What did you do to your Ranger today? (Part Deux!)

[sgtsandman]

Took mine on a trip to the Chiropractor's Office. Saturday's wood cutting and splitting fun did a number on my back. I'm much better now.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

That's new block, crank, rods, pistons camshaft, heads, timing cover, balancer and oil pan all together finally. Ready to flip over and put in all the valvetrain, intake then back in the truck it goes.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Started modifying the front end. I haven’t bought a bender, tube or nitrogen and shim packs to install the coil overs yet. So I’m just gonna run the 4” lift coils until then.

 

[Curious Hound]

Went back to Hurricane Creek trail in NC. I had tried to map it last time with the new BFG Ontrail navigation app. But I missed the first mile. I have been in contact with the app developers, giving feedback and learning how to use the app. It has been a fun experience working with them. Anyway. Today I properly mapped the whole road, plus another road (Wesley Creek Rd) that intersects with Hurricane Creek Trail. The results are pretty cool. Now I have two trails published in the app.

I also made camping reservations at Uwharrie for this weekend. 2 nights of camping, one day of serious wheeling.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Piddled around today. Still need to trim the hole, to clear my shaft…

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

My projects are slated to resume tonight. Two evenings of R&R with the GF

 

[Curious Hound]

My projects are slated to resume tonight. Two evenings of R&R with the GF

GF = Good Ford

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Did a little painting today.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Resumed work on the red Ranger. Had dad help with turning over the motor so I could get the torque converter nuts on. Got the other valve cover gasket done and went to get the fuel rail and upper intake on. Figured I’d shoot some brake clean to get the bulk of the oil out of the intake and instead of just oil I found metal chunks. A lot of them. Not sure how I feel about that, but I spent some time cleaning it and ran out of daylight. Perhaps tomorrow I can get back on track.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

GF = Good Ford

Funny you say that. The girlfriend is a Mopar girl who drives a chevy. I have been DD’ing my F-150 which has been my most reliable ride…

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

John Deere Green! I have a few leftovers and I figured tractor implement paint might hold up.

 

[Maritime Drag Racing]

Little more progress yesterday. Valvetrain all in, lash set and rechecked(twice) and got a measurement on how much I need to cut the front and rear rails on the intake since this block is zero deck and the old one was bone stock.

 

[Blmpkn]

Little more progress yesterday. Valvetrain all in, lash set and rechecked(twice) and got a measurement on how much I need to cut the front and rear rails on the intake since this block is zero deck and the old one was bone stock.
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I think I may have already asked you this, but, why a gen1 instead of an LS?

 

[2drxploder]

pulled the permit to start 32x36x14 shop today, also replaced #5 plug and wire, still getting a misfire. in the temp. garage she went. will probably sit until i finish the shop.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

So yesterday I finished cleaning the intake of debris and got that along with the fuel rail put back on. Had a few minor issues in the process. Also noted that my tensioner was pretty much fully extended which put the belt rather close to the factory cold air intake thingy in the red Ranger. Checked the belt and it’s correct and not all that old. Guess it wasn’t an issue in my green Ranger because the design was different. Couldn’t see any reason why a shorter belt wouldn’t fit so today I got a shorter belt. Fits beautiful. Not sure why this belt wouldn’t be correct. Puts the tensioner about halfway extended. Computer called for 883K6, I used an 880K6. Put a couple other bolts in, but was working between raindrops, or more precisely storms today