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

[Rick W]

I would mount that on a removable low profile roof rack if it’s in your budget. You’re still drilling holes but you won’t taking the mpg hit until you need to.

A set of racks is going to be about a 1 mpg hit with aero bars and there will be some whistling. Throw an air dam on there to eliminate the whistling will cost you another mpg.

I have no idea what a basket will do but it will drop the mpg and it will probably be noisy.

That little red thing will probably cost you more than a mile per gallon no matter how you mount it on the roof

 

[Uncle Gump]

I’m lost. Drill what? Tires will go flat if you mean them….

Drill holes in my cap for the roof basket.

 

[bobbywalter]

Drill holes in my cap for the roof basket.

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and rain supply for botanicals....

 

[bobbywalter]

14 days......no ranger. me sad.

 

[ThatOneGuy]

Well just did the last thing for awhile, I drilled the hole in the rear bumper for the Schrader valve, for the air shocks. Well maybe ima do a rear diff service on Saturday. Then I'm just gonna drive her for awhile, I have other plans but I need to refill the project account. Edit I forgot I have manual hubs to install so that will be soon I guess

 

[Rick W]

Drill holes in my cap for the roof basket.

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Duh, I didn’t see that.

Make some backing plates for the inside, and bathe them around the holes with silicone from the bottom. & use a little 3m molding tape under the mounts on the top, kills any motion as holes wear over the ages.

My 2 cents, hope it helps.

Btw, looks cool, looks great (I didn’t think the red cart matched).

 

[scotts90ranger]

The red thing is a rolling step stool with hand rails, I was admiring that... on the concrete in my shop I was using the steel car ramps as a step stool and they kept shooting out from under me, that stool would be fantastic... spring loaded casters, move it around where needed but once on it it's good to go... maybe I'll make somethin this winter, or add that type of caster to my steel staircase thing I have... it at least needs rubber to stop it from skidding before I put it in the shop...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

TIB?

?

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Actually triangulate…

I ended up picking a sort of middle ground and set the frame section at my original measurements off my truck and burned it in yesterday. Seems like the factory is within 1/8” mostly so I figure as long as I’m in the ballpark I should be ok. My gap when I set it like that was roughly the thickness of the blade I cut it with so at least it all seems correct.

Now I have to finish the plating on the drivers side rail (I’m carrying it up to the torsion bar mount), plate the passenger side, install crossmembers, do all of the rear suspension work, driveshaft… man… hope I can get some help…

I was kinda hoping someone had input on my idea of lowering the front leaf spring mount and modifying it. I seem to remember some truck around here that had the front spring mount that far below the frame. I’m just not sure how much that will affect forces on the frame and don’t want to break something

 

[rubydist]

TIB = twin I beam, as in the front suspension layout

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

TIB = twin I beam, as in the front suspension layout

Yeah, I know that definition, but I have no idea what that has to do with my green Ranger as it’s a 2000 4x4…

 

[Uncle Gump]

The red thing is a rolling step stool with hand rails, I was admiring that... on the concrete in my shop I was using the steel car ramps as a step stool and they kept shooting out from under me, that stool would be fantastic... spring loaded casters, move it around where needed but once on it it's good to go... maybe I'll make somethin this winter, or add that type of caster to my steel staircase thing I have... it at least needs rubber to stop it from skidding before I put it in the shop...

Yeah... the rolling step stool might be one of my best tool purchases ever. I love it.

 

[Blmpkn]

Drove it to work since it had enough gas to do so and the Bronco doesn't

Was the blinker stalk moved on the column between 96 and 2010? I can't keep my left blinker on for the life of me.. immideately as I start letting up on the clutch my knee hits the stalk and turns the blinker off lol. Don't remember that with my 2010.

 

[Rick W]

?

What does TIB stand for?

 

[Rick W]

TIB = twin I beam, as in the front suspension layout

Thank you. The old fart is still just learning all this stuff…