I don't know where to begin with electrical problems...
You turn on the high beams, the headlights cut out completely.
The dome light shorts itself out and burns up every bulb I put in it.
No dash lights whatsoever, although I have the idea that might just be burnt out bulbs.
My horn does not work, although the fuse is just fine.
The door ajar light is forever on, and the check gauge light flickers on and off at it's own convenience.
Very dependable, not once has it ever failed me. Considering the high mileage, this truck is in amazing mechanical shape.
The only cost of running that I have is an oil change every 5000 kilometers.
Structurally a strong truck, I cut the roof off and made it a convertible, everything is holding up great, and the dome light is no longer an issue!
One big complaint is power, I have to down shift just to keep speed on the slightest hill. Put any weight in it and just forget about the hills. 4 cylinder defintely too small for the truck.
Your electrical problems are prolly just one of these:
1: fuses
2: wires behind dash are cut/damaged/being crushed
3:new alternator/distributor needed (one of those...)
I have a 99 ford ranger 4 door 2.3L engine with a 5 speed manual, and I love it. I've owned 2 previous rangers the exact same (except they were both single cabs) I wrecked the first going 55 into a woman backing up 10 mph because she missed her turn. All it did was dent the hood slightly, and break out the front grille. the headlights were fine. and suprisingly so was the front bumper. The rear end of her car was completely folded under! Needless to say, she was towed home, I drove home. my second ranger I bought for 200 dollars and it had 278,398 miles on it. I remember because it blew my mind! it belonged to someone who changed the oil 3000 miles surprisingly. I drove it for 5 years and it finally died at 356,790. this engine is awesome!! very resilient and mechanically well built and designed. As for your uphill power, go to http://www.esslingerengineering.com if you're a mechanical person, and they sell speed parts ect. my little 2.3 has a turbo, and other various parts (over 15000 invested in engine and transmission) and I have 478 Rear wheel HP. and 512 foot pounds of torque. it pulls and goes just fine. but stock, just throw in a high flow cat and a good old glass pack, and a cold air and she plays a fine tune for power dirt cheap. any questions? email aaron_samuelson@yahoo.com.
Its impossible to get 400+ horsepower and 500+ torque from a 2.3 4 cylinder. No matter what turbos of superchargers you put on there. The engine could not handle that stress while producing numbers like that, also I highly doubt that the engine has enough moving mass to make that much torque. Granted you may have better engine specs with those upgrades, you are in no way, ever going to achieve those numbers.
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