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I have a 97' Ranger. It wont start all it does is make a "click" sound when I try starting it.

I don't have battery cables but I do have a battery reader and the battery was at 12.3 Volts.

Any idea what might be the issue? I'm thinking a starter.
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What kind of mileage do you get on that Ranger, Billay?

A friend of mine had one, and it was downright horrifying what that thing got per gallon. It's a small pickup running on a 6 FFS.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
What kind of mileage do you get on that Ranger, Billay?

A friend of mine had one, and it was downright horrifying what that thing got per gallon. It's a small pickup running on a 6 FFS.

It's not very good lol maybe 17 or 18 miles a gallon?
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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Have you tried putting it in neutral and then starting the vehicle? There is a park neutral switch. If something is misaligned or going bad the other position might allow it to crank.

Ya I've started it that before lol
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Originally Posted by SAUTO:
I thought you were getting rid of that thing a year ago...

I tried to get you in something that was nice, they are still driving it today.

I was then got laid off the same week I started car shopping.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
It's not very good lol maybe 17 or 18 miles a gallon?

That's not as bad his was, and not terrible overall especially for a 97' pickup.
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Wouldn’t that thing be rusty in the Midwest all these years, Billay?
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Originally Posted by lewdog:
Wouldn’t that thing be rusty in the Midwest all these years, Billay?

Not if it’s a 2WD. That thing is going nowhere in the ice :-).

Wife had one of those when we were dating in college. I don’t remember what year. About the same. It was a straight joke in the snow.
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Originally Posted by lewdog:
What was it?

Mid 2000s lesabre.

Low miles and cheap.

Went to south Dakota last week.
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Total chic magnet for the women Clay dates. I bet that Billay's success with the heifers has to do with the rusted out Ranger

Originally Posted by SAUTO:
Mid 2000s lesabre.

Low miles and cheap.

Went to south Dakota last week.

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It's not rusted and it totally sucks ass in the ice/snow
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ya sure it's not rusted
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:-) Years ago I had a 1984 Chevy S10 pickup with a 2.8 V6. Must useless POS engine ever, drank gas like a V8, but only had the power of a 4 cyl. Pretty typical of the absolute crap GM was building in the 80s.
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Took it to the grocery store mother fucker acted like it wasnt gonna start up again had to diddle the wheel
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That's really fucking odd. Maybe something in the ignition switch mechanism?
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Originally Posted by Bugeater:
:-) Years ago I had a 1984 Chevy S10 pickup with a 2.8 V6. Must useless POS engine ever, drank gas like a V8, but only had the power of a 4 cyl. Pretty typical of the absolute crap GM was building in the 80s.

They must have tuned them differently in later years, I had a 91 S10 with the 2.8. I got around 28 MPG and would burn tires through 1 and 2, would get lucky and get 3 to burn if I was going into a corner. Fucking loved that truck, of course it was my first truck I bought for $500 when I was 14
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