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My 91 Ranger the stRanger


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It has been a while since I updated, not much progress since the holidays though.

Today I installed Yukon chromoly axle shafts in front as well as new ball joints and Yukon hardcore locking hubs. The lower ball joints were shot, im really glad I changed them out.


The Yukon hardcore hubs look and feel like they live up to their name. The weight of the hardcore hub compared to a warn premium was very noticeable. I’m excited to get to try these out.

I should be welding up the link brackets for the rear in the coming week. I want to box the frame, any experience boxing the frame with 1/8 inch plate? I am concerned about welding the upper frame link brackets to 1/8 inch, if thats what i use to box the frame. Hopefully more updates and a rear 4 link next weekend!
 

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wow..... thank you for the video and the efforts to continue documenting your work and experiences. you started this in 09. I don't post much, and there were several times I wished you were closer so I could help you directly....knowing it would save some suffering...but you always pull through and it is better to learn the hard way sometimes.


I really hope to run with you guys next year if you end up going to the hammers for the koh.......I am hoping someone will have room for me to park my truck for a bit....as I will likely have to drive it out on days off and fly home back to work for a few weeks.......then force a few days off so I can fly out and attend..... then fly home.......then fly back out and hopefully tow some nicer iron home if my truck survives....it is an actual goal this year.


I think I may have mentioned to you how I would have pursued the cooling system.....there is a reason I bridge the frame and floating seat mount the radiator...and run electric fans (with a mechanical backup if I run into power issues). if you go full tube it wont matter...but if the chassis still moves a bit a floater is easier on the radiator and core header ime. but the simplicity of the mechanical fan is hard to beat. mechanical fan and propane ftw with the k.i.s.s principal...the dumber the better! that is why I ...IDI....:thefinger:


how many pounds of air were in the tires where you backed down? I was surprised you did not go lower on tire psi before putting a fork in the attempt.



again, thanks for the effort.....that rig is awesome and I had a huge smile on my face listening to it sing.


and tell for buddy to get a fawking duramax or powerstroke in that fat bastard burb already!!!

don't make me come out there and powerstroke that fawkin burb...:D...
 

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wow..... thank you for the video and the efforts to continue documenting your work and experiences. you started this in 09. I don't post much, and there were several times I wished you were closer so I could help you directly....knowing it would save some suffering...but you always pull through and it is better to learn the hard way sometimes.





I really hope to run with you guys next year if you end up going to the hammers for the koh.......I am hoping someone will have room for me to park my truck for a bit....as I will likely have to drive it out on days off and fly home back to work for a few weeks.......then force a few days off so I can fly out and attend..... then fly home.......then fly back out and hopefully tow some nicer iron home if my truck survives....it is an actual goal this year.





I think I may have mentioned to you how I would have pursued the cooling system.....there is a reason I bridge the frame and floating seat mount the radiator...and run electric fans (with a mechanical backup if I run into power issues). if you go full tube it wont matter...but if the chassis still moves a bit a floater is easier on the radiator and core header ime. but the simplicity of the mechanical fan is hard to beat. mechanical fan and propane ftw with the k.i.s.s principal...the dumber the better! that is why I ...IDI....:thefinger:





how many pounds of air were in the tires where you backed down? I was surprised you did not go lower on tire psi before putting a fork in the attempt.







again, thanks for the effort.....that rig is awesome and I had a huge smile on my face listening to it sing.





and tell for buddy to get a fawking duramax or powerstroke in that fat bastard burb already!!!



don't make me come out there and powerstroke that fawkin burb...:D...


Thanks Bobby! We are planning right now to be at king of the hammers in 2019. It would be awesome to meet you and a few of the other Ranger guys out there!

I haven’t torn the front apart yet to redo the radiator, but I am leaning towards rock frame rails with tube and deleting the stock core support. Yes some lessons are best learned the hard way, and I’m pretty sure you warned me about the radiator mount at some point lol. It is getting reworked for sure.

The day I broke the radiator I was at 12 psi front and rear on the tires. I should have aired down more, but I was a solo rig so we didn’t want to push things to hard.

Thanks for watching the videos, it is going to take a lot of persuasion to put a diesel in the burb, he like the 6.0 in it. We do have a duramax that is going to be put in the tow truck that’s in our intro segment. It has a 454 and desperately needs some diesel power.
 

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Have you been on stock front shafts all this time?
 

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Have you been on stock front shafts all this time?


No. I had G2 axles in it. They have been great, the Yukon’s seem to be beefier in some areas. I am going to keep the G2 axles for spares
 

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Is that a new locker in the picture of all the yukon stuff????
 

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That was one set of ball joints
I guess I never knew Yukon had ball joints. I think I'm gonna run Spicer's and maybe carry some cheap parts store brand as spares

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Well got to work on the 4 link. I boxed 4 feet of frame with 1/4 inch plate. The steel yard didn’t have any 3/16 at the time, so the heavy stuff won over. It is boxed from the rear cab crossmember up to almost where the frame starts bending up. I cut access holes for the radius arm brackets and t case crossmember.

Then I tacked the truss on, blasted off the fenders, and started mocking up shocks and 4 link brackets.

 
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More progress
 

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Wow looks amazing! Absolutely love the tailgate.
 

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The coilovers and no fenders looks awesome! I also saw on Facebook that ballistic fab gave you a little shout-out for using their joints on the links.

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That rear axle looks so clean. It's awesome. I enjoyed your tailgate project, too. The whole truck is great.

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Any plans to box in the link tower on the axle?
 

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