PlumCrazy's Build

[wizkid00104]

Its not that bad. It looks better than his wheeler

You used the term "run over" and you said it looks BETTER than his wheeler... jesus...

 

[036speed]

You used the term "run over" and you said it looks BETTER than his wheeler... jesus...

True. I exaggerated. Oops. More like, side swiped... lol

 

[Robert_1967]

a "Honda Civic Truck", put it on a set of full size 60's axles and a blown 428 and it should be something to see.




Robert



posted with a copy of "clash of clans".

 

[PlumCrazy]

The Civic wasn't too bad, just cracked the rear bumper cover, knocked some chunks off one rim, and a lot of paint transfer on the quarter. I bought it back and sold it to a friend of mine to swap is turbo power plant into since his current shell has pretty bad cancer.

Been working on the notorious "Dual Purpose Reservoir" tank selector valve on the 150. Apparently it is not uncommon to have issues with them. I pulled it apart to find all the orings look like chewed bubble gum.

 

[wizkid00104]

The Civic wasn't too bad, just cracked the rear bumper cover, knocked some chunks off one rim, and a lot of paint transfer on the quarter. I bought it back and sold it to a friend of mine to swap is turbo power plant into since his current shell has pretty bad cancer.

Been working on the notorious "Dual Purpose Reservoir" tank selector valve on the 150. Apparently it is not uncommon to have issues with them. I pulled it apart to find all the orings look like chewed bubble gum.

Do you have to buy the whole valve, or can you just replace the o-rings?

 

[PlumCrazy]

IDK yet. No kits available, and if I use an oring that is not right the valve will hang up or leak.

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[kris97ranger]

On my idi i just replaced the unit.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Not much going on with the Ranger lately. Been around 0* ambient and -25* with windchill the last few weeks, so not real motivated to drive 20 min to work on an ice cube.

Been giving the OneFiddy a little TLC..new valve cover gaskets, plugs, wires, cap rotor, removed the smog pump and related garbage, new tail pipe, nice deep crossover box, a nice hideous saddle blanket seat cover to preserve my minty bench seat, trans filter and fluid, fuel and air filter, and a new tank selector valve.

Hoping to get a hitch under it and maybe get my hands on a stock radio and tach this weekend.

 

[036speed]

I will shoot you a pic of that radio I have here in a few

 

[PlumCrazy]

Sounds good. I will need pigtails for the 87+ Radio since they are different plugs than my 86 with the two speaker setup.

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[036speed]

Sounds good. I will need pigtails for the 87+ Radio since they are different plugs than my 86 with the two speaker setup.

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You can have the whole cab/dash lol

 

[PlumCrazy]

Lol

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[PlumCrazy]

The Ranger still hasn't moved an inch in the last month, the OBA cycled enough times to drain both batteries, and I haven't even taken the time to jump it and let it warm up….I have had everything to upgrade all the power steering pump inlet to 3/4" and a way to meter the flow out, but.....The ole 150 has been getting most of my attention.

I did a little digging and found a place that still makes clear marker lenses for the 80-86. I wanted to put silver star bulbs in like my Ranja, but they have been discontinued and are $25+ a pair now on Ebay, so I picked up some chrome plated amber bulbs so the lights don't have that ugly amber glow when they are off.




The truck came with some shitty Wal-Mart special radio that was just thrown in the dash, so I looked for a factory 86 radio and bracketry, but couldn't find anything under $200 in decent shape. I decided to go with an 87-92 stock radio since they had a factory clock and still came in the two speaker configuration. Not to mention stock Ford radios always seemed to have way better reception than any aftermarket, To get the newer radio to fit I had to make an adapter harness using an aftermarket pigtail and some OEM 87-92 harness (courtesy of 036Speed) I also had fab up a quick bracket to mount it.



Even though I have an auto now, I still like to keep an eye on my RPMs, and last time I was at the local yard I scored a cluster with a factory tach and a trip meter (my stock cluster lacked both), but the needles were badly faded and not all the same shade either.lol I used a little Allis-Chalmers Corporate Orange and a Q-tip to bring them back to life.



I had the wheels off to do front shocks, and I noticed the driver rotor was pretty grooved. Turns out the slide pins were frozen and the outer driver pad is toast. So I did the only thing that made sense to solve the issue....I picked up new bearings, rotors, pads, big piston calipers, hoses, 1-Ton 1.125" bore master, and a hydroboost unit.


I am still trying to decide where to mount the trans temp gauge, I am thinking of building a pod that mounts on the column like the old school tachs, but I am not going to worry about that until I have the lines disconnected to plumb a trans cooler in anyway.

The same yard I scored the cluster from also had a two tone Bronco with a dark blue lower half. I pulled the front bumper filler panel in hopes that it would match my blue so I could use it when I replace the passenger fender that is also crunched in. I lucked out, because the paint matched 100%, now I just need a straight chrome bumper and maybe luck out on a dark blue fender.

 

[wizkid00104]

I love that frozen slide pins lead to a hydroboost upgrade

That thing is going to put you through the windshield when you tap the brake pedal. Did you fix the fuel tank selector valve? And what are you going to do about the hub caps?

Other than that, it looks great!

 

[PlumCrazy]

I replaced the whole selector valve and it fixed my back feeding issue, but the pump and gauge are dead in the front tank. I tested the wiring, and its good, so I am thinking a broken ground on the tank side of the sending unit assy.

The hubcaps are staying for sure. I even bought a fancy tool for removing/ installing them.

In the end I will have the brake setup as the Ranger.

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