Trouble adding gas from gas can to my Ranger

[raytwntrvlr]

Thank you, Joe,
Yes, I did take a peek inside the owner's manual before looking this morning. Still no luck.
Did find a NAPA store in Mesa open today that may have one that works.
I appreciate all the helpful, non-judgmental advice doled out here. Really.

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[P. A. Schilke]

Welp, I have to confess to mostly never reading an owner's manual, especially for a motor vehicle. Dumb or stubborn, don't know. BTW... I hate to ask for directions, too.
My 2013 RAM only came with a DVD manual and I sure didn't go through that. Thankfully, it did come with a printed diesel supplement, which I did read. Actually a couple times.
Anyway, went out this morning and tore the truck apart and failed to find the funnel.
Has anyone driving a supercab found the funnel? If so, please give me a clue where to look.
Or maybe it's like the radio antenna mast that did not come with my truck and it will be up to me to buy one.

TIA

Hi Mike,

You are not alone in not reading the owner's manual. And I feel the Ranger Manual has way too many mistakes, but does contain a bunch of good stuff and Key Stuff you need to know. Way too many stories of non readership, flat tire at night, cold and rainy...Where is the jack? Lug wrench? how to drop the spare... And so it goes... I have covered this topic before and how I did my best to get the owner's manual right...still a few minor mistakes on my watch too from 1999 to 2003.. Sigh!

Best,
Phil

 

[myothercarizahearse]

Welp, I have to confess to mostly never reading an owner's manual, especially for a motor vehicle. Dumb or stubborn, don't know. BTW... I hate to ask for directions, too.
My 2013 RAM only came with a DVD manual and I sure didn't go through that. Thankfully, it did come with a printed diesel supplement, which I did read. Actually a couple times.
Anyway, went out this morning and tore the truck apart and failed to find the funnel.
Has anyone driving a supercab found the funnel? If so, please give me a clue where to look.
Or maybe it's like the radio antenna mast that did not come with my truck and it will be up to me to buy one.

TIA

The funnel is in the cubby under the rear driver's side "seat". as for the antenna just find another ranger parked somewhere...

 

[raytwntrvlr]

Alrighty, found the funnel nicely stored under the jack in the rear cubby. No mast in the GC but I had already bought one of those.
Thanks again for the help and advice and wittiness.
Mike

 

[dtech]

Hi Mike,

You are not alone in not reading the owner's manual. And I feel the Ranger Manual has way too many mistakes, but does contain a bunch of good stuff and Key Stuff you need to know. Way too many stories of non readership, flat tire at night, cold and rainy...Where is the jack? Lug wrench? how to drop the spare... And so it goes... I have covered this topic before and how I did my best to get the owner's manual right...still a few minor mistakes on my watch too from 1999 to 2003.. Sigh!

Best,
Phil

As it so happens last week after nearly 3 yrs of ownership I decided to check the spare , after a few minutes without success resorted to reading the manual to learn how to lower the spare, which after 3 yrs had 35 psi - so assumed it was 50 psi like the other tires when I acquired the Ranger. This was a dealer demo with 700 miles that even the dealer was apparently too lazy to check the psi.

 

[Michael s]

It’s under the backseat with the jack

 

[Progeny2021]

Fugly ugly funnel - Ford's is much better looking as you may soon discover.

You're right. Found my funnel, behind the rear seat passenger side backrest. Also found my 'factory' fire extinguisher and my 'factory' umbrella - I'm special. Rolls Royce 'factory' umbrella for reference.

 

[Megawatt]

You need the wee cup. Did anyone mention you need to use the wee cup?

 

[PNW Ranger]

I use a an original safety siphon and a jerry can. The plastic hose perfectly pushes down what ever mechanism that is in the fuel hole. No lifting, poring, just sucks gas from the can to the tank.

 

[DanholmesVentura]

Well - by golly - I was today years old when I found mine. Under the jack and jack handle packet, driver's side passenger seat cubby - Super Club Cab. Thanks for the post and saving me looking it up in the manual!! Grins!

 

[mailbox4449]

Wait...there's a funnel? Where's the gas cap then?

 

[Rocketeer61]

Welp, I have to confess to mostly never reading an owner's manual, especially for a motor vehicle. Dumb or stubborn, don't know. BTW... I hate to ask for directions, too.
My 2013 RAM only came with a DVD manual and I sure didn't go through that. Thankfully, it did come with a printed diesel supplement, which I did read. Actually a couple times.
Anyway, went out this morning and tore the truck apart and failed to find the funnel.
Has anyone driving a supercab found the funnel? If so, please give me a clue where to look.
Or maybe it's like the radio antenna mast that did not come with my truck and it will be up to me to buy one.

TIA

The funnel is in the storage compartment under the left rear seat.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

But wait... Where's the manual?

 

[janitorjim]

ok so now that we got that figured out someone tell me how to connect this hand air pump up to the tires?

 

[JRRangerAZ]

So, we are on our first big adventure with our new Ranger towing our Minnie Winnie TT. Kansas City to Phoeniz and return. To help with the small tank issue I brought along the 6 gallon tank from my fishing boat and the battery transfer pump I use to empty mowers, etc. at the end of the year.
First time I tried to transfer from the extra tank into the Ranger ended up with fuel all over the side of the truck and my shoe.
There seems to be something inside the filler tube on the truck that won't let the nozzle of my pump to flow into the tank.
I can't imagine trying to pour gas from a can into the filler.
Does anyone know what's going on and how I can work around it. BTW, I stopped at a Lowes and bought a short 1.25 in. pipe to push in to simulate a gas pump, but no go.
We were pushing some petty hellacious winds for much of the trip and the hand calc on the mpgs was 10.9, not great but it's okay.

Please see my post https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/a-word-of-caution-on-fueling-nozzles.16756/ If you get any type of can with the C.A.R.B. compliant nozzle, you run the risk of damaging the fill pipe. (See text and pictures in post.)

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