Freeze plug pushed out

pomonamissel said

i do hope you check the heads for cracks before spending bucks on them . but your block could have cracked during a overheating . its a ford i gather . not many of them come down my road , did a friends ranger v6 once . we ended up replacing the whole engine after he ran it hot just once . heads had 30 plus cracks in them . if you heads are still good , grab another lower end and transfer parts . after all there were more the a few million mustangs built to rob parts from .

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Have had a dozen or so Rangers/Explorers. Never had a problem with cracked heads. Hell, I was swapping a 302 in place of the 2.8 V-6 in my one Ranger. Pulled the drain plug out of the pan and fired it up. Took 30 minutes to lock up. Let it cool off, fired it up. Took 15 minutes for it to lock up this time. Next fire up I had to hold it floored just to keep it running. I gave it to the shop that built my 302. Steve polished the crank with some crocus clothe, resized the rods and ran the ball hone down the cylinders. I started working for him....the delivery truck had my old motor in it. Drove it like I stole it. He put well over another 100k on...it had 110k on it when I tortured it.