the 3.slow, head gasket problems but typically a pretty good engine, the tranny is a Mazda 5r should be a 12" clutch and is a pretty decent trans, the biggest down fall is the clutch master cylinders is in the trans and very fail prone and requires the trans to be dropped to replace
The earlier Rangers and the Bronco II had most of the same parts. They had the master cylinder on the firewall just below the steering column. The part in the tranny was a slave cylinder that was connected to the master cyl by a hydraulic hose. I recently had to replace the master on my '87 Bronco II. Even though it was in plain sight on the fire wall, it was a real bitch to swap. Bleeding the slave cyl was easy but very messy as I had to lay under it to reach the valve.
