swapping out motors

Asked by TCN Feb 02, 2019 at 05:10 PM about the 2005 Ford Explorer

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

can you take a motor out of a 1997 ford ranger and put it in a 2005 ford
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OJ answered 5 years ago

Assuming they are both 4.0 engines, NO. Cannot put an OHV engine is a vehicle that had a SOHC engine. No simple swap out.

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