Well after 3000 km of driving. And working out some bugs and taking a 12 hour round trip road trip its time to go back to the drawing boards.
Well, its vacation time, took the truck for a long ass drive to a friends place little over an hour past Ottawa. And Well there were some troubles. They started with everyone else wanting to leave a day before schedule. That means alot of Ranger prep work didn't get done.
After the long drive up, i found out that my coolant was low by a gallon, and the transmission was leaking alot more than normal.
After beating the shit out of the truck going on several trips up the mountain it started making creeking noises that were new(ish) and then it developed a new stalling problem going over bumps.
on the way home I lost the ability to shift. And i was very angry at the point.
Coolant leak - Frost plug leaking
Transmission leak - Tail housing bolts 4 of 6 missing 2 remaining are loose. The Advance Adapters transfercase adapter bolts are 3/4 of an inch too short! they only hold on by 4 threads!
Creek noise - frame is cracked and bent
Stalling - The wireharness for the engine is attached to the shock tower thats bolted to the frame where its cracked and bent. The harness is streched and being pulled by the shock mount.
No shifting - The short bolts again
I also found the exhaust crushed again along with the oil pan, and the cat converter was rattling.
I decided that the easiest way to fix the truck was to stip it all down again. Cab off engine, trans, transfer off and start again.