lot about the inner workings of a truck... I can put a computer together in no time, and I can get just about any pinball machine brought to life, and I ain't a dumb fella... just take it slow with me :)
Thanks