'85 Ranger Restomod

[shane96ranger]

Is O'Reilly your only choice?

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[85_Ranger4x4]

Originally Posted by shane96ranger

Is O'Reilly your only choice?

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Carquest or Napa, usually anything non OEM is two weeks out with $20+ freight (or something like that) from them. O'Really's has quite a bit of stuff in the warehouse like that which does me no good for working on it this weekend but I could probably get it for Monday.

[shane96ranger]

No Lowes or Sears? No good! Lowes has a Kobalt version of the Gearwrench. I have a Gearwrench that works great on header bolts.

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[85_Ranger4x4]

Originally Posted by shane96ranger

No Lowes or Sears? No good! Lowes has a Kobalt version of the Gearwrench. I have a Gearwrench that works great on header bolts.

I checked while I was in the big city today, I didn't see anything special at either Home Deopot or Sears.

I cannot get a box end wrench on it, the gearwrenches I know of are thicker yet than a box end wrench. The routing of the tubes puts them just that much too close to the bolts for a wrench or socket on them.

My biggest problem is that over the course of a year I forgot that little snag from when I put them on the first time with the bolts that flash rusted in two months. 6pt bolt heads are only a mild PITA, 12pt heads seem to be darn near impossible.

[dangerranger83]

If getting a wrench on a 12 bolt head is a problem, get the new wrenches that craftsman sells, the universal box design one. I have a set of love them, they bite hard and dont let go.

[85_Ranger4x4]

Originally Posted by dangerranger83

If getting a wrench on a 12 bolt head is a problem, get the new wrenches that craftsman sells, the universal box design one. I have a set of love them, they bite hard and dont let go.

A box end will not physically go on the bolts in the problem areas.

[shane96ranger]

Originally Posted by 85_Ranger4x4

I checked while I was in the big city today, I didn't see anything special at either Home Deopot or Sears.

I cannot get a box end wrench on it, the gearwrenches I know of are thicker yet than a box end wrench. The routing of the tubes puts them just that much too close to the bolts for a wrench or socket on them.

My biggest problem is that over the course of a year I forgot that little snag from when I put them on the first time with the bolts that flash rusted in two months. 6pt bolt heads are only a mild PITA, 12pt heads seem to be darn near impossible.

Have you considered allen head bolts?

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EDIT: Did you ever finish the tailgate you were painting? Maybe I missed it, but I never saw it if you completed it.

[85_Ranger4x4]

Originally Posted by shane96ranger

Have you considered allen head bolts?

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EDIT: Did you ever finish the tailgate you were painting? Maybe I missed it, but I never saw it if you completed it.

Thought about it, I am leaning towards the regular hex ones.

I haven't gotten the tailgate done yet, my spring/summer has been a mess and it looks to only be getting worse from here.

[shane96ranger]

Sorry to hear that 85.

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[85_Ranger4x4]

Originally Posted by shane96ranger

Sorry to hear that 85.

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Not really a problem in the big picture, just in reguards to truck playtime. Looking at buying 10 acres with a house/barn/garage so I will have many other projects to suck my time and money. On the plus side I will have a garage of my own with a concrete floor and electricity to pamper my Ranger in.

It has just been one thing after another that keeps pulling me off my Ranger lately...

[85_Ranger4x4]

I thought about who to order from over the weekend, went with Streetside... shucky darn if they didn't have them in Kansas City (it was a risk, they have stuff scattered all over the country it seems) so I got them the next business day... which was today. Going to try to get them on tommorow morning.

[85_Ranger4x4]

Headers are on, exhaust is hooked up dipstick is in (had to take the DS back off to put it in :blush)... now I gotta pick on the FEAD. Plumbing the power steering and hooking up the alternator.