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

[Uncle Gump]

So there I was... minding my own business... tinting my windows...

 

[sgtsandman]

SC has tint laws. My car from the factory is darker than the law allows here. The tint is in the glass on my car, not a film applied over the glass. Never known anyone to get a ticket for tint that was doing something stupid, anywhere.

PA has an exemption in their tinting laws when it comes to factory tint. I can't speak for other states.

 

[Summers22]

Alignment done! Discount Tire did a great job. Also had them install a new spare, much better feeling knowing the spare tire isn't 24 years old. Got home and installed my new, made by me splash aprons. All I have to do now is a brake job.

 

[pjtoledo]

about those spare tires....

did you happen to notice rust all over the rim?
I coat them with lots & lots of fluid film.
don't know why, but they seem to get rustier faster than the rest of the truck.

nice work on the new guards.

 

[Summers22]

It has some rust, but nothing horrible. I plan to remove it and wire wheel it and then hit it with the rust reformer I use and yes, some PB Blaster surface shield. I coach baseball and we are practicing twice a week and tournaments start next weekend, so lots of free time I had, is now gone until July. Happy with the trucks progress though. Front and rear brakes should take me a few hours if the rear drums dont fight me.

 

[sgtsandman]

about those spare tires....

did you happen to notice rust all over the rim?
I coat them with lots & lots of fluid film.
don't know why, but they seem to get rustier faster than the rest of the truck.

nice work on the new guards.

Since they sit horizonatal up under thr truck, they catch everything the tires kick up and it just sits there on the rim, give it all plenty of time to rust or corrode the rim. Especially if it isn't in rotation pattern with the other tires. It just sits there and rots away.

 

[Rick W]

Since they sit horizonatal up under thr truck, they catch everything the tires kick up and it just sits there on the rim, give it all plenty of time to rust or corrode the rim. Especially if it isn't in rotation pattern with the other tires. It just sits there and rots away.

Amen. Mud and dust kick up and coat the steel, which holds the moisture, the ideal condition for rust to form. And I suspect Kansas has snow on a regular basis so they use salt on a regular basis. Under the truck, it doesn’t dry off very quickly without the sun. It’s a little chemistry set. The ideal components and conditions for making rust out of steel.

 

[Summers22]

Yep, its needs some attention, but if it were that bad, I suspect Discount Tire wouldn't have mounted the tire yesterday.

 

[Uncle Gump]

There I was... just thinking about bacon cheeseburgers... mounting my spare tire...

 

[Uncle Gump]

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

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I like and understand the light. What's the other thing? Antenna?

 

[Uncle Gump]

I like and understand the light. What's the other thing? Antenna?

Midland GMRS Ghost Antenna.

I forgot to mention the ditch lights...

Yeah those are new.

 

[Summers22]

Looking good Unc!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Drove it to work while my wife drove my F-150 while she got the oil changed in her Bronco.

Then I ordered a new fuel pump for it for the annual dropping of the fuel tank festivities.

 

[Summers22]

So there I was... mounting my ditch lights......... and fancy GMRS antenna.............while eating a slice of pepperoni pizza....and drinking a cold yuengling flight......