How to Replace Grille 1995-97 Ford Ranger
Created on: 2011-10-11
This video will show how to remove the grille and install a new one, and also how to swap the emblem over. Follow along to do this repair yourself
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step 1 :Removing the Grille
- Remove the six Phillips head screws from the top of the grille
- Pull the grille up and out
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step 2 :Preparing the New Grille
- Remove the two 10mm nuts that hold the emblem to the grille
- Pull the emblem off of the new grille
- Put the emblem in place on the new grille
- Fasten the two 10mm bolts that hold the emblem to the grille
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step 3 :Installing the New Grille
- Push the grille into place using the locating tabs
- Insert two of the Phillips head screws into the top of the grille
- Position the grille around the headlight bezels
- Insert the remaining four Phillips screws into the top of the grille
Tools needed
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Socket Extensions
Phillips Head Screwdriver
10mm Socket
Ratchet
7/32 Inch Socket
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In this video we're going to show you how to replace the grill on this '96 Ford Ranger, same as any '93 to '97. The tools you'll need are a Phillips screwdriver, and you may need a 7/32 inch socket with a ratchet and you'll also need a 10 mm socket with a ratchet and an extension will help.
We'll remove the grill by removing six Phillips screws: one, two, three, four, five, and six. On the grill, you just pull up at the top, up on the other side, forward and up and out.
You'll want to take the Ford emblem off your grill. On the back side you want a 10 mm socket with the ratchet and extension. What ends up happening here is this nut comes loose, but it doesn't thread off the stud. Then the two speed nuts. You can see on this one, I'm being very careful not to press it at all, and it actually ends up backing off the stud. You might find you have to . I'm actually pulling on the emblem some while I'm taking this one off. As I pull the emblem and thread the bolt off it pulls the bolt off the emblem. Here's our new grill. The emblem's going to fit on there. On the back side, put the nuts back on.
The new grill kind of has little feet down here, just like the old one should have, although they were broken off on my original. They go right down into tabs here. We'll just add a couple of these screws in. Then what we do is we loosen up this eyebrow trim, here, and then push the grill down, flip it under the trim, and bring the two pieces together. Here, you can see, on the other side, I use some pretty good force to push that eyebrow trim in and then get the grill snapped on over it, and then put the other screw on the outside of the grill. The last screw on the grill, put that in, tighten it down first, and then tighten that eyebrow trim, the top screw on that. Then put your other two screws in, and we tighten these up. You don't need to have them crazy tight, just have them nice and firm, and you should be all set.
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