i originally found this place because it's in the shop right now

or driving/shifting advice. if you have any advice i'd love to hear it. I don't ride the clutch and i coast in to a stoplight in neutral.
interesting to have a V6 Ranger driver in here (vs. members in here with 4 cylinder Rangers). does that have the 3 litre or 4 litre V6?? others will probably have more questions about your truck.blackwell wrote:New here, 19, got my first truck as a standard. it is a 2001 Ford Ranger Edge V6 5-speed standard transmission, and i love it.
bienvenido al foro; ¡¡que disfrutes de tu estadia!! why is the truck in the shop??blackwell wrote:i originally found this place because it's in the shop right nowand i was looking online to see if there were any bad habits i had that i could get rid of
way too much to say without narrowing down with questions, but some of us will offer blind advice. it's good you don't ride the clutch. not sure it's necessary to coast in neutral to stoplights; you can also stay in gear (with the clutch out/engaged) and then just press the clutch in when you get down close to idle speed. it's good to get good habits in practice, and then you don't have to worry too much about stalling, slipping the clutch and overrevving by mistake now and then. if you practice bad habits like riding the clutch, resting your foot on the clutch (especially when not in use), braking with the clutch and shifting without pushing the clutch down all the way, then you are just asking for trouble, while it's hard to ruin a clutch or transmission by making most other mistakes.blackwell wrote:or driving/shifting advice. if you have any advice i'd love to hear it. I don't ride the clutch and i coast in to a stoplight in neutral.
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
If you want, or if it supports a goal that you have. I do recommend it, regardless of manual or automatic, because I think it's an important part of being one with your vehicle, knowing your vehicle, and being able to drive it the best way that you can.blackwell wrote:i haven't paid attention to the rpms, should i?
I know 1990s Rangers with I4 engines are known for clutch slave cylinder failure and it is recommended to replace the slave cylinder when replacing the clutch. Was yours replaced?Thank you for the warm welcome, it's in there because it became very hard to shift, as in 7/8 of the time now i couldn't shift without relentlessly pumping the clutch. got a new clutch in june, so i don't know if the clutch is bad or something else.
Neutral coasting is harmless. Staying in gear down to idle RPM is also harmless. Both are equally acceptable, with only the slightest minor advantages and disadvantages to differentiate them.the main reason i coast in in neutral is because my foot is too big for the pedal, so i actually have to pivot off of my heel and holding it can be hard to do if i press it in if my heel slips forward a little bit on accident.
i wear a US size 18,
watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
Did they change the slave cylinder when you had the clutch done? I always do, but on my last two, the master cylinder was bad too and I had problems from it after the clutch was changed out. By the way, my 2001 Ranger had to have everything replaced at 82,000 miles, clutch, slave, and master.blackwell wrote:Thank you for the warm welcome, it's in there because it became very hard to shift, as in 7/8 of the time now i couldn't shift without relentlessly pumping the clutch. got a new clutch in june, so i don't know if the clutch is bad or something else.
You would like the '77 F150 I had many years ago. Look at the size of this clutch pedal (besides there is more floor space in a full size truck):
the main reason i coast in in neutral is because my foot is too big for the pedal, i wear a US size 18
theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
It's pretty simple. The master cylinder is mounted near the pedal. When you push the pedal, it pushes fluid out of the master cylinder. That fluid arrives at the slave cylinder and pushes stuff (specifically the release bearing, which pushes the clutch cover assembly's fingers, which take pressure off of the pressure plate, which stops putting pressure on the clutch disc). In older vehicles the slave cylinder looked a lot like the master cylinder, but in yours it looks like a donut that expands or some kind of old-timey camera lens.blackwell wrote:not only do i have no idea what a slave cylinder does (sorry, not the most knowledgeable about vehicles)
It is unlikely that a smaller person would make a measurable change in fuel economy.i'm not exactly sure of the gas mileage, somewhere in the low 20's. i'm sure if there was somebody smaller in there it might get better gas mileage lol.
watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
oh i know, i was kidding. it's like 0.2 mpg per 100 lbs or something i think. is that right?theholycow wrote: It is unlikely that a smaller person would make a measurable change in fuel economy.