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

[MSGia]

It was my day off, so I crossed three items off my list. I installed the ricksrangerz raised transmission crossmember, new LED marker lights (old ones were blown) and new chrome lug nuts. I’m impressed by the crossmember gotta say.

 

[pjtoledo]

Thanks again. My mission for the moment is simply to put it in the spot in the driveway where I could work on it. Then we’re going to have to wait for the temperature to dip, looks like Tuesday or Wednesday. I’ll get a cam sensor in the meantime and probably change that and the fuel filter bowl.

Just FYI, and I do appreciate all the thinking taps out there, it runs like a top and it’s as strong as a horse or two. This is an intermittent cut out. I bet you I haven’t put 5000 miles on it in ten years, but the last time I had it “tuned up” is probably 10-11 years ago before I got hurt.

with the heat you're having and stale diesel fuel I'd pour some out for inspection.

 

[pjtoledo]

on the 2005 2wd I removed the pass side lower control arm. new one goes in tomorrow.

 

[Bgunner]

Stopped and grabbed rotors, bearings, seals, high temp grease and some break clean to do the rotors on the front of the beer featcher.

The inner side of the right rotor is about half as thick as the outer side due to the stuck caliper. The driver side is pretty grooved so I'll replace both.

 

[ZMan]

Found a manual tilt column at pullapart, this ought to give me a little leg room.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Stopped and grabbed rotors, bearings, seals, high temp grease and some break clean to do the rotors on the front of the beer featcher.

The inner side of the right rotor is about half as thick as the outer side due to the stuck caliper. The driver side is pretty grooved so I'll replace both.

Might want to replace the brake hoses with a stuck caliper. Twice now I’ve had calipers stick and the problem was the hose breaking down internally.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Well, Friday I ran a couple errands and scored two racks of ribs from the local butcher shop for $5. Then I worked on the green Ranger a bit and in the evening had to run to my eye doctor to get something cleaned out of my eye and then out to Lisa’s. Saturday we went to a concert which was an awesome time and the lead singer of the headliner did a big speech about depression and substance abuse that I wish I could have recorded and then he asked everyone that’s had to deal with depression or substance abuse or known someone that had to raise their hands and look around because you’re not alone. Almost every hand was raised… thousands. You really aren’t alone at all, it’s a lie from the pit of hell that you’re alone in suffering.

The food at the concert was lousy and stupid expensive. $17 for a tall-boy of beer. $12 for three “tacos” that barely filled a back molar (they made Taco Bell tacos look big). We weren’t there for the food though, lol.

Sunday was a rest day.

Today? Back to the Ranger project… I’d like to get the frame back together and get moving on all the dumb shit.

 

[Bgunner]

Might want to replace the brake hoses with a stuck caliper. Twice now I’ve had calipers stick and the problem was the hose breaking down internally.

It's a good suggestion. I replaced the front hoses about 3 years ago so I'm good to go on that at least. I replaced them because the outer rubber was cracked and dry rotting.

 

[Rick W]

More aluminum. Better than Craigslist, it was free!

30” x 10’ sign panel: 2x2x3/16” welded angle frame, single 1/8” 2.5x10 smooth sheet, plus two 4’ angle 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 x 3/16, two 42”. All clean and straight as an arrow..

I have no idea what I’m going to do with it, but I know it will drag behind a Ranger!

 

[sgtsandman]

What a drag...

 

[97RangerXLT]

Used it to bring a new toy home, and take new toy with the one my father in law gave my son to the lake.

 

[broncc]

Took it on a work trip all the way to the border of Maine. Happy that its reliable enough to trust with important tasks like this.



Maybe Ill stop at Sig after as a treat??

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

It's a good suggestion. I replaced the front hoses about 3 years ago so I'm good to go on that at least. I replaced them because the outer rubber was cracked and dry rotting.

Those two I replaced looked perfect on the outside. The first was on a former GF’s car. Caliper was stuck, did a brake job with new calipers. Month later the same caliper was stuck again. Put a new hose and caliper on that time and it’s been fine for over a year. My Choptop was the second, caliper pushed in fine so I didn’t give it a thought, cleaned and lubed it and back together and it stuck again. At that point I wasn’t playing anymore, I had new braided PTFE extended lines and calipers already so on it went and away went the stuck caliper. I’m debating on converting all of my stuff to braided PTFE lines instead of rubber.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Well, yesterday was work on the Ranger. Got my frame piece plated as much as I can out of the truck, have to drill some holes today and get it fitted. I probably did more reinforcement than needed because it was in really good shape, but my idea was future-proofing it. Really it shouldn’t need it in the future because I’m doing some POR15 kinda stuff then an oil/grease kinda undercoating, but what the heck. Also got my rear sway bar apart since I had to use the torch anyway for some steel forming on my bracing, lol.

Oh, and my Lincoln Weld-Pak 100 decided to act up. Apparently the switch in the trigger is wearing out. I took it apart and played with it twice before it started acting right again. If I had the time and money I’d do something about it but for now I’ll have to make do.

So today, well, I’ll be back at it. Hopefully after today I’ll be ready to accept any and all help on throwing it back together. There’s a lot to be done… and 7 days to do it…

 

[Rick W]

Well, yesterday was work on the Ranger. Got my frame piece plated as much as I can out of the truck, have to drill some holes today and get it fitted. I probably did more reinforcement than needed because it was in really good shape, but my idea was future-proofing it. Really it shouldn’t need it in the future because I’m doing some POR15 kinda stuff then an oil/grease kinda undercoating, but what the heck. Also got my rear sway bar apart since I had to use the torch anyway for some steel forming on my bracing, lol.

Oh, and my Lincoln Weld-Pak 100 decided to act up. Apparently the switch in the trigger is wearing out. I took it apart and played with it twice before it started acting right again. If I had the time and money I’d do something about it but for now I’ll have to make do.

So today, well, I’ll be back at it. Hopefully after today I’ll be ready to accept any and all help on throwing it back together. There’s a lot to be done… and 7 days to do it…

Hey!! I’ll be there 150% in spirit, moral support!!’

(Yeah, like that’s worth a crap…)